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Washington (AP) 鈥� Reining in the soaring prices of insulin has thus far been elusive in Congress, although Democrats say they'll try again 鈥� as part of their economic package that focuses on health and climate.

WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� The federal government declared a public health emergency Thursday to bolster the response to the monkeypox outbreak that has infected more than 7,100 Americans.

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) 鈥� New York state health officials issued a more urgent call Thursday for unvaccinated children and adults to get inoculated against polio, citing new evidence of possible 鈥渃ommunity spread鈥� of the dangerous virus.

BATON ROUGE (AP) 鈥� Abortion-rights advocates hope Louisiana鈥檚 near-total ban of the procedure will soon be blocked again, after plaintiffs in an ongoing legal challenge filed an appeal with the state Supreme Court Thursday.

EDMONTON 鈥� The Alberta government says it has ended the emergency directive calling for some patients in Edmonton hospitals to be treated in hallways.

TORONTO 鈥� Ontario's health minister has directed regulatory colleges for nurses and doctors to develop plans to more quickly register internationally educated professionals, a move nursing groups and critics say falls short of the premier's promise t

MONTREAL 鈥� Quebec is expanding access to the monkeypox vaccine amid signs that the virus has begun to spread outside Montreal.

OTTAWA 鈥� Jane Sustrik remembers the sense of fear hanging over her in those early months of the pandemic.

MONTREAL 鈥� Quebec will begin offering an additional dose of COVID-19 vaccine to vulnerable seniors and long-term care residents, the province's public health director said Thursday as Quebec surpassed 16,000 pandemic deaths. Dr.

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) 鈥� A top Democratic state lawmaker from Republican-led Missouri on Wednesday wrote to the Democratic Illinois and Kansas governors asking for help paying for abortions for out-of-state Medicaid patients.