Health

Most Americans should get an updated COVID-19 vaccine, health officials said Tuesday.

BRAMPTON, Ont. — Ontario Health Minister Sylvia Jones says the province is spending $25 million to create a Black health and social services hub in Peel Region.

CALGARY — It's been a challenging time for Mira Penney. The 10-year-old was diagnosed with a brain tumour, had it removed in August of last year and then underwent a round of chemotherapy.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California lawmakers voted Tuesday to put a proposal before voters next March that would overhaul how counties pay for mental and behavioral health programs in an effort to address the state's worsening homelessness crisis.

CALGARY — Inspectors found three critical violations, including improper sanitation and live cockroaches, at a central kitchen serving Calgary daycares affected by an E. coli outbreak, said a report released Tuesday. The violations stem from a Sept.

Quebec's College of Physicians says the government is taking a "paternalistic and colonialist" approach with new legislation aimed at improving the treatment of Indigenous people in the health network.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A meeting Tuesday of South Carolina lawmakers considering how to best counter future pandemics was dominated by vaccine skeptics pushing concerns about COVID-19 immunizations that are unaccepted by the greater medical community.

SURREY, B.C. — A long-awaited and often promised second hospital for the City of Surrey took a step closer toward reality Tuesday with Premier David Eby announcing the completion of construction of the new facility by 2029.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The leading decongestant used by millions of Americans looking for relief from a stuffy nose is no better than a dummy pill, according to government experts who reviewed the latest research on the long-questioned drug ingredient .

OTTAWA — Canada's senior public health officials are urging Canadians to get an updated COVID-19 vaccine this fall after the first shot targeting the latest variants was authorized for use on Tuesday.