Tag Archives: Health
A new Ebola outbreak is confirmed in a remote Congo province, with 65 deaths recorded
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) - Africa's top public health body on Friday confirmed a new Ebola outbreak in Congo's remote Ituri province, with 246 suspected cases and 65 deaths recorded so far. Neighboring Ug...
May 15, 2026
Supreme Court preserves access to widely used abortion pill, while lawsuit plays out
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court on Thursday preserved women's access to a drug used in the most common method of abortion, rejecting lower-court restrictions while a lawsuit continues. The court's...
May 14, 2026
Supreme Court preserves access to widely used abortion pill, while lawsuit plays out
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court on Thursday preserved women's access to a drug used in the most common method of abortion, rejecting lower-court restrictions while a lawsuit continues. The court's...
May 14, 2026
Public health agency says World Cup poses high risk of measles spread
OTTAWA - There is a high risk of measles transmission within Canada during the FIFA World Cup, an analysis by the Public Health Agency of Canada warned Thursday. The federal agency completed its infec...
May 14, 2026
Public health agency says World Cup poses high risk of measles spread
OTTAWA - There is a high risk of measles transmission within Canada during the FIFA World Cup, an analysis by the Public Health Agency of Canada warned Thursday. The federal agency completed its infec...
May 14, 2026
Recall petition to be issued against OneBC MLA Dallas Brodie, who says it's fine
VICTORIA - The agency overseeing British Columbia elections says it will issue a recall petition against OneBC legislator Dallas Brodie -- and she says she's fine with that. Elections BC said it would...
May 14, 2026
Fact File: Misleading claims about hantavirus shared online amid cruise ship outbreak
As Canadians connected to an outbreak of hantavirus on the MV Hondius cruise ship isolate in British Columbia, Alberta and Ontario, rumours and misinformation about the virus are spreading online. Her...
May 14, 2026
Top doctor explains why number of 'low risk' hantavirus contacts in Canada has grown to 26
TORONTO - Canada's chief public health officer says the country is taking a "precautionary approach" in monitoring people who may have had indirect contact with passengers who were on the hantavirus-s...
May 14, 2026
B.C. symposium puts spotlight on dangers associated with strangulation
Charuka Maheswaran was 29 when she met the man she would later marry, have three children with, and who she said eventually beat and strangled her. "He pushed me up against the counter and I could fee...
May 14, 2026
B.C. symposium puts spotlight on dangers associated with strangulation
Charuka Maheswaran was 29 when she met the man she would later marry, have three children with, and who she said eventually beat and strangled her. "He pushed me up against the counter and I could fee...
May 14, 2026