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Kansas City declares itself a LGBTQ+ sanctuary city

Kansas City declares itself a LGBTQ+ sanctuary city

KANSAS CITY, Mo.
Sex? Sexual intercourse? Neither? Teens weigh in on evolving definitions - and habits

Sex? Sexual intercourse? Neither? Teens weigh in on evolving definitions - and habits

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Situationships. “Sneaky links.” The “talking stage,” the flirtatious getting-to-know-you phase — typically done via text — that can lead to a hookup. High school students are having less sexual intercourse .
Federal government's $1 billion effort to recruit next generation of doctors at risk

Federal government's $1 billion effort to recruit next generation of doctors at risk

SALISBURY, Md. (AP) — Thousands of women living in rural, eastern Maryland have few options when they're looking for someone to deliver their babies.
'Chaotic' down south, concern up north as U.S. ends COVID border, immigration rules

'Chaotic' down south, concern up north as U.S. ends COVID border, immigration rules

WASHINGTON — The imminent overnight end of the COVID-19 public health emergency felt more like a crisis than cause for celebration Thursday as Homeland Security agents and officials braced for an onslaught of asylum seekers at the U.S.-Mexico border.
Kansas governor thwarts small legal settlement with business over COVID-19 restrictions

Kansas governor thwarts small legal settlement with business over COVID-19 restrictions

TOPEKA, Kan.
B.C. sets record, delivers 350,000 surgeries last fiscal year, health minister says

B.C. sets record, delivers 350,000 surgeries last fiscal year, health minister says

VICTORIA — The British Columbia government says the province set a record for the most surgeries performed in the last fiscal year. A report from the Health Ministry says from April 2022 to March 2023 B.C.
Protesters of Alberta premier's private health comments storm stage at news event

Protesters of Alberta premier's private health comments storm stage at news event

EDMONTON — Alberta United Conservative Leader Danielle Smith was hustled offstage by security Thursday after a handful of placard-waving protesters disrupted her news conference over past musings about selling hospitals to private operators.
Agency struggled to get pharma companies to engage in drug-price reform: memo

Agency struggled to get pharma companies to engage in drug-price reform: memo

OTTAWA — Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos was warned that pharmaceutical companies had steadfastly refused to engage on drug-price reforms before he urged an independent federal agency to pause those reforms in favour of more consultation, a 2021 mem
As public health emergency ends, pandemic-era support programs have already been fading away

As public health emergency ends, pandemic-era support programs have already been fading away

WASHINGTON (AP) — The formal end of the national Public Health Emergency on Thursday is largely a symbolic and psychological step, representing the country’s formal emergence from the COVID-19 pandemic.
New blood donation rules allow more gay men to give in US

New blood donation rules allow more gay men to give in US

WASHINGTON (AP) — Gay and bisexual men in monogamous relationships can give blood in the U.S. without abstaining from sex under updated federal health guidelines that focus on donors’ behavior, not their sexual orientation.