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Canadian children see thousands of digital ads for unhealthy food every year: report

Canadian children see thousands of digital ads for unhealthy food every year: report

MONTREAL — Children in Canada are exposed to more than 4,000 ads for food on their mobile devices every year, with the vast majority promoting unhealthy products, according to a new report.
This is what happens to the body when HIV drugs are stopped for millions of people

This is what happens to the body when HIV drugs are stopped for millions of people

A generation has passed since the world saw the peak in AIDS-related deaths. Those deaths — agonizing, from diseases or infections the body might otherwise fight off — sent loved ones into the streets, pressuring governments to act.
Mental health care for rural Black people in N.S. lacking, year after Desmond report

Mental health care for rural Black people in N.S. lacking, year after Desmond report

HALIFAX — A lack of mental health care tailored to rural Black Nova Scotians is one of several problems yet to be properly addressed by the province, more than one year after an inquiry report into the Lionel Desmond tragedy recommended reforms.
This is what happens to the body when HIV drugs are stopped for millions of people

This is what happens to the body when HIV drugs are stopped for millions of people

A generation has passed since the world saw the peak in AIDS-related deaths. Those deaths — agonizing, from diseases the body might otherwise fight off — sent loved ones into the streets, pressuring governments to act.
Senate to vote on vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s bid to become nation's health secretary

Senate to vote on vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s bid to become nation's health secretary

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate is expected to vote Thursday on the confirmation of Robert F. Kennedy Jr ., a prominent lawyer and vocal vaccine critic, as the nation's health secretary, controlling $1.
Trump's foreign aid freeze forces health clinics in a vulnerable region of Syria to close

Trump's foreign aid freeze forces health clinics in a vulnerable region of Syria to close

SARMADA, Syria (AP) — In the town of Sarmada in northern Syria, Dr. Mohammad Fares unlocked a clinic that once bustled with patients. Now it's empty, and shelves of medicine reduced to a few boxes of bandages and expired drugs.
Former health agency CEO suing Alberta government, alleges coverup

Former health agency CEO suing Alberta government, alleges coverup

EDMONTON — The former head of Alberta's front-line health authority is suing the province and health minister alleging she was fired for looking into high-level government interference and overpays on multimillion-dollar contracts.
Lawyers for inmates ask judge to take over health care services in Arizona prisons

Lawyers for inmates ask judge to take over health care services in Arizona prisons

PHOENIX (AP) — Lawyers for 25,000 people incarcerated in Arizona have asked a judge to take over health care operations in state-run prisons and appoint an official to run them, saying the state is not capable of fixing deep failures in care even tho
Man, boy rushed to hospital with carbon monoxide poisoning in Calgary

Man, boy rushed to hospital with carbon monoxide poisoning in Calgary

CALGARY — The Calgary Fire Department says a man and his four-year-old son have been rushed to hospital with carbon monoxide poisoning. It says it received a call about a child having difficulty breathing and losing consciousness.
Montreal man, 89, suffering from hypothermia after being found outside care home

Montreal man, 89, suffering from hypothermia after being found outside care home

MONTREAL — An 89-year-old man was fighting for his life Wednesday after he was found outside a long-term care home in the city's east end, Montreal police said. The man was discovered around 7:30 a.m.
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