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Alessia Cara, Reklaws among musicians helping Kids Help Phone's youth crisis campaign

Alessia Cara, Reklaws among musicians helping Kids Help Phone's youth crisis campaign

TORONTO — A new Kids Help Phone fundraising campaign that aims to expand online mental health services is getting a boost from some big names in music.
Judge grants woman interim injunction for exemption from Alberta opioid restrictions

Judge grants woman interim injunction for exemption from Alberta opioid restrictions

CALGARY — A Calgary woman says she can finally look forward to the future after a judge granted an interim injunction Thursday that allows her to continue taking a potent opioid three times a day.
Obstetrician appeals decision over Arizona abortion law

Obstetrician appeals decision over Arizona abortion law

PHOENIX (AP) — The medical director of anti-abortion pregnancy centers in metro Phoenix has asked the Arizona Supreme Court to review a lower court's decision that concluded abortion doctors couldn’t be prosecuted under a pre-statehood law that bans
Quebec health minister says emergency room death of 86-year-old woman 'disturbing'

Quebec health minister says emergency room death of 86-year-old woman 'disturbing'

MONTREAL — The family of an 86-year-old woman who died in an emergency room last week near Quebec City says it's not normal that she was allegedly left to die in a hallway without food or water.
BetterHelp shared users' sensitive health data, FTC says

BetterHelp shared users' sensitive health data, FTC says

The online counseling service BetterHelp has agreed to return $7.
N. Carolina legislators reach Medicaid expansion deal

N. Carolina legislators reach Medicaid expansion deal

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina legislative leaders announced Thursday an agreement to expand Medicaid to hundreds of thousands of additional low-income adults through the Affordable Care Act.

Ohio AG approves language in abortion protection petition

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Ohio Attorney General’s Office approved summary language Thursday in a petition to enshrine abortion rights in Ohio’s state constitution, advancing the closely watched amendment to its next step.
Did dioxins spread after the Ohio train derailment?

Did dioxins spread after the Ohio train derailment?

After a catastrophic 38-train car derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, some officials are raising concerns about a type of toxic substance that tends to stay in the environment. Sherrod Brown and J.D. Vance, the U.S.
Baby's death tied to contaminated breast pump, CDC says

Baby's death tied to contaminated breast pump, CDC says

Federal health officials are warning parents of newborns to sterilize equipment used for both bottle- and breast-feeding after a baby died last year from a rare infection tied to a contaminated breast pump.

Italy closes investigation alleging COVID lockdown failures

MILAN (AP) — Italian prosecutors have closed a COVID-19 investigation that accuses officials, including a former premier and a regional governor, of wrongdoing for failing to extend a lockdown zone in the early days of the pandemic to the northern ci