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Florida law restricting transgender adult care can be enforced while challenged in court

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A new Florida law restricting health care for transgender people can still be applied to adults while it is being challenged in court, a federal judge ruled Monday.
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Prescription opioid shipments declined sharply even as fatal overdoses increased, new data shows

Prescription opioid shipments declined sharply even as fatal overdoses increased, new data shows

The number of prescription opioid pills shipped in the U.S. in the second half of the 2010s decreased sharply even as a nationwide overdose crisis continued to deepen, according to data released Tuesday.
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Walkerton and XL Foods: A look at some of the major E. coli 0157 outbreaks in Canada

Walkerton and XL Foods: A look at some of the major E. coli 0157 outbreaks in Canada

An outbreak of E. coli infections at several Calgary day centres has infected more than 200 people, most of them children.
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Helping mothers and babies survive childbirth is a personal goal, says Melinda French Gates

Helping mothers and babies survive childbirth is a personal goal, says Melinda French Gates

NEW YORK (AP) — Melinda French Gates says she takes personally the deaths of hundreds of thousands of women and babies during child birth each year and believes more people should get involved in the fight for improving maternal health care.
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Child poverty in the US jumped and income declined in 2022 as coronavirus pandemic benefits ended

Child poverty in the US jumped and income declined in 2022 as coronavirus pandemic benefits ended

Child poverty in the United States more than doubled and median household income declined last year when coronavirus pandemic-era government benefits expired and inflation kept rising , according to figures released Tuesday by the U.S. Census Bureau.
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Parents call for better air quality in schools to protect against viruses, fire smoke

Parents call for better air quality in schools to protect against viruses, fire smoke

Kate Laing's family managed to avoid COVID-19 for more than two years. When her oldest son went back to school last year, she said it only took three days for him to become infected and bring the virus home.
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E. coli outbreak linked to Calgary daycares climbs to 231 cases, 26 in hospital

E. coli outbreak linked to Calgary daycares climbs to 231 cases, 26 in hospital

CALGARY — With an E. coli outbreak linked to multiple Calgary daycares surpassing 200 cases, the parent of one sick child says she has found another centre to look after her daughter.
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Republican opposition to abortion threatens global HIV/AIDS program that has saved 25 million lives

Republican opposition to abortion threatens global HIV/AIDS program that has saved 25 million lives

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The graves at the edge of the orphanage tell a story of despair. The rough planks in the cracked earth are painted with the names of children, most of them dead in the 1990s. That was before the HIV drugs arrived.
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Some facts about the Shiga toxin-producing E. coli outbreak at Calgary daycares

Some facts about the Shiga toxin-producing E. coli outbreak at Calgary daycares

CALGARY — Alberta Health Services says 231 people, many of them children, have been infected with Shiga toxin-producing E. coli 0157 after an outbreak this month at several Calgary daycares.
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Eight overdoses in same part of downtown Montreal Sunday, public health investigating

Eight overdoses in same part of downtown Montreal Sunday, public health investigating

MONTREAL — Eight overdoses over a few hours in downtown Montreal this weekend reflect how homeless Indigenous people have started consuming hard and unsafe street drugs, says the head of a shelter that serves the vulnerable community.
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