Health

TORONTO — People in Ontario who test positive for COVID-19 no longer have to isolate for five days, the province's top doctor said Wednesday in announcing what he called a "practical and pragmatic" new approach to the dealing with the virus.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. on Wednesday authorized its first update to COVID-19 vaccines, booster doses that target today’s most common omicron strain. Shots could begin within days.

TORONTO — Ontario's Progressive Conservative government passed legislation Wednesday that would force hospital patients awaiting long-term care into nursing homes not of their choosing on a temporary basis, but many details of the new law remain unkn

HALIFAX — The government of Nova Scotia is expanding virtual health care to all 105,000 residents who are waiting for a family doctor, offering them access to online medical appointments.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Bird flu has returned to the Midwest earlier than authorities expected after a lull of several months, with the highly pathogenic disease being detected in two commercial turkey flocks in western Minnesota and a hobby flock in Indi

Plans are in place to send more nurses to a remote First Nation in northern Ontario that's had to limit its health-care services to emergency-only care due to a nursing shortage, a regional care provider confirmed on Wednesday.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — A breast cancer survivor in Newfoundland and Labrador is questioning how nearly 14,000 more mammogram results in the province have been placed under review because they were analyzed on improper screens.

Montreal health authorities are confirming that four people have died from a Streptococcus A outbreak at a private seniors residence.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — While the results of this month's Kansas abortion vote have shaken some Republicans' appetite for additional restrictions, South Carolina lawmakers on Wednesday advanced a ban with limited exceptions .

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida sued federal health officials on Wednesday, accusing them of stalling the state's plan to import lower-cost prescription drugs from Canada. Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis announced the lawsuit against the U.S.