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'I need a house': Belleville's drug emergency lays bare toll of wider crisis

'I need a house': Belleville's drug emergency lays bare toll of wider crisis

BELLEVILLE, ONT. — As snow accumulated on the streets around him, John Green wondered where he would find warmth for the night.
State governments looking to protect health-related data as it's used in abortion battle

State governments looking to protect health-related data as it's used in abortion battle

Some state governments and federal regulators were already moving to keep individuals' reproductive health information private when a U.S.

Ukrainian man pleads guilty in cyberattack that temporarily disrupted major Vermont hospital

LINCOLN, Neb.
Tribes in Washington are battling a devastating opioid crisis. Will a multimillion-dollar bill help?

Tribes in Washington are battling a devastating opioid crisis. Will a multimillion-dollar bill help?

BELLINGHAM, Wash. (AP) — Evelyn Jefferson walks deep into a forest dotted with the tents of unhoused Lummi Nation tribal members and calls out names. When someone appears, she and a nurse hand out the opioid overdose reversal medication naloxone.
FDA expands use of asthma drug Xolair to treat severe food allergies

FDA expands use of asthma drug Xolair to treat severe food allergies

A medication used to treat asthma can now be used to help people with food allergies avoid severe reactions, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Friday .
The Census Bureau is thinking about how to ask about sex. People have their opinions

The Census Bureau is thinking about how to ask about sex. People have their opinions

The U.S. Census Bureau is thinking about how to ask about sex . People have opinions.
Brazil's health agents scour junkyards and roofs for mosquitos to fight dengue epidemic

Brazil's health agents scour junkyards and roofs for mosquitos to fight dengue epidemic

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The small team of state public health workers slalomed between auto parts strewn across a Rio de Janeiro junkyard, looking for standing water where mosquitoes might have laid their eggs.
14 GOP-led states have turned down federal money to feed low-income kids in the summer. Here's why

14 GOP-led states have turned down federal money to feed low-income kids in the summer. Here's why

Lower-income families with school-age kids can get help from the federal government paying for groceries this summer, unless they live in one of the 14 states that have said no to joining the program this year.
Saskatchewan nurses alarmed over 'dangerous' crowding in hospitals

Saskatchewan nurses alarmed over 'dangerous' crowding in hospitals

SASKATOON — Saskatchewan's largest nurses union says overcrowding has reached dangerous levels in one of the province’s major hospitals.
'Deep concerns': Legal experts criticize Alberta's plans for transgender youth

'Deep concerns': Legal experts criticize Alberta's plans for transgender youth

CALGARY — Thirty-six law professors, legal researchers and other staff from Alberta's two largest universities are asking the province to reconsider policy changes affecting transgender youth.