Health

BEIJING (AP) — Chinese authorities locked down a major university in Beijing on Wednesday after finding one COVID-19 case as they stick to a “zero-COVID” approach despite growing public discontent.

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Gov. Andy Beshear took action Tuesday to allow Kentuckians suffering from debilitating conditions to legally possess small amounts of medical marijuana properly purchased in another state.

EDMONTON — Alberta's second-largest school district is asking the provincial government for clarity on whether it can require masks when a school has a respiratory illness outbreak.

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MONTREAL — Quebec nursing student Jennifer Gunville says she was left in shock after she learned she had failed her licensing exam.

OTTAWA — The so-called triple threat of influenza, respiratory syncytial virus and COVID-19 has hit Ontario hard this fall and with long wait times at doctors' offices and hospitals, the province's nurse practitioners say they're ready to do more to

WINNIPEG — Manitoba's Progressive Conservative government promised to improve health care, tackle crime and set up new oversight for teachers in a pre-election throne speech Tuesday.

Canada has entered a flu epidemic, the national public health agency said Tuesday, as some experts warned the surge of respiratory illnesses in the country will worsen.

ATLANTA (AP) — A judge overturned Georgia’s ban on abortion starting around six weeks into a pregnancy, ruling Tuesday that it violated the U.S. Constitution and U.S. Supreme Court precedent when it was enacted three years ago and was therefore void.

TORONTO — Ontario's health minister said it's a "personal choice" to wear a mask Tuesday, one day after the province's top doctor urged everyone to do so in all indoor spaces.