Tag Archives: health

PHOENIX (AP) - Democratic Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs has relegated a Civil War-era ban on most abortions to the past by signing a bill Thursday to repeal it. Hobbs says the move is just the beginning of...

Two years after a leaked draft of a U.S. Supreme Court opinion signaled that the nation's abortion landscape was about to shift dramatically, the issue is still consuming the nation's courts, legislat...

PHOENIX (AP) - The Arizona Legislature approved a repeal of a long-dormant ban on nearly all abortions Wednesday, sending the bill to Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs, who is expected to sign it. Two Repub...

The Government of Saskatchewan says it will offer financial assistance to families when they need to leave the province to get health care for their children. The move comes after Kaitlyn Soron and he...

VANCOUVER - The British Columbia government is spending more money to recruit and retain health-science workers, while expanding an incentive program to dozens more rural communities. Health Minister ...

OTTAWA - More than 1,200 seniors have already visited a dentist and had their claims processed by the federal government's new dental care plan, the Liberals announced Wednesday. The first one million...

OTTAWA - Addictions Minister Ya'ara Saks said she needs more information before prohibiting public use of illicit drugs again in British Columbia, but the province says she already has everything she ...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration is moving toward reclassifying marijuana as a less dangerous drug. The Justice Department proposal would recognize the medical uses of cannab...

PEGUIS, Man. - A Manitoba First Nation has declared a state of emergency in response to a health crisis caused by repeated flooding. Peguis First Nation says it has endured persistent flooding over th...

BOCA RATON, Fla. (AP) - Florida's ban on most abortions after six weeks of pregnancy, before many women even know they are pregnant, went into effect Wednesday, and some doctors are concerned that wom...