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Vaccination rates among children in Maritimes are too low to stop spread of measles

Vaccination rates among children in Maritimes are too low to stop spread of measles

FREDERICTON — At least three out of the four Atlantic provinces have released data revealing their measles vaccination rates in children are below levels recommended by scientists to prevent the disease from spreading.
Gaza doctors say Israel's killing of a prominent colleague leaves a hard-to-fill void

Gaza doctors say Israel's killing of a prominent colleague leaves a hard-to-fill void

JERUSALEM (AP) — When the onetime director of a Gaza Strip hospital was killed by an Israeli airstrike last week, he joined a growing list of prominent Palestinian doctors who have died during 21 months of war that has devastated the territory’s heal
Protesters rally against closure of largest gender-affirming care center for kids in the US

Protesters rally against closure of largest gender-affirming care center for kids in the US

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Growing up, Sage Sol Pitchenik wanted to hide. “I hated my body," the nonbinary 16-year-old said. “I hated looking at it.
Burning of fossil fuels caused 1,500 deaths in recent European heat wave, study estimates

Burning of fossil fuels caused 1,500 deaths in recent European heat wave, study estimates

WASHINGTON (AP) — Human-caused climate change is responsible for killing about 1,500 people in last week's European heat wave, a first-of-its-kind rapid study found.
The first drug to treat infants sick with malaria is approved by Swiss authority

The first drug to treat infants sick with malaria is approved by Swiss authority

GENEVA (AP) — Switzerland's medical products authority has granted the first approval for a malaria medicine designed for small infants, touted as an advance against a disease that takes hundreds of thousands of lives — nearly all in Africa — each ye

Chinese man charged in Texas with stealing COVID-19 research from US colleges

HOUSTON (AP) — A Chinese national has been arrested on suspicion of hacking into several U.S. universities' computer systems to steal COVID-19-related research, authorities announced on Tuesday.
Nova Scotia multidisciplinary health teams a key to improving access: officials

Nova Scotia multidisciplinary health teams a key to improving access: officials

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia health officials said Tuesday that they are making progress recruiting health professionals and in reducing the province’s primary care wait list through an emphasis on collaborative care. Dr.
Wisconsin Supreme Court clears the way for a conversion therapy ban to be made permanent

Wisconsin Supreme Court clears the way for a conversion therapy ban to be made permanent

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Supreme Court cleared the way Tuesday for the state to permanently enact a ban on conversion therapy in a ruling that gives the governor more power over how state laws are enacted.
Public health warns of measles exposure at Fort St. John, B.C., prenatal clinic

Public health warns of measles exposure at Fort St. John, B.C., prenatal clinic

FORT ST. JOHN — People who attended a prenatal clinic in Fort St. John, B.C., have been told they may have been exposed to measles.
Trump administration pulls back on plans to rewrite Biden-era asbestos ban

Trump administration pulls back on plans to rewrite Biden-era asbestos ban

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is dropping plans to allow continued use of the last type of asbestos legally allowed in U.S. manufacturing after an outcry from asbestos opponents.