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Ontario growing pharmacists' prescribing powers, eyes further expansion

Ontario growing pharmacists' prescribing powers, eyes further expansion

TORONTO — Ontario is giving pharmacists additional prescription powers, and is considering allowing them to administer certain treatments and medications through injection.
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Feds: Woman charged in Wyoming clinic fire opposes abortion

Feds: Woman charged in Wyoming clinic fire opposes abortion

CHEYENNE, Wyo.
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Fetterman expected back 'soon,' but no certain timeline yet

Fetterman expected back 'soon,' but no certain timeline yet

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania Sen.
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Missouri Senate OKs limits on transgender treatments, sports

Missouri Senate OKs limits on transgender treatments, sports

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri youths no longer could receive gender-affirming treatments under a bill passed Thursday by the state Senate.
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Ohio toxic train derailment upends school baseball, track

Ohio toxic train derailment upends school baseball, track

EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (AP) — On the surface, everything looks normal. There's the East Palestine High School baseball team learning the finer points of baserunning at one edge of Reid Memorial Stadium.
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Equatorial Guinea confirms 8 new cases of Marburg virus

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Equatorial Guinea has confirmed another eight cases of the “highly virulent” Marburg virus, a deadly hemorrhagic fever with no authorized vaccine or treatment.
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Surgery wait times for cancer, joint replacement patients still lagging amid backlog

Surgery wait times for cancer, joint replacement patients still lagging amid backlog

Hospitals across Canada are performing surgeries at close to pre-pandemic levels, but many patients continue to face longer-than-recommended wait times due to the backlog created by COVID-19, a new report from the Canadian Institute for Health Inform
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Kansas lawmakers near approval of 'born alive' abortion bill

Kansas lawmakers near approval of 'born alive' abortion bill

TOPEKA, Kan.
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Arrest made in fire at planned Wyoming abortion clinic

Arrest made in fire at planned Wyoming abortion clinic

CHEYENNE, Wyo.
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Judge halts Wyoming abortion ban days after it took effect

Judge halts Wyoming abortion ban days after it took effect

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Abortion will again be legal in Wyoming — at least for now — after a judge on Wednesday temporarily blocked a ban that took effect a few days earlier.
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