Health

If you like to stay hydrated no matter where you go, chances are you’ve got a reusable water bottle or two. Or 10. (The collectors know who they are.

BEIJING (AP) — A fire at a nursing home in northern China has killed 20 people, according to state media, as officials investigate the cause of the fire. China’s official Xinhua news agency said Wednesday the fire started at 9 p.m.

BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — With the first U.N.

Chaz Lucius, a first-round draft choice of the Winnipeg Jets in 2021, announced his retirement from hockey on Tuesday after recently being diagnosed with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome.

A British Columbia woman could not find her very ill spouse for three months after her loved one was detained by provincial authorities.

EDMONTON — Health Minister Adriana LaGrange says Alberta's measles outbreak isn't dire enough for the province's top public health doctor to address the public, despite mounting calls for the government to do more to stop the spread.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama legislators unanimously passed a bill on Tuesday that would expedite access to Medicaid for pregnant women, as more states across the South attempt to stem high maternal and infant mortality rates.

MERRICK, N.Y. (AP) — Starting in the 1980s, New York law enforcement and health officials fielded sexual abuse complaints from the young patients of a respected pediatrician who ran his practice out of a basement office in his home on Long Island.

VANCOUVER — Vancouver Coastal Health says there's been a recent spike in mpox, the viral infection also known as monkeypox.

PHOENIX (AP) — For parents who need to work but can't afford the steep cost of child care , federally funded scholarships can be a lifeline.