Health

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Transgender rights took center stage Tuesday in North Carolina as the GOP-controlled General Assembly advanced legislation to restrict gender-affirming health care and trans participation in sports .

An Ottawa-based non-profit that helped develop Canada's long-term care standards now wants to set national guidelines for mental health and addictions treatmentand suicide prevention.

MINDEN, ONTARIO — An urgent care clinic is set to open at the site of a closed emergency room in Minden, though for just a few hours a week at first.

Native American nations say the Supreme Court's rejection of a challenge to the Indian Child Welfare Act has reaffirmed their power to withstand threats from state governments.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A constitutional amendment to restore abortion rights in Missouri will move forward after a judge on Tuesday broke a standoff between two Republican officials that had halted the process.

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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A school superintendent who was criticized by Florida Gov.

Amid an aggressive marketing campaign in Canada, you've likely seen ads for the medications Ozempic and Rybelsus. Here are some answers to questions you might have about the drugs.

With ads popping up on TV, social media, giant billboards and at professional sports games, Canadians may be feeling bombarded by marketing for Ozempic and sister drug Rybelsus.

LONDON (AP) — Britain made a mistake in focusing too much on preparations for a flu pandemic rather than considering other types of pandemic in the years before the COVID-19 outbreak, former Prime Minister David Cameron told a public inquiry Monday.