Health

WINNIPEG — Fewer sick kids have been admitted to intensive care units at the children's hospital in Winnipeg in recent days, but health officials are warning this could change as people gather for the holiday season. Dr.

MONTREAL — Quebec Premier François Legault says he is "more optimistic" about reaching a health-care funding deal with Ottawa after his meeting Tuesday with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

WINNIPEG — The Manitoba Labour Board has dismissed several complaints in recent months from workers who wanted their unions to fight COVID-19 requirements.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Too many Americans are missing out on a cure for hepatitis C, and a study underway in a hard-hit corner of Kentucky is exploring a simple way to start changing that.

TORONTO — Some phone lines and internal clinical systems at Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children have been affected by a "cybersecurity incident," but the hospital says there's no indication personal health information has been compromised.

BERLIN (AP) — The German government said Tuesday that it will allow health insurance companies to pay more for pediatric medications that are in short supply in the country.

BEIJING (AP) — Several local governments in China encouraged people with mild cases of COVID-19 to go to work this week, another sign of the difficulty the country faces as its rollback of virus-containment measures sets off a wave of infections — an

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Biker boss Nick Martin’s murder at a speedway in Perth, Australia, left police a trove of evidence that led them to the culprit: a thrill-seeker turned gun-for-hire. But they wanted more.

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Wang Yu, hailed by the U.S.

HYDERABAD, India (AP) — After a pair of Islamist bombings rocked the south-central Indian city of Hyderabad in 2013, officials rushed to install 5,000 CCTV cameras to bolster security. Now there are nearly 700,000 in and around the metropolis.