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Documents reveal what happened inside the discord at Canada's drug-price regulator

Documents reveal what happened inside the discord at Canada's drug-price regulator

OTTAWA — A letter from the federal health minister sparked discord and division at the agency tasked with regulating the price of patented drugs in Canada, internal emails show, culminating in an indefinite pause on major drug-price reforms and sever
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Supreme Court of Canada won't hear unvaccinated woman's case for organ donation

Supreme Court of Canada won't hear unvaccinated woman's case for organ donation

OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada will not hear the appeal of an Alberta woman who was unwilling to be vaccinated against COVID-19 in order to get a life-saving organ transplant.
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Lifesaving fentanyl test strips still illegal in some states under '70s-era war on drugs law

Lifesaving fentanyl test strips still illegal in some states under '70s-era war on drugs law

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — At Cleveland's Urban Kutz Barbershop, customers can flip through magazines as they wait, or help themselves to drug screening tests left out in a box on a table with a somber message: “Your drugs could contain fentanyl.
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Italian court throws out case alleging early pandemic mismanagement by ex-premier, ex-minister

Italian court throws out case alleging early pandemic mismanagement by ex-premier, ex-minister

MILAN (AP) — A special Italian court has shut down a probe into whether the country's former premier and former health minister caused unnecessary deaths by failing to extend a lockdown zone in the early days of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Romanian health care workers protest for higher wages, more staff, and better working conditions

Romanian health care workers protest for higher wages, more staff, and better working conditions

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Thousands of health care workers held a protest in Romania’s capital on Thursday, demanding higher wages, more staff, and better working conditions amid what they say are shortfalls that will lead to declining medical servic
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Uganda's long-time president says he's taking 'forced leave' after testing positive for COVID-19

Uganda's long-time president says he's taking 'forced leave' after testing positive for COVID-19

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Uganda's longtime president says he is taking “forced leave” after testing positive for COVID-19.
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Air pollution cloaks eastern US for a second day. Here's why there is so much smoke

Air pollution cloaks eastern US for a second day. Here's why there is so much smoke

Intense smoke blanketed the northeastern United States for a second day Wednesday, turning the air a yellowish gray and prompting warnings for people to stay inside and keep windows closed.
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Canadian smoke bathes U.S.; climate change 'only getting worse,' says White House

Canadian smoke bathes U.S.; climate change 'only getting worse,' says White House

WASHINGTON — A hazy, acrid shroud lingered over some of America's largest cities Wednesday as Canadian wildfire smoke continued to drift south, touching off "code red" air quality alerts from Massachusetts to North Carolina.
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Patients, staff struggle over 'chronic issues' at Surrey, B.C., hospital: minister

Patients, staff struggle over 'chronic issues' at Surrey, B.C., hospital: minister

SURREY, B.C. — British Columbia's health minister acknowledged that chronic issues of overcrowding and staffing level concerns at one of the province's largest hospitals are leading to people becoming aggressive over patient care.
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Quebec expands law for doctor-assisted death, permits early requests for procedure

Quebec expands law for doctor-assisted death, permits early requests for procedure

Quebec has adopted a new law that expands access to medical aid in dying and allows early requests for the procedure.
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