Health

Ontario lacks a health-care plan for alcohol harms as sales expand: health coalition

TORONTO 鈥� Premier Doug Ford's government has no strategy to mitigate problems that could result from the province's newly liberalized alcohol sales rules, a health coalition said Thursday, warning that more death, cancer diagnoses and emergency depar

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N.S. election: NDP promises to end fixed-term leases, impose rent-control system

HALIFAX 鈥� Nova Scotia鈥檚 temporary rent cap and a loophole that allows landlords to avoid it were the targets of the provincial New Democrats on Thursday, as they promised to protect tenants from evictions and excessive hikes if elected Nov. 26.

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'Obamacare' enrollment opens, as Republicans threaten the health insurance program used by millions

WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� Americans can start signing up Friday for health care coverage offered through the Affordable Care Act marketplace for 2025, days before a presidential election that could threaten eligibility and raise costs for millions of those i

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UK apologizes for child's death in case that made air pollution in low-income areas a national issue

LONDON (AP) 鈥� The British government has apologized for the death of a 9-year-old girl who is believed to be the first person in the U.K.

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Abortion-rights groups outspend opponents by more than 6 to 1 in ballot measure campaigns

The groups promoting ballot measures to add amendments to the constitutions in nine states that would enshrine a right to abortion have raised more than $160 million.

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Alzheimer Society supports advance MAID requests, but also good dementia care

TORONTO 鈥� Andr茅e McGrath is living "a really wonderful life." She and her husband of 49 years, Rick McGrath, live in Kanata, Ont., where they golf, take walks and laugh loudly and often.

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Dental-care program hits 1 million patients in first six months, coverage expands

OTTAWA 鈥� A million Canadians have received care under the federal dental-care plan six months after the program began, Health Minister Mark Holland said Thursday. Starting on Friday, the program will also cover more complex procedures.

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Opponents use parental rights and anti-trans messages to fight abortion ballot measures

CHICAGO (AP) 鈥� Billboards with the words 鈥淪TOP Child Gender Surgery.鈥� Pamphlets warning about endangering minors. 鈥淧ROTECT PARENT RIGHTS鈥� plastered on church bulletins.

Oct 31, 2024 8:08 AM Read more >

Britain has banned protests outside abortion clinics, but silent prayer is a gray area

LONDON (AP) 鈥� A British ban on protesting outside abortion clinics went into effect on Thursday, though it left a question mark over whether anti-abortion demonstrators who pray silently will be breaking the law.

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EU Commission fines Teva $500 million for trying to stop rival's multiple sclerosis drug

BRUSSELS (AP) 鈥� The European Commission said Thursday it has fined Israeli generic drugmaker Teva more than 460 million euros ($500 million) for improperly seeking to protect the patent for its multiple sclerosis drug and for disparaging a rival comp

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