Health

HONOLULU (AP) — Lead screening conducted on west Maui residents after last summer's devastating wildfires showed no widespread exposure to the toxic metal, Hawaii health officials said Thursday.

Fewer U.S. medical school graduates are applying to residency programs , but the drop is more striking in states that ban abortion compared with other states.

SEATTLE (AP) — Seattle will open a new space for people to recover and receive treatment for nearly 24 hours after they have overdosed on fentanyl or other drugs, Mayor Bruce Harrell announced Thursday.

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TORONTO — Sun Life Financial Inc. says it had a net income of $875 million in its first quarter, a two per cent decline from last year. The insurer says profits were affected by its U.S.

DENVER (AP) — A Colorado abortion fund said Thursday it’s helped hundreds access abortion in the first months of 2024, many arriving from Texas where abortion is restricted, showing a steady increase in need each year since Roe v.

A southwestern Ontario woman has received an $8,400 bill from a hospital in Windsor, Ont., after she refused to put her mother in a nursing home she hated – and she says she has no intention of paying it.

If you are bringing a dog into the U.S. — whether if you are returning from a trip overseas with Rover, visiting the U.S., or adopting a dog from abroad — you have to follow a set of new rules designed to help prevent the spread of rabies.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Health officials say there is an outbreak of whooping cough in eastern Newfoundland. The province's health authority says 42 cases have been reported in the region since February, mostly affecting children.

All provinces and territories should lower the starting age for breast cancer screening to 40, the Canadian Cancer Society said Thursday.