Health

TORONTO — Maple Leafs captain Auston Matthews missed Thursday's practice and his status for the team's next two games is unclear.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia's growing population was the subject of debate on Day 12 of the provincial election campaign, with Liberal Leader Zach Churchill arguing immigration levels must be reduced until the province can provide enough housing and health

TORONTO — When JP Enns told his 16-year-old daughter and 12-year-old son that Donald Trump had won the U.S. election, they cried.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A former health care worker who illegally accessed the health records of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg before she died was sentenced Thursday to two years in prison.

Federal health officials on Thursday called for more testing of employees on farms with bird flu after a new study showed that some dairy workers had signs of infection, even when they didn't report feeling sick.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A former health care worker who illegally accessed the health records of Supreme Court Ruth Bader Ginsburg before she died was sentenced Thursday to two years in prison.

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Gerry Connolly, a Democrat representing Virginia's most populous county in Congress, said Thursday that he is battling esophageal cancer.

WASHINGTON (AP) — If you missed the early fall push for flu and COVID-19 vaccines, it's not too late.

TORONTO — Hundreds of people will lose access to supervised consumption sites in Toronto when the province closes five of them next year, which will likely mean more public drug use and more overdoses, a new study suggests.

The Canadian Institute for Health Information says health-care spending in Canada is projected to reach a new high in 2024. The annual report released Thursday says total health spending is expected to hit $372 billion, or $9,054 per Canadian.