Hospital staff overworked, support from province needed, Ontario union says
TORONTO – A union representing Ontario hospital workers is calling for an injection of funding into the province’s health-care system to help curtail what they call...
Thousands of doctors in Britain walk off the job in their longest-ever strike
LONDON (AP) — Thousands of doctors walked off the job in Britain on Wednesday, the start of a six-day strike that was set to be the...
Naloxone: What to know about the opioid overdose-reversing drug, free across Canada
HALIFAX – Health Canada has called the opioid crisis one of the most serious public health threats in recent history, and an addictions specialist says everyone...
Matthew Perry Foundation established for late ‘Friends’ actor to help people with addiction
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Less than a week after his death, a foundation has been established in the name of Matthew Perry to help people dealing...
Ontario to add provincial tax to vaping products; meant to discourage youth uptake
TORONTO – The price of vaping products is set to rise in Ontario, with the province planning to add a tax as a way to reduce...
As billions roll in to fight the US opioid epidemic, one county shows how recovery can work
FINDLAY, Ohio (AP) — Communities ravaged by America’s opioid epidemic are starting to get their share of a $50 billion pie from legal settlements. Most of...
New Delhi shuts schools and limits construction work to reduce severe air pollution
NEW DELHI (AP) — New Delhi’s government shut primary schools and banned polluting vehicles and construction work in an attempt to reduce the worst haze and...
California officials confirm 2 cases of dengue, a mosquito-borne illness rarely transmitted in US
LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Two people in Southern California have come down with dengue fever without traveling outside the United States, where the mosquito-borne illness...
MK-ULTRA mind-control experiments: Quebec high court says U.S. has immunity in Canada
MONTREAL – Quebec’s Court of Appeal says the United States government cannot be sued in Canada for its alleged role in infamous brainwashing experiments at a...
High-dose flu vaccine available now in N.S., updated COVID-19 shot later this month
HALIFAX – Nova Scotians aged 65 and older are being offered the high-dose influenza vaccine for free starting this week. Chief medical officer of health Dr....