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Inside SickKids: An overworked emergency department prepares for a new surge
TORONTO — A baby screams in the distance as a security guard stands watch over the waiting room at the emergency department of Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children. Parents cuddle their sick kids while others rock their little ones in strollers.
Dec 13, 2022 6:34 AM
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New Zealand imposes lifetime ban on youth buying cigarettes
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand on Tuesday passed into law a unique plan to phase out tobacco smoking by imposing a lifetime ban on young people buying cigarettes.
Dec 12, 2022 11:46 PM
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Iowa judge blocks effort to ban most abortions in the state
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An effort to ban most abortions in Iowa was blocked Monday by a state judge who upheld a court decision made three years ago.
Dec 12, 2022 4:15 PM
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BC Children's prepared to double-bunk patients during busy respiratory illness season
VANCOUVER — BC Children’s Hospital has approved double-bunking patients in single-occupancy rooms as it tries to cope with an influx of patients with respiratory illnesses.
Dec 12, 2022 3:55 PM
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NDP leader threatens to pull out agreement with the Liberals over health care
OTTAWA — The New Democrats are ready to withdraw from their confidence-and-supply agreement they signed with the Liberals if there is no federal action to address the health-care crisis, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh said Monday.
Dec 12, 2022 2:40 PM
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Nova Scotia health unions say ERs in crisis after email warned of 'dying' patients
HALIFAX — Nova Scotia's health unions say long-standing staffing shortages in emergency rooms are a key reason two hospital managers last week warned that some patients may be "dying" from long wait times.
Dec 12, 2022 1:59 PM
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CVS, Walgreens finalize $10B in settlements over opioids
CVS and Walgreens have agreed to pay state and local governments a combined total of more than $10 billion to settle lawsuits over the toll of opioids and now want to know by Dec. 31 whether states are accepting the deals.
Dec 12, 2022 11:06 AM
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Florida COVID data critic reaches agreement on felony charge
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.
Dec 12, 2022 10:08 AM
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Amgen to buy Horizon Therapeutics in $26.4B deal
Amgen is spending more than $26 billion to dive deeper into rare disease treatments with a deal for drugmaker Horizon Therapeutics. The biotech drug developer said Monday that it will pay $116.
Dec 12, 2022 8:49 AM
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Judge rejects vaccine choice law in health care settings
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A person's choice to decline vaccinations does not outweigh public health and safety requirements in medical settings, a federal judge ruled in a Montana case. U.S.
Dec 12, 2022 8:37 AM
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