Health

Kansas can’t enforce new law on abortion pills or make patients wait 24 hours, judge rules

TOPEKA, Kan.

Oct 30, 2023 3:47 PM Read more >

Pharmacists prescribe another round of US protests to highlight working conditions

Drugstore workers around the country started calling in sick Monday to highlight a lack of support from their employers, protest organizers said.

Oct 30, 2023 2:46 PM Read more >

Doctors could revive bid to block Arizona ban on abortions performed due to genetic abnormality

PHOENIX (AP) — A federal appeals court has agreed to give abortion rights advocates a chance to revive their bid to block an Arizona law that makes it a felony for doctors to perform abortions on patients seeking the procedure solely because of a fet

Oct 30, 2023 1:49 PM Read more >

Ontario lowering age for regular breast cancer screenings to 40

TORONTO — Ontario is lowering the age for regular, publicly funded breast cancer screenings from 50 to 40, which Health Minister Sylvia Jones says will help with early detection.

Oct 30, 2023 12:59 PM Read more >

FDA says WanaBana fruit puree pouches may contain dangerous levels of lead

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning parents and caregivers not to buy or serve certain pureed fruit pouches marketed to toddlers and young children because the food might contain dangerous levels of lead.

Oct 30, 2023 10:58 AM Read more >

Ontarians can now get flu, COVID-19 shots; top doctor urges people to get both

TORONTO — This respiratory virus season in Ontario should be easier on the province and its hospitals than last year, but success will largely depend on levels of vaccination, the chief medical officer of health said Monday.

Oct 30, 2023 10:13 AM Read more >

Eyedrops from CVS, Rite Aid and others carry possible infection risk, FDA says

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. health regulators are warning consumers not to use more than two dozen varieties of over-the-counter eyedrops because of the risk of infections that could lead to blindness.

Oct 30, 2023 9:25 AM Read more >

Ontario offers flu shots, COVID-19 vaccines for all over six months as of Monday

TORONTO — Ontario residents who are six months and older will be able to receive their free flu shot and the new COVID-19 vaccine starting on Monday.

Oct 29, 2023 4:11 PM Read more >

Disabled B.C. man forced to drag himself off flight says he's pushing for changes

PRINCE GEORGE, B.C.

Oct 29, 2023 3:41 PM Read more >

Macron vows to enshrine women's rights to abortion in French Constitution in 2024

PARIS (AP) — President Emmanuel Macron promised on Sunday to enshrine a woman's right to an abortion in the French Constitution by next year.

Oct 29, 2023 7:37 AM Read more >