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Judge rejects vaccine choice law in health care settings

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.
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China vows to drop some travel tracking in COVID rule easing

China vows to drop some travel tracking in COVID rule easing

BEIJING (AP) — China said it would stop tracking some travel, potentially reducing the likelihood people will be forced into quarantine for visiting COVID-19 hot spots, as part of an uncertain exit from the strict pandemic policies that helped fuel w
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Ontario invests $20M in operating costs for new MRI machines

Ontario invests $20M in operating costs for new MRI machines

COLLINGWOOD, Ont. — Ontario is investing more than $20 million in operating costs to run 27 new magnetic resonance imaging machines across the province.
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Inside SickKids: How the pediatric hospital's ICU was saved from near collapse

Inside SickKids: How the pediatric hospital's ICU was saved from near collapse

TORONTO — It's 1:50 p.m. on a recent weekday at the intensive care unit of Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children asa trio of women try to solve the latest problem. There are three children who need to be in SickKids' ICU but are not.
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Hospitalizations signal rising COVID-19 risk for US seniors

Hospitalizations signal rising COVID-19 risk for US seniors

Coronavirus-related hospital admissions are climbing again in the United States, with older adults a growing share of U.S. deaths and less than half of nursing home residents up to date on COVID-19 vaccinations.
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Facing COVID surge, China expanding hospitals, ICUs

Facing COVID surge, China expanding hospitals, ICUs

BEIJING (AP) — Facing a surge in COVID-19 cases, China is setting up more intensive care facilities and trying to strengthen hospitals as it rolls back anti-virus controls that confined millions of people to their homes, crushed economic growth and s
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With NYC plan for mentally ill, hospitals face complex task

With NYC plan for mentally ill, hospitals face complex task

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City's latest plan to keep mentally ill people from languishing in public is billed as a common-sense strategy to get them help.
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Critics question Quebec health-care worker suspensions for taking toast, doughnut

Critics question Quebec health-care worker suspensions for taking toast, doughnut

MONTREAL — Quebec's emergency rooms are overcrowded and workers are in short supply, but for the past week a spotlight has shone on the price paid by health-care staff for illicit snacking. There was disbelief Dec.
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Flint water crisis charges dismissed against ex-Gov. Snyder

Flint water crisis charges dismissed against ex-Gov. Snyder

FLINT, Mich. (AP) — A judge dismissed criminal charges against former Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder in the Flint water crisis, months after the state Supreme Court said indictments returned by a one-person grand jury were invalid.
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CDC says B.C. flu surge is stabilizing after six kids die, but surgeon is alarmed

CDC says B.C. flu surge is stabilizing after six kids die, but surgeon is alarmed

VANCOUVER — A British Columbia pediatric cardiac surgeon is calling for more transparency and urgency from public officials after the flu-related deaths of at least six children and youth in the province this season.
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