Health

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- California Gov. Gavin Newsom has vetoed a bill aimed at decriminalizing the possession and personal use of several hallucinogens, including psychedelic mushrooms.The legislation vetoed Saturday would have allowed those…
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Some Thanksgiving dinners in western Canada might have a hole to fill in the menu. On Friday, Sobeys issued a recall on Sunrise brand Grade A fresh turkeys between five and eight kilograms in weight with a best before date of Oct.…
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Cold and flu symptoms can potentially last four weeks or more after infection, according to new research. The study, led by Queen Mary University of London (QMUL), was published in the Lancet’s EClinicalMedicine journal…
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DES MOINES, Iowa -- A dozen state or county agencies have parted ways with tens of thousands of dollars in federal grants meant to help monitor teenagers' sexual behaviors and try to lower rates of teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted…
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Hungarian scientist Katalin Kariko and U.S. colleague Drew Weissman, who met in line for a photocopier before making mRNA molecule discoveries together that paved the way for COVID-19 vaccines, won the 2023 Nobel Prize for Medicine on…
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Popular weight loss drugs such as Wegovy and Ozempic, are associated with an increased risk of stomach paralysis, pancreatitis and bowel obstruction, according to a study released Thursday out of the University of British Columbia.…
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The federal New Democrats have rejected the first draft of the Liberals’ pharmacare legislation, in what the health minister describes as “extremely fluid” negotiations over the highly anticipated bill. The Liberals promised to table…
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Three scientists based in the U.S. won the Nobel Prize in chemistry Wednesday for their work on quantum dots – tiny particles just a few atoms in diameter that can release very bright colored light and whose applications in every day…
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LOS ANGELES -- Picketing began Wednesday at Kaiser Permanente hospitals as some 75,000 health care workers went on strike in Virginia, California and three other states over wages and staffing shortages, marking the latest major labor…
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Nova Scotia’s top doctor is imploring people to get vaccinated to protect themselves and others from respiratory illnesses this fall. “Getting vaccinated is an important step to help protect our whole community,” said Dr. Robert…
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