Health

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A lawsuit that accuses Alabama prisons of illegally harvesting the organs of people who died while incarcerated will be allowed to proceed, a state judge ruled on Tuesday.

TORONTO — Dr. André Veillette was in medical school when he watched updates on Terry Fox's cross-country run on the evening news. He didn’t realize the impact the 21-year-old, just a year older than he was at the time, would have on his life.

“Euphoria” actor and former “Grey’s Anatomy” veteran Eric Dane has announced that he has ALS but will continue working.

WASHINGTON (AP) — An Alabama woman who lived with a pig kidney for a record 130 days had the organ removed after her body began rejecting it and is back on dialysis, doctors announced Friday – a disappointment in the ongoing quest for animal-to-human

WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation's top health agency will undertake a “massive testing and research effort” to determine the cause of autism , Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced.

TORONTO — Mike Erickson wheels his power chair around a Toronto supervised consumption site, waiting for his friend to show up.

TORONTO — A nurse practitioner whose research at Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children is dedicated to helping children and teens manage pain has won a Gairdner Award.

PARIS (AP) — Rugby star Sébastien Chabal won two Six Nations titles with France, reached a World Cup semifinal and played 62 times for his nation as a powerful forward.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A woman in Australia unknowingly gave birth to a stranger’s baby after she received another patient's embryo from her in vitro fertilization clinic due to “human error,” the clinic said.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Weeks after ordering all Food and Drug Administration employees back into the office , the agency is reversing course, allowing some of its most prized staffers to work remotely amid worries that recent layoffs and resignations coul