Health

Russian lawmakers move to further restrict transgender rights in new legislation

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Russian lawmakers on Thursday approved a toughened version of a bill that outlaws gender transitioning procedures, with added clauses that annul marriages in which one person has “changed gender” and bar transgender people fro

Jul 13, 2023 7:47 AM Read more >

Did past health accords work? Ottawa is trying to make that question easier to answer

OTTAWA — In medicine, before a doctor treats a patient's illness, they first try to get a sense of the person's health. They collect information on the symptoms, run tests and blood work and gather whatever details they can.

Jul 13, 2023 2:00 AM Read more >

Indigenous women in Canada forcibly sterilized decades after other rich countries stopped

TORONTO (AP) — Decades after many other rich countries stopped forcibly sterilizing Indigenous women, numerous activists, doctors, politicians and at least five class-action lawsuits say the practice has not ended in Canada.

Jul 12, 2023 7:38 PM Read more >

Indigenous women in Canada forcibly sterilized decades after other rich countries stopped

TORONTO (AP) — Decades after many other rich countries stopped forcibly sterilizing Indigenous women, numerous activists, doctors, politicians and at least five class-action lawsuits allege the practice has not ended in Canada.

Jul 12, 2023 7:35 PM Read more >

Ottawa follows in Toronto's footsteps, adopts emergency mental health crisis service

Ottawa's city council has greenlit a plan to create a mental health emergency dispatch line and a mobile crisis response team that would be in operation 24-7.

Jul 12, 2023 4:47 PM Read more >

Regina General Hospital to temporarily close one intensive care bed

REGINA — A hospital in Saskatchewan's capital is temporarily closing one of its medical intensive care unit beds following months of staff shortages.

Jul 12, 2023 3:24 PM Read more >

Indiana authorities investigate deaths of 3 patients within a week at addiction treatment center

MISHAWAKA, Ind. (AP) — The deaths of three patients within a week at a northern Indiana addiction treatment center are being investigated by local authorities, who are also looking into a suspected overdose involving a fourth patient. The St.

Jul 12, 2023 2:50 PM Read more >

Public health agency investigates after Air France passenger sat in blood-soaked area

TORONTO — Canada's public health agency is investigating after a passenger on an Air France flight from Paris to Toronto said he sat amid the uncleaned remnants of a previous passenger's hemorrhage.

Jul 12, 2023 2:31 PM Read more >

Plastic surgeon who livestreamed procedures on TikTok banned from practicing medicine in Ohio

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio plastic surgeon's state medical license was permanently revoked Wednesday after a medical board determined she harmed patients while livestreaming their surgeries on the social media app TikTok.

Jul 12, 2023 2:22 PM Read more >

Russia's threat to pull out of Ukraine grain deal raises fears about global food security

LONDON (AP) — Concerns are growing that Russia will not extend a United Nations-brokered deal that allows grain to flow from Ukraine to parts of the world struggling with hunger, with ships no longer heading to the war-torn country's Black Sea ports

Jul 12, 2023 1:32 PM Read more >