Health

Millions of children are displaced due to extreme weather events. Climate change will make it worse

Storms, floods, fires and other extreme weather events led to more than 43 million displacements involving children between 2016 and 2021, according to a United Nations report.

Oct 5, 2023 5:14 PM Read more >

B.C. sets out law to restrict use of illicit drugs in many public places

VICTORIA — The British Columbia government says it will tighten rules around the use of illicit drugs in public places following criticism that consuming fentanyl in community parks could face fewer restrictions than smoking a cigarette.

Oct 5, 2023 4:46 PM Read more >

Quebec man who killed three people at random 'not psychotic,' says psychiatrist

MONTREAL — The psychiatrist whose patient killed three people at random over a 24-hour span in the Montreal area in August 2022 told a coroner's inquest Thursday that what triggered the killing spree will likely never be known. Dr.

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Ozempic and similar drugs linked to gastrointestinal conditions: Canadian researchers

People using diabetes drugs such as Ozempic for weight loss are at higher risk of pancreatitis, bowel obstruction and stomach paralysis compared to those who use another medication approved specifically for obesity management, a University of British

Oct 5, 2023 2:45 PM Read more >

Quebec tables bill to sue drug companies for health-care costs linked to opioids

QUEBEC — The Quebec government has introduced a bill that would allow it to join a proposed class-action lawsuit against more than 40 pharmaceutical companies and retailers accused of downplaying the harmful effects of opioids.

Oct 5, 2023 2:39 PM Read more >

New supervised consumption sites in Ontario on hold until review complete

TORONTO — Ontario has paused approving new supervised consumption and treatment sites while a review of all sites is underway, the province's associate minister of mental health and addictions said Wednesday.

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Ex-USC gynecologist charged with sexually assaulting students dies before going to trial

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The former University of Southern California campus gynecologist at the center of more than $1 billion worth of university payouts stemming from sexual abuse allegations by hundreds of women was found dead inside his home Wednesday

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$228M awarded to some plaintiffs who sued Nevada-based bottled water company after liver illnesses

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A jury has awarded more than $228 million in damages to several plaintiffs who sued a Las Vegas-based bottled water company after its product was linked to liver illnesses, a newspaper reported Thursday.

Oct 5, 2023 12:24 PM Read more >

'Extremely fluid': Liberals and NDP haven't yet agreed on promised pharmacare bill

OTTAWA — The federal New Democrats have rejected the first draft of the Liberals' pharmacare legislation, in what the health minister describes as "extremely fluid" negotiations over the highly anticipated bill.

Oct 5, 2023 11:05 AM Read more >

Health care workers picket outside US hospitals in multiple states, kicking off 3-day strike

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tens of thousands of Kaiser Permanente workers took to picket lines in multiple states on Wednesday, launching a massive strike that the company warned could cause delays at its hospitals and clinics that serve nearly 13 million Am

Oct 5, 2023 9:32 AM Read more >