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Nova Scotia to restrict contract length for nurses who travel to fill shortages
HALIFAX — Nova Scotia is moving to restrict the amount of time so-called travel nurses can work in the province, and Premier Tim Houston is calling on other premiers to consider doing the same. Houston says as of Dec.
Dec 4, 2023 1:39 PM
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Quebec employment minister wants to recruit asylum seekers to work in health care
MONTREAL — The Quebec government is launching a pilot project to recruit about 1,500 asylum seekers over the next three years to fill labour shortages in the health-care system.
Dec 4, 2023 1:21 PM
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COVID-19 and flu set to peak over holiday season in Ontario; Moore urges vaccinations
TORONTO — There is a lot of COVID-19 circulating in Ontario right now, and levels of both that virus and influenza are on the rise, set to peak over the holiday season, the province's top doctor said Monday.
Dec 4, 2023 1:05 PM
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The Air Force is expanding a review of cancers for service members who worked with nuclear missiles
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Air Force is expanding its study of whether service members who worked with nuclear missiles have had unusually high rates of cancer after a preliminary review determined that a deeper examination is needed.
Dec 4, 2023 10:42 AM
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Naloxone: What to know about the opioid overdose-reversing drug, free across Canada
HALIFAX — Health Canada has called the opioid crisis one of the most serious public health threats in recent history, and an addictions specialist says everyone can play a part in helping reduce the death toll.
Dec 3, 2023 4:00 AM
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Lacking counselors, US schools turn to the booming business of online therapy
Trouble with playground bullies started for Maria Ishoo’s daughter in elementary school. Girls ganged up, calling her “fat” and “ugly.” Boys tripped and pushed her.
Dec 2, 2023 10:10 PM
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At first-ever health day at UN climate summit, Canadian doctors push for action
TORONTO — As global leaders prepare to meet for the first dedicated health day at a UN climate summit, Canadian doctors plan to use the platform to push for a new federal office dedicated to addressing the health effects of climate change.
Dec 2, 2023 7:00 AM
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Pilgrims yearn to visit isolated peninsula where Catholic saints cared for Hawaii's leprosy patients
KALAUPAPA, Hawaii (AP) — Kalaupapa beckoned to Kyong Son Toyofuku.
Dec 1, 2023 9:32 PM
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New York could see more legal pot shops after state settles cases that halted market
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York could soon start to get more recreational marijuana dispensaries after a judge on Friday approved legal settlements to end lawsuits that halted the state's legal cannabis licensing program.
Dec 1, 2023 5:32 PM
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Court pauses federal policy allowing abortion clinic operators to get grants -- but only in Ohio
A federal appeals court has paused enforcement of a federal government regulation that allows abortion providers to receive federal family planning money — but only in Ohio, where state health officials said the policy took money away from them.
Dec 1, 2023 5:27 PM
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