Health

Alberta town in health crisis must pay to keep clinic open as doctor roster dwindles

EDMONTON — In Hinton, Alta., an industrial town in the shadows of the Rockies, residents left without a doctor to write prescriptions face a three-hour drive to Edmonton to try their luck at a walk-in clinic.

Jul 4, 2024 2:00 AM Read more >

India is likely undercounting heat deaths, affecting its response to increasingly harsh heat waves

BENGALURU, India (AP) — Months of scorching temperatures sometimes over 50 degrees Celsius (122 Fahrenheit) in parts of India this year — its worst heat wave in over a decade — left hundreds dead or ill.

Jul 3, 2024 11:17 PM Read more >

Japan's top court orders government to compensate disabled people who were forcibly sterilized

TOKYO (AP) — In a landmark decision, Japan’s Supreme Court ordered the government Wednesday to pay suitable compensation to about a dozen victims who were forcibly sterilized under a now-defunct Eugenics Protection Law that was designed to eliminate

Jul 3, 2024 7:35 PM Read more >

As temperatures soar, judge tells Louisiana to help protect prisoners working in fields

Amid blistering summer temperatures, a federal judge ordered Louisiana to take steps to protect the health and safety of incarcerated workers toiling in the fields of a former slave plantation, saying they face “substantial risk of injury or death.

Jul 3, 2024 6:46 PM Read more >

Which states could have abortion on the ballot in 2024?

Organizers in Arizona and Nebraska turned in more than enough signatures Wednesday to put abortion-related ballot questions before voters in November's election if a sufficient number of them are deemed valid.

Jul 3, 2024 5:07 PM Read more >

Federal judge sentences 4 anti-abortion activists for a 2021 Tennessee clinic blockade

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B.C. Lions linebacker Josh Woods suffers season-ending knee injury

SURREY, B.C. — A key defensive weapon for the B.C. Lions has had his season cut short by a knee injury. Head coach and co-general manager Rick Campbell confirmed Wednesday that linebacker Josh Woods is done for the year.

Jul 3, 2024 4:33 PM Read more >

Judge temporarily blocks Biden administration's restoration of transgender health protections

JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — A federal district court judge on Wednesday temporarily halted parts of a nondiscrimination rule that would have kept insurers and medical professionals from denying hormone therapy, gender transition surgeries and similar

Jul 3, 2024 3:58 PM Read more >

Abortion measures could be on Arizona and Nebraska ballots after organizers submit signatures

PHOENIX (AP) — Organizers in Arizona and Nebraska said Wednesday that they turned in far more signatures than required to get ballot measures on abortion rights before voters in November's election.

Jul 3, 2024 3:52 PM Read more >

First Nation seeks halt to Yukon mining after failure at gold mine

MAYO, YUKON — A First Nation in central Yukon is demanding the immediate halt of all mining activity in its traditional territory, and an independent investigation into the recent failure of equipment at a gold mine which it says could be catastrophi

Jul 3, 2024 3:40 PM Read more >