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Advocate tells B.C. inquest that home-share providers are burnt out, need better pay

Advocate tells B.C. inquest that home-share providers are burnt out, need better pay

BURNABY, B.C. — The independent advocate in charge of helping adults with developmental disabilities navigate B.C. government supports says his office often hears about home-share providers who are exhausted and constantly in "crisis mode.
B.C. Supreme Court certifies province's class-action lawsuit against opioid providers

B.C. Supreme Court certifies province's class-action lawsuit against opioid providers

British Columbia's attorney general says the province's Supreme Court has certified the government's class-action lawsuit against opioid manufacturers and distributors. Niki Sharma says B.C.
RFK Jr. says he's resigned from anti-vaccine nonprofit as he seeks nation's top health official job

RFK Jr. says he's resigned from anti-vaccine nonprofit as he seeks nation's top health official job

WASHINGTON (AP) — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is distancing himself from his anti-vaccine work as he seeks to become the leader of the nation's top health agency under President Donald Trump , according to government ethics documents released Wednesday.
RFK Jr. says he's resigned from anti-vaccine nonprofit as he seeks nation's top health official job

RFK Jr. says he's resigned from anti-vaccine nonprofit as he seeks nation's top health official job

WASHINGTON (AP) — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is distancing himself from his anti-vaccine work as he seeks to become the leader of the nation's top health agency under President Donald Trump , according to government ethics documents released Wednesday.

Aesthetician charged with injecting customers with counterfeit Botox

NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City aesthetician was charged Wednesday with injecting customers with counterfeit Botox at his medical spa after some of them complained that it made them sick.
Condemned inmate worried South Carolina needed 2 lethal injections doses at last execution

Condemned inmate worried South Carolina needed 2 lethal injections doses at last execution

COLUMBIA, S.C.
University of Prince Edward Island medical school to receive its first class in fall

University of Prince Edward Island medical school to receive its first class in fall

CHARLOTTETOWN — The dean of the University of Prince Edward Island's new medical faculty told a legislature committee Wednesday that the pieces are falling into place for the school to receive its first students in September. Dr.
Trump administration freezes many health agency reports and online posts

Trump administration freezes many health agency reports and online posts

The Trump administration has put a freeze on many federal health agency communications with the public through at least the end of the month. In a memo obtained by The Associated Press, acting Secretary of the U.S.
Edmonton teen in coma after bar attack in resort in Dominican Republic

Edmonton teen in coma after bar attack in resort in Dominican Republic

EDMONTON — An Edmonton woman says she's hoping her teenage son wakes up from an induced coma soon so she can bring him home after a bar fight in the Dominican Republic left him with a traumatic brain injury. "I'm stressed.
CFIA says inspectors could be sent to Italy to investigate salmonella outbreak

CFIA says inspectors could be sent to Italy to investigate salmonella outbreak

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency said it's possible that investigators will be sent to Italy to determine the source of a salmonella outbreak that's sickened at least 61 people in Canada.
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