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Thimerosal: What to know about the vaccine preservative from a bygone flu-shot debate

Thimerosal: What to know about the vaccine preservative from a bygone flu-shot debate

The Trump administration’s vaccine advisers took up an old flu-shot debate: whether it’s time to wipe out the last small fraction of those vaccines that contain a controversial preservative called thimerosal.
Heat wave blamed for 42 Toronto emergency room visits, public health says

Heat wave blamed for 42 Toronto emergency room visits, public health says

TORONTO — Toronto Public Health says it recorded 42 heat-related emergency department visits during the heat wave that gripped much of Ontario earlier this week.
Quebec premier offers condolences after all victims recovered from helicopter crash

Quebec premier offers condolences after all victims recovered from helicopter crash

MONTRÉAL — Quebec's premier offered his condolences on Thursday to the victims of an air ambulance crash on Quebec's North Shore that killed three crew members and a patient.
Kennedy says US is pulling funding from global vaccine group Gavi

Kennedy says US is pulling funding from global vaccine group Gavi

LONDON (AP) — U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says the country is pulling its support from the vaccines alliance Gavi , saying the organization has “ignored the science" and “lost the public trust.
Death in Halifax-area encampment a homicide, police searching for woman

Death in Halifax-area encampment a homicide, police searching for woman

HALIFAX — Police in Halifax are looking for a woman accused of assaulting a man days before he died at an encampment for homeless people.
Thailand banning cannabis sales without a prescription 3 years after decriminalization

Thailand banning cannabis sales without a prescription 3 years after decriminalization

BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand is further tightening control of cannabis by banning sales of the plant to those without prescriptions.
Senate struggle over Medicaid cuts threatens progress on Trump's big bill

Senate struggle over Medicaid cuts threatens progress on Trump's big bill

WASHINGTON (AP) — One key unsettled issue stalling progress on President Donald Trump's big bill in Congress is particularly daunting: How to cut billions from health care without harming Americans or the hospitals and others that provide care? Repub
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver, in ESPN interview, says league taking serious look at Achilles tears

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver, in ESPN interview, says league taking serious look at Achilles tears

The NBA had already convened a panel of experts to study Achilles tendon injuries even before Indiana star Tyrese Haliburton ruptured his in Game 7 of the NBA Finals, Commissioner Adam Silver said Wednesday night.
Kennedy's new vaccine panel alarms pediatricians with inquiries into long-settled questions

Kennedy's new vaccine panel alarms pediatricians with inquiries into long-settled questions

ATLANTA (AP) — U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s new vaccine advisers alarmed pediatricians Wednesday by announcing inquiries into some long-settled questions about children’s shots.
СÀ¶ÊÓÆµ's premier says measles spikes across Canada a result anti-vax 'recklessness'

СÀ¶ÊÓÆµ's premier says measles spikes across Canada a result anti-vax 'recklessness'

VANCOUVER — British Columbia Premier David Eby says the growing spread of measles across Canada is "the sadly predictable outcome" of the "recklessness" of anti-vaccination politicians.