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New laws regulating Colorado gun store licenses, firearm permits and the number of youth the state can keep in pretrial detention kicked into effect Tuesday. The first day of July is typically one of the earliest effective dates for new laws passed by the legislature in the spring and winter, and it remains a common…
A Shediac, N.B., woman says she’s running out of money to continue travelling to Toronto to take part in a clinical trial treatment for her stage 3 ovarian cancer. But despite seeing encouraging results, the province says she doesn’t qualify for a program that helps pay for food and lodging for out-of-province cancer treatment. “It’s…
With temperatures set to reach as high as 35 degrees in some areas of the UK this week, the Met Office and UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) have issued amber heat-health alerts Yellow heat health-alerts are in place for most of England until Sunday evening(Image: Getty Images) With the mercury set to soar as high…
New study by the University of California, Davis, has revealed that certain illegal disposable e-cigarettes may pose even greater health risks than traditional cigarettes. The research found alarmingly high levels of toxic heavy metals — including lead — in some widely used vape products. Once marketed as a safer alternative to conventional smoking, vaping is…
But before you chalk up your low-energy situation to age, a lack of sleep and/or work stress, there may be medical issues involved that affect you physically and mentally. Here’s a look at some of them. ISN’T EVERYONE FEELING FATIGUED? WHY SHOULD I BE WORRIED? “Feeling tired all the time is not normal!” emphasised Dr…
The families of Alberta transgender youth are breathing a sigh of relief, for now, after a court ruling paused a provincial law banning doctors from providing gender-affirming care to youth. The temporary injunction, handed down on Friday by Justice Allion Kuntz, ruled the law could “cause irreparable harm to gender diverse youth,” and that it…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Canadian Blood Services is asking people to think about rolling up their sleeves and sign up as a donor this summer, a time of year when the need for blood often surges. The organization says appointment bookings are falling short of hospital demand for both blood and…
A warming climate is driving a rise in Lyme disease and the introduction of lesser-known tick-borne diseases, public health specialists say. “Climate change in Canada is happening at a much more accelerated rate than we see in parts of the rest of the world,” said Heather Coatsworth, chief of field studies at the National Microbiology…
Prince Edward Island is reporting two cases of measles in unvaccinated or partially vaccinated people. The Island’s public health office says the infected individuals had visited a number of places since June 21, potentially exposing other people to the highly infectious virus. As a result, the province has produced a list of locations considered potential…
The World Health Organization says its probe into the origins of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which caused the COVID-19 pandemic, is still ongoing, and despite a three-year investigation, has yet to find the exact cause. “As things stand, all hypotheses must remain on the table, including zoonotic spillover and lab leak,” WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus…
