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Four dead in Streptococcus A outbreak at west-end Montreal seniors home

Four dead in Streptococcus A outbreak at west-end Montreal seniors home

Montreal health authorities are confirming that four people have died from a Streptococcus A outbreak at a private seniors residence.
Abortion ban reaches S. Carolina Senate despite GOP factions

Abortion ban reaches S. Carolina Senate despite GOP factions

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — While the results of this month's Kansas abortion vote have shaken some Republicans' appetite for additional restrictions, South Carolina lawmakers on Wednesday advanced a ban with limited exceptions .
Florida sues FDA over 'delay' of low-cost drug importations

Florida sues FDA over 'delay' of low-cost drug importations

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida sued federal health officials on Wednesday, accusing them of stalling the state's plan to import lower-cost prescription drugs from Canada. Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis announced the lawsuit against the U.S.

California won't expand teen vaccines without parental OK

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California won't allow teens age 15 and up to be vaccinated against the coronavirus without their parents' consent. State Sen.
WHO: New COVID cases, deaths keep falling nearly everywhere

WHO: New COVID cases, deaths keep falling nearly everywhere

GENEVA (AP) — The number of new coronavirus cases and deaths reported globally continued to fall nearly everywhere in the world in what the World Health Organization described as a “welcome decline” at a media briefing on Wednesday. The U.N.
New Brunswick graduate nurses can now become fully licensed through Quebec exam

New Brunswick graduate nurses can now become fully licensed through Quebec exam

FREDERICTON — New Brunswick is allowing graduate nurses to become fully licensed in the province by writing the Quebec nursing entry exam.
Unvaccinated cadets ordered off Coast Guard Academy campus

Unvaccinated cadets ordered off Coast Guard Academy campus

NEW LONDON, Conn. (AP) — The Coast Guard Academy is disenrolling seven cadets for failing to comply with the military's COVID-19 vaccination mandate, after their requests for religious exemptions were denied and they were ordered to leave campus.
Bogus information online, climate change top Canadian fears in latest Pew survey

Bogus information online, climate change top Canadian fears in latest Pew survey

WASHINGTON — Canadians consider the online disinformation epidemic and climate change as the most serious threats of the modern age, edging out pandemic-era concerns about the global economy and infectious disease, a new survey suggests.

Cyprus lifts COVID-19 mask rule, indoor capacity limits

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus on Wednesday lifted the obligatory use of face masks in all indoor areas after the island nation’s top health official said epidemiological data amid the coronavirus pandemic have “significantly improved.

Canadian donates $172 million to Australian medical research

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Canadian businessman Geoff Cumming on Wednesday promised 250 million Australian dollars ($172 million) over 20 years to fight the next pandemic in Australia’s largest ever donation to medical research.