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AI tools and doctor shortage leading to rise in DIY diagnosis, Ontario docs say

AI tools and doctor shortage leading to rise in DIY diagnosis, Ontario docs say

TORONTO — The advent of AI and a lack of access to primary care are feeding a rising trend in people trying to diagnose and treat themselves online, doctors say.
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Focus on first responders' mental health grows as death toll rises in flood-ravaged Texas

Focus on first responders' mental health grows as death toll rises in flood-ravaged Texas

INGRAM, Texas (AP) — Riding on horseback through brush and over numerous dead turkeys, Margo Mellon spent Tuesday scanning the flood-ravaged ground of Texas’ Hill Country for dead bodies.
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Biden's former doctor refuses to answer questions in House Republican probe

Biden's former doctor refuses to answer questions in House Republican probe

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s former White House physician refused on Wednesday to answer questions as part of the House Republican investigation into Biden’s health in office. Dr.
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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.
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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 the 95 per cent threshold recommended by scientists to prevent the disease from spreading.
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Senate committee advances Susan Monarez to be Trump's CDC director

Senate committee advances Susan Monarez to be Trump's CDC director

The U.S. Senate's health committee on Wednesday approved Susan Monarez to be President Donald Trump’s director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, taking her one step closer to confirmation.
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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