Health

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria has received more than 1 million vaccines from the Gavi-funded global stockpile to combat a meningitis outbreak in the northern part of the country, the government said on Friday.

CALGARY — A sentencing hearing for a Calgary couple in the death of their badly burned and emaciated toddler has been rescheduled for next month. Sonya Pasqua and Michael Sinclair pleaded guilty in December to manslaughter.

PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — A secluded corner surrounded by litter and makeshift structures on the outskirts of South Africa’s capital is home to dozens of people with drug addiction.

The Trump administration has laid off the entire staff of a $4.

NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City man has been charged with performing medical procedures without a license after a patient was left near death during a botched butt-implant removal procedure in his home, prosecutors and law enforcement officials said

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina Senate committee rejected the Republican governor's nominee to be the state's top doctor after hours of hearings dominated by the state's response to the COVID pandemic.

REGINA — The Saskatchewan Health Authority says there are now six confirmed measles cases in the province. Medical Health Officer Dr.

A federal judge will temporarily block President Donald Trump’s administration from cutting billions in federal dollars that support COVID-19 initiatives and public health projects throughout the country. U.S.

A transgender college student declared “I am here to break the law” before entering a women’s restroom at the Florida State Capitol and being led out in handcuffs by police.

REGINA — Saskatchewan's health minister says he can't pull the plug on a contract with an American company offering lab services in the province.