Health

Ottawa's largest school board postpones mask mandate decision after heated meeting

Ottawa's largest school board was forced to postpone making a decision about whether students and teachers will need to wear masks in schools after a heated debate.

Nov 23, 2022 2:53 PM Read more >

Burlington, Ont., establishing six-week indoor mask requirement for city employees

BURLINGTON, ONT. — The mayor of a city west of Toronto says municipal employees will have to wear masks for the next six weeks amid rising illnesses among staff and in the wider community. Marianne Meed Ward, mayor of Burlington, Ont.

Nov 23, 2022 1:43 PM Read more >

Space diversity: Europe's space agency gets 1st parastronaut

PARIS (AP) — The European Space Agency made history Wednesday by selecting an amputee who lost his leg in a motorcycle accident to be among its newest batch of astronauts — a leap toward its pioneering ambition to send someone with a physical disabil

Nov 23, 2022 1:15 PM Read more >

Questions unanswered amid calls for urgent action on Nova Scotia ER understaffing

HALIFAX — Senior officials with Nova Scotia's Health Department were unable to answer a number of questions on Wednesday about the state of the province’s emergency health system, which is struggling with overcrowding and staffing shortages.

Nov 23, 2022 12:32 PM Read more >

Georgia high court reinstates ban on abortions after 6 weeks

ATLANTA (AP) — The Georgia Supreme Court on Wednesday reinstated the state’s ban on abortions after roughly six weeks of pregnancy, abruptly ending access to later abortions that had resumed days earlier.

Nov 23, 2022 12:30 PM Read more >

Ontario asks family clinics to work nights, weekends to help overwhelmed hospitals

TORONTO — Ontario has asked thousands of family health-care workers to work evenings and weekends to help ease the burden on overwhelmed children's hospitals, a government memo obtained by The Canadian Press shows.

Nov 23, 2022 11:59 AM Read more >

UN: Children in Haiti hit by cholera as malnutrition rises

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A cholera outbreak sweeping through Haiti is claiming a growing number of children amid a surge in malnutrition, UNICEF announced Wednesday.

Nov 23, 2022 11:23 AM Read more >

B.C. study finds low but increased risk of myocarditis after 2nd Moderna COVID shot

A Canadian study suggests cases of heart muscle inflammation related to COVID-19 mRNA vaccines are rare but higher than expected among young men who got a second dose of Moderna compared with those who were administered Pfizer-BioNTech's vaccine.

Nov 23, 2022 10:29 AM Read more >

WHO, CDC: A record 40 million kids miss measles vaccine dose

LONDON (AP) — The World Health Organization and the U.S.

Nov 23, 2022 10:15 AM Read more >

After midterms, states weighing abortion protections, bans

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Democrats hope to use their newfound political control in some states to guarantee that women have access to abortion, while some GOP strongholds may temper their efforts to deepen restrictions after poorer-than-expected results in

Nov 23, 2022 7:09 AM Read more >