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Tofu vendor delivers much more than healthy food to an east Tokyo neighborhood
TOKYO (AP) — Akiko Sugaya wheels a cart through the alley-like streets of eastern Tokyo…
Diarrhea-causing parasite infecting more than 1,200 in Michigan has not spread to Canada: PHAC
TORONTO — The outbreak of a parasite that causes weeks of watery diarrhea and has…
Talks between B.C. nurses and employer at impasse, union wants the province to help
SURREY — The BC Nurses’ Union said Thursday that negotiations with the employer have broken…
Sturgis closure may be ‘first of more’ for Michigan rural hospitals
Beth Kelley spent most of her life working at Sturgis Hospital. For 32 years, the…
Suspected Ebola patient placed in Equatorial Guinea hotel with deportees from the US, lawyers say
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Migrants deported from the U.S. and detained in a hotel in…
Ebola death toll in Congo reaches 600, as new cases suspected in previously unaffected provinces
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — New suspected cases of Ebola have been reported in parts of…
An Italian region defies US pressure to end a Cuban doctors program
POLISTENA, Italy (AP) — Italy’s southern Calabria region is the rare place in Europe where…
What to know about protecting pets from the New World screwworm fly
Two New World screwworm cases in dogs are among more than 30 confirmed instances in…
Honolulu Homeless Services Program Too Disorganized To Assess, Auditor Says
An audit of a Honolulu homeless assistance initiative that came under fire for being ineffective…
Michael J. Fox among Canadian Emmy nominees after six-year acting break
Michael J. Fox has landed an Emmy nomination six years after stepping away from acting.…
Some health workers in Congo’s Ebola outbreak go on strike over pay issues as deaths near 600
BUNIA, Congo (AP) — The healthcare workers at the epicenter of Congo’s Ebola outbreak are…
Parents of Bucknell football player who died say they appreciate criminal charges against coach
The parents of a Bucknell University football player who died after collapsing during the first…
B.C. nurses expand pickets and file labour board complaint, citing intimidation
VANCOUVER — British Columbia’s nurses union says it has received more than 1,400 reports of…
Former Dallas Cowboys defensive end Kneeland had early stage CTE at time of death
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Former Dallas Cowboys defensive end Marshawn Kneeland, who died by suicide…
State lawmakers to explore banning foreign nationals from using Texas surrogates
State lawmakers are exploring prohibiting foreign nationals from using Texas surrogates, elevating a niche fertility…
What to know about Legionnaires’ disease making people sick on New York’s Upper East Side
New York City health officials are investigating a Legionnaires’ disease cluster in two Upper East…
Medicaid funding is resuming for Planned Parenthood after being cut off for most of a year
Planned Parenthood and two smaller regional abortion providers are resuming billing Medicaid for services other…
An Idaho mother who said her toddler twins died after vaccinations has been charged with murder
An Idaho woman who said her toddler twins died last year after being vaccinated faces…
Obamacare rolls shrank dramatically in many states over the past year, new federal data shows
NEW YORK (AP) — States across the country saw steep drops in the number of…
Heavy rain leads to New Jersey store roof collapse as heat wave breaks
Heat wave-breaking rain caused part of the roof of a New Jersey warehouse store to…
Ebola deaths in Congo top 500 as health workers threaten to strike
BUNIA, Congo (AP) — At least 500 people have died out of over 1,500 confirmed…
Canadians with mental illness who saw MAID as an option feel abandoned: ‘They’ve left me with nothing’
TORONTO — Betrayed. Dehumanized. Devastated. These are the words some Canadians use to describe how…
As war grinds on, Ukrainian climbers build a new outdoor culture inspired by Yosemite
DENYSHI, Ukraine (AP) — Atop a steep granite cliff overlooking a river about two hours’…
Residents in eastern Congo cling to hope as a new Ebola treatment trial begins
BUNIA, Congo (AP) — Residents at the epicenter of Congo’s Ebola outbreak are pinning their…