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Newfoundland and Labrador launches COVID vaccination campaign as people move indoors

Newfoundland and Labrador launches COVID vaccination campaign as people move indoors

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Newfoundland and Labrador is launching a COVID-19 vaccination campaign urging everyone aged five and older to get another shot. Dr.
Ottawa has lost control of $150M program reimbursing veterans' cannabis: audit

Ottawa has lost control of $150M program reimbursing veterans' cannabis: audit

OTTAWA — An internal audit by Veterans Affairs sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ suggests Ottawa has all but lost control as it shells out hundreds of millions of dollars for veterans' medical marijuana each year without proper oversight, direction or evidence of health benefi

Big science prize goes to new approaches on corneal disease

LISBON, Portugal (AP) — A Dutch and a Swedish scientist are sharing a €1 million ($1 million) eyesight prize from a Portuguese foundation for their innovative work on corneal diseases.
Disabled voters win in Wisconsin; legal fights elsewhere

Disabled voters win in Wisconsin; legal fights elsewhere

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Trudy Le Beau has voted in every major election since she turned 18 — a half-century of civic participation that has gotten increasingly difficult as her multiple sclerosis progressed.
WHO: COVID end 'in sight,' deaths at lowest since March 2020

WHO: COVID end 'in sight,' deaths at lowest since March 2020

GENEVA (AP) — The head of the World Health Organization said Wednesday that the number of coronavirus deaths worldwide last week was the lowest reported in the pandemic since March 2020, marking what could be a turning point in the years-long global

EXPLAINER: Indiana's abortion ban becomes law Thursday

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An abortion ban is set to take effect in Indiana , which was the first state to pass one after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June.
Under COVID lockdown, Xinjiang residents complain of hunger

Under COVID lockdown, Xinjiang residents complain of hunger

BEIJING (AP) — Residents of a city in China’s far western Xinjiang region say they are experiencing hunger, forced quarantines and dwindling supplies of medicine and daily necessities after more than 40 days in a virus lockdown.
As monkeypox drops in the West, still no vaccines for Africa

As monkeypox drops in the West, still no vaccines for Africa

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — With monkeypox cases subsiding in Europe and parts of North America, many scientists say now is the time to prioritize stopping the virus in Africa. In July, the U.N.
sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Health Minister Adrian Dix says system in crisis since 2020 must be transformed

sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Health Minister Adrian Dix says system in crisis since 2020 must be transformed

WHISTLER, sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ — British Columbia has been in a health-care crisis since at least the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, Health Minister Adrian Dix said Tuesday while acknowledging there's urgent need for change.
Study co-authored by sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½'s top doctor says 80% of kids, youth have had COVID-19

Study co-authored by sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½'s top doctor says 80% of kids, youth have had COVID-19

VANCOUVER — A study co-authored by British Columbia's top doctor says at least 70 to 80 per cent of children and youth in Greater Vancouver and the Fraser Valley have been infected with COVID-19. The study, which lists Dr.