Health

BURNABY, B.C. — A survey of thousands of seniors in long-term care homes in British Columbia recommends the provincial government increase staff, improve food and boost access to community services so some seniors don’t need to go into care at all.

NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. — A former soldier and reservist who defied the Canadian Armed Forces' COVID-19 vaccine mandate has been fined $4,000 and received a severe reprimand at the conclusion of a court martial in British Columbia.

LANSING, Mich.

EDMONTON — The board of Alberta Health Services says six of the organization's top executives are no longer in their positions.

LONDON (AP) — Britain's medicines regulator has authorized the world's first gene therapy treatment for sickle cell disease, in a move that could offer relief to thousands of people with the crippling disease in the U.K.

The U.S. cannabis production industry’s first reported occupational asthma death took the life of a worker in Massachusetts, federal health and safety officials said.

TOPEKA, Kan.

WASHINGTON (AP) — An Indian company that recently recalled eyedrops sold in the U.S. had a host of sanitation and manufacturing problems, including barefoot workers, cracked floors and altered records, U.S. health inspectors found.

NEW YORK (AP) — RSV infections are rising sharply in some parts of the country, nearly filling hospital emergency departments in Georgia, Texas and some other states.

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