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B.C. symposium puts spotlight on dangers associated with strangulation
Charuka Maheswaran was 29 when she met the man she would later marry, have three…
Top doctor explains why number of ‘low risk’ hantavirus contacts in Canada has grown to 26
TORONTO — Canada’s chief public health officer says the country is taking a “precautionary approach”…
Vance promotes Trump administration’s work to counter fraud while criticizing Democrats in Maine
BANGOR, Maine (AP) — A day after Vice President JD Vance said the Trump administration’s…
Poll suggests politics, geography and trust play roles in vaccine hesitancy
OTTAWA — A new online survey suggests nearly a quarter of Canadians say they’ve declined…
Michigan teen tobacco use ticks up as prevention funding lags
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While teen tobacco use in Michigan remains far below historic highs, data shows it’s beginning…
Fact File: Misleading claims about hantavirus shared online amid cruise ship outbreak
As Canadians connected to an outbreak of hantavirus on the MV Hondius cruise ship isolate…
Judge blocks Trump administration’s demand for Rhode Island hospital’s records of transgender kids
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration’s sweeping demands for…
France allows asymptomatic passengers off new cruise ship struck by stomach bug outbreak
BORDEAUX, France (AP) — Passengers unaffected by an illness outbreak on a British cruise ship…
The world’s reaction to hantavirus is tinged by echoes of something else: COVID
NEW YORK (AP) — The lingering impact of COVID-19, a few years out from the…
Paris’ Invalides is more than Napoleon’s tomb. For 350 years, it has been a home for war wounded
PARIS (AP) — World-famous as the resting place of Napoleon, the gilded dome of the…
Doctor on ship who helped care for passengers with hantavirus leaves medical isolation unit
An oncologist traveling on the cruise ship at the center of a hantavirus outbreak has…
Settlement reached in legal fight over pricey B.C. wastewater treatment facility
NORTH VANCOUVER — Lawsuits between Metro Vancouver and the original contractor of a wastewater treatment…
B.C. drug deaths up in March from the month before, but down from previous years
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VICTORIA — British Columbia’s coroners’ service says 135 people died in March due to suspected…
Officials say $1.3 billion in Medicaid money to California will be deferred over suspicions of fraud
WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President JD Vance on Wednesday announced new steps in the Trump…
Company says it’s not clear when its hantavirus-hit ship will start cruises again
The operator of the cruise ship at the center of a hantavirus outbreak told The…
FDA chief’s resignation widens a leadership gap at the nation’s health department
WASHINGTON (AP) — When the week began, several senior positions at the U.S. Department of…
Cruise ship passenger making best of quarantine in US after hantavirus outbreak
When Jake Rosmarin boarded the MV Hondius, he gleefully posted on social media that the…
French hantavirus patient is critically ill and on an artificial lung as outbreak grows to 11
PARIS (AP) — A French woman infected in the deadly hantavirus outbreak on a cruise…
Ontario monitoring 7 additional people considered ‘low risk’ hantavirus contacts
TORONTO — Ontario’s ministry of health is asking seven more people to isolate in relation…
B.C. nurses vote for strike, as union boss raises prospect of dispute amid World Cup
VANCOUVER — Members of British Columbia’s nurses union have voted overwhelmingly to strike, with union…
Cruise ship passenger making best of quarantine in US following hantavirus outbreak
When Jake Rosmarin boarded the MV Hondius, he gleefully posted on social media that the…
Federal prosecutors seek NYU hospital information on gender-affirming care for children
A New York hospital system says it received a grand jury subpoena from federal prosecutors…
By changing women’s lives, the pill changed the nation
The pill helped give birth to modern America. Known by one simple word, the revolutionary…
Small study hints that revving up immune cells might help fight HIV
WASHINGTON (AP) — Scientists are tweaking a powerful cancer therapy in hopes it could fight…