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VANCOUVER - Advocates for drug users are raising concerns about British Columbia's request for Health Canada to empower police to step in when they see illicit drug use in public spaces, saying it may...

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Mississippi Senate leaders on Friday said for the first time that they are willing to expand Medicaid to the full level allowed under a federal law signed 14 years ago by then-Pr...

VANCOUVER - British Columbia is preparing to ban most public drug use, a change to parts of its decriminalization pilot project that the premier says should have been in place all along. The province ...

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden's administration is indefinitely delaying a long-awaited menthol cigarette ban, a decision that infuriated anti-smoking advocates but could avoid a political back...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Republican attorneys general from 17 states filed a lawsuit Thursday challenging new federal rules entitling workers to time off and other accommodations for abortions, callin...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee's GOP-controlled Statehouse on Thursday gave their final approval to legislation penalizing adults who help minors receive gender-affirming care without parental cons...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Abortion continues to be a key part of Democrats' election playbook in North Carolina, which for 2024 will include what abortion-rights advocates call an unprecedented investment ...

OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada will weigh the constitutionality of a pandemic-related restriction that curbed travel for public-health reasons. The top court has agreed to hear arguments about a...

EDMONTON - The Alberta government announced Thursday a new payment model that would allow nurse practitioners to make 80 per cent of what family doctors are paid. Health Minister Adriana LaGrange said...

Not taking her toddler to Toronto's Sick Kids Hospital is not an option for Kaitlyn Soron and her husband. Their 2 1/2-year-old is very sick and often in a lot of pain. She needs to see a pediatric ga...