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B.C. report says climate change brings health risk, as doctor fears 'colossal harms'

B.C. report says climate change brings health risk, as doctor fears 'colossal harms'

VANCOUVER — Communities across British Columbia needs to prepare for a climate-related health crisis like the deadly 2021 heat dome every year, according to the lead contributor to a report on health risks associated with climate change. Dr.

A Tennessee House panel advances a bill that would criminalize helping minors get abortions

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee would be the latest state to make it illegal for an adult to help a minor get an abortion without parental consent under legislation that advanced Tuesday inside the GOP-controlled Statehouse.
Province takes steps to curb spread of fatal disease found in B.C. deer, moose

Province takes steps to curb spread of fatal disease found in B.C. deer, moose

VICTORIA — The B.C. government is taking steps to curb the spread of a disease that's deadly for deer, elk, moose and caribou after the discovery of the province's first cases last month.
One person taken to hospital after cougar attack in Banff National Park

One person taken to hospital after cougar attack in Banff National Park

LAKE LOUISE, Alta. — A cougar attack in a popular wilderness area of Banff National Park has left one person with minor injuries. EMS crews responded to the Rockbound Lake trailhead around 11 a.m.
An Oregon resident was diagnosed with the plague. Here are a few things to know about the illness

An Oregon resident was diagnosed with the plague. Here are a few things to know about the illness

Officials in central Oregon this week reported a case of bubonic plague in a resident who likely got the disease from a sick pet cat.
Inquest into slain officer: Quebec doctors say it's hard to get patients to take meds

Inquest into slain officer: Quebec doctors say it's hard to get patients to take meds

MONTREAL — Psychiatrists who treated a mentally ill Quebec man who killed a provincial police officer told a coroner's inquest on Tuesday about the challenges in getting patients to follow conditions from the province's mental-health board.
What is Alaskapox? Recent death brings attention to virus seen in small animals

What is Alaskapox? Recent death brings attention to virus seen in small animals

NEW YORK (AP) — For nine years, Alaska health officials have been aware of an unusual virus causing rare, relatively mild illnesses in the Fairbanks area.
As pharmacare deadline looms, Singh mulls a future without NDP's deal with Liberals

As pharmacare deadline looms, Singh mulls a future without NDP's deal with Liberals

OTTAWA — NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is mulling what it would mean if the supply-and-confidence deal that ties his party to the Liberals should end prematurely.
Judge dimisses lawsuits from families in Harvard body parts theft case

Judge dimisses lawsuits from families in Harvard body parts theft case

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — A lawyer for families that sued Harvard Medical School for negligence over the theft of body parts of their loved ones from its morgue pledged to appeal Tuesday after a judge in Boston dismissed the lawsuits.
Sweeping bill would expand childcare and early childhood education in Kentucky

Sweeping bill would expand childcare and early childhood education in Kentucky

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — When Jessie Schook shares the joyful news that she's pregnant with her first child, she says the response is often the same — especially among other female working professionals.