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The first drug to treat infants sick with malaria is approved by Swiss authority
GENEVA (AP) — Switzerland's medical products authority has granted the first approval for a malaria medicine designed for small infants, touted as an advance against a disease that takes hundreds of thousands of lives — nearly all in Africa — each ye
Jul 8, 2025 6:09 PM
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Chinese man charged in Texas with stealing COVID-19 research from US colleges
HOUSTON (AP) — A Chinese national has been arrested on suspicion of hacking into several U.S. universities' computer systems to steal COVID-19-related research, authorities announced on Tuesday.
Jul 8, 2025 3:25 PM
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Nova Scotia multidisciplinary health teams a key to improving access: officials
HALIFAX — Nova Scotia health officials said Tuesday that they are making progress recruiting health professionals and in reducing the province’s primary care wait list through an emphasis on collaborative care. Dr.
Jul 8, 2025 1:39 PM
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Wisconsin Supreme Court clears the way for a conversion therapy ban to be made permanent
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Supreme Court cleared the way Tuesday for the state to permanently enact a ban on conversion therapy in a ruling that gives the governor more power over how state laws are enacted.
Jul 8, 2025 12:33 PM
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Public health warns of measles exposure at Fort St. John, B.C., prenatal clinic
FORT ST. JOHN — People who attended a prenatal clinic in Fort St. John, B.C., have been told they may have been exposed to measles.
Jul 8, 2025 12:03 PM
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Trump administration pulls back on plans to rewrite Biden-era asbestos ban
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is dropping plans to allow continued use of the last type of asbestos legally allowed in U.S. manufacturing after an outcry from asbestos opponents.
Jul 8, 2025 11:40 AM
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One dead, dozens sick in legionnaires' disease outbreak in London, Ont.: health unit
LONDON — Public health officials in London, Ont., say one person has died and more than 40 have become sick in an outbreak of legionnaires' disease.
Jul 8, 2025 10:24 AM
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US adults want the government to focus on child care costs, not birth rates, AP-NORC poll finds
WASHINGTON (AP) — While the Trump administration explores ways to encourage Americans to have more babies and reverse the United States’ falling birth rate , a new poll finds that relatively few U.S.
Jul 8, 2025 6:21 AM
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As US abruptly ends support, Liberia faces empty health clinics and unplanned pregnancies
SARWORLOR, Liberia (AP) — Five months ago, Roseline Phay, a 32-year-old farmer from the West African nation of Liberia , set off on a quest to find contraceptives. Phay and her partner have two daughters, and they barely make ends meet.
Jul 8, 2025 6:16 AM
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A German doctor suspected of killing several patients is now under investigation
BERLIN (AP) — German investigators said Tuesday they were examining the case of a doctor who has been suspected of killing several patients.
Jul 8, 2025 4:27 AM
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