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Your Good Health: Skin-cancer tests need to be thorough

Your Good Health: Skin-cancer tests need to be thorough

The correct technique for a skin cancer check is to examine the whole body under strong light and with magnification

Monk, attorney charged with $3.5M pandemic relief fraud

BOSTON (AP) — A man who presents himself as a Orthodox Christian monk and an attorney he lived with fraudulently obtained $3.
Smith's discrimination remark making Alberta an international embarrassment: NDP

Smith's discrimination remark making Alberta an international embarrassment: NDP

EDMONTON — Alberta’s Opposition NDP leader says Premier Danielle Smith has made the province an international embarrassment by proclaiming those who didn’t get vaccinated during COVID-19 endured the worst discrimination she's seen in her lifetime.

Former Yale med school official gets 9 years for $40M fraud

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A former official at Yale University’s medical school was sentenced Thursday to more than nine years in prison for carrying out a $40 million scam involving computers and other electronics.
sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ care aides, lab assistants, health facility cleaners reach new labour deal

sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ care aides, lab assistants, health facility cleaners reach new labour deal

VICTORIA — Unions representing care aides, lab assistants and cleaning staff have reached a new labour agreement with health employers in sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ The sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½
A timeline of what led up to the invocation of the Emergencies Act

A timeline of what led up to the invocation of the Emergencies Act

OTTAWA — As public hearings begin into the federal government's first use of the Emergencies Act legislation, inquiry commission lawyers have prepared a rough timeline of the events that led up to the historic invocation.
Biden administration extends COVID public health emergency

Biden administration extends COVID public health emergency

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration said Thursday that the COVID-19 public health emergency will continue through Jan. 11 as officials brace for a spike in cases this winter .
Rise in COVID-19, flu season, other viruses could mean 'complicated year': Moore

Rise in COVID-19, flu season, other viruses could mean 'complicated year': Moore

TORONTO — COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations are on the rise, the flu season is on the horizon and many other respiratory viruses are circulating again, Ontario's top doctor said Thursday as he warned the coming months could be tough.
Charges laid in Ottawa under new crime of harassing a health worker

Charges laid in Ottawa under new crime of harassing a health worker

OTTAWA — A 58-year-old Ontario man is facing charges under a new law against intimidating a health-care worker.
Bezos family donates $710M to Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

Bezos family donates $710M to Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

The Seattle-based Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center announced a $710 million gift from the Bezos family, the largest gift the center has ever received and one of the largest to go to any single cancer research organization in recent years.