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Quiet ‘Quinzou’ offers inclusive Acadian Day celebrations for neurodivergent people

5h ago 3m read

Scientists capture first footage of human embryo implanting in a uterus

9h ago

Anti-vaccine RFK Jr. creates vaccine panel of anti-vaccine group’s dreams

10h ago 2m read

Conversations That Matter: Fentanyl … no one is immune

The Vancouver Sun

13h ago

Exposure to some common Pfas changes gene activity, new study finds

15h ago

Abortion drug could help reduce risk of breast cancer, group of medics says

Thu

Australia news live: UTS to ‘suspend’ 140 courses over six faculties; business council proposes plan to cut $110bn red tape

Thu

Man asks ChatGPT for advice on how to cut salt, ends up in hospital with hallucinations

Thu

Eli Lilly ramps up UK price of weight loss jab Mounjaro after Trump demands

Thu

Sudan cholera outbreak kills 40 in a week as health centres overwhelmed

Thu

US medical journal rejects call from RFK Jr to retract vaccine study

Thu

Thursday briefing: How the colonial legacy has created a toxic beauty industry

Thu

News live: Australians warned not to reuse passwords as almost half the nation experienced cybercrime last year

Wed

Bat colony checks in to hotel; 200 guests check out, unaware of rabies scare

Wed 2m read

Trump’s efforts to defund Planned Parenthood threatens US healthcare system, study suggests

Wed

‘Social apnoea’: sleep disorder could worsen at weekends, research suggests

Wed

Worm invades man’s eyeball, leading doctors to suck out his eye jelly

Wed 2m read

‘Distracting the public’: group of health professionals call for RFK Jr to be removed

Wed

Helping people to feel empowered and supported when they become parents  

Wed 6m read

Saskatchewan Health Authority faces criticism for Indigenous hair-cutting policy

Tue 1m read

Australia news live: Penny Wong joins 26 countries calling for a flood of aid to relieve ‘unimaginable’ suffering in Gaza

Tue

Montreal public health asking ER doctors to report all heat-related deaths

Tue 1m read

London, Ont., hospital to stop using dogs in medical research after public outcry

Tue 3m read

How a Jamaican student invented a self-disinfecting door handle for hospitals: ‘Design that fits reality’

Tue

Man develops rare condition after ChatGPT query over stopping eating salt

Tue

‘No clinical benefit’ to blood test for Pfas, government says, after ‘forever chemical’ found in Blue Mountains

Tue

‘None of us feel safe’: attacks on A&E nurses double in six years as waits rise

Mon

Boar’s Head to reopen plant as mold and funky meat problems pop up elsewhere

Mon 2m read

The Guardian view on RFK Jr’s vaccine cuts: an assault on science from a politician unfit for his office | Editorial

Mon

RFK Jr. posted fishing pics as CDC reeled from shooting linked to vaccine disinfo

Mon 2m read

Off-the-shelf vaccine shows promise in preventing cancers returning, study finds

Mon

Medication abortions push number of procedures performed in US up since Roe’s repeal, study shows

Mon

Millions of posts, billions of views: The dangers of using TikTok to self-diagnose mental-health issues

The Vancouver Sun

Mon

B.C. doctor loses challenge of dismissal for COVID vaccine refusal

The Vancouver Sun

Mon

NDP, Greens tout 'attachment' of 750,000 in B.C. to care providers but questions remain about process

The Vancouver Sun

Mon

Waste from agricultural plant poisoned US town’s water with Pfas, lawsuits allege

Mon

RFK Jr has slashed vaccine research. You need to know how perilous that is for the world | Devi Sridhar

Mon

AI tools used by English councils downplay women’s health issues, study finds

Mon

How Trump’s judicial picks could reshape abortion rights for decades

Sun 5m read

Elderly people being excluded from medical research in UK, charities warn

Sun

Experts warn against DIY Botox-like injections available illegally online

Sun

Saskatchewan Health Authority announces new Indigenous hair consent policy

Fri 5m read

Texas prepares for war as invasion of flesh-eating flies appears imminent

Fri 2m read

A Brief History of mRNA Vaccines

Fri 5m read

Alberta appeals court's injunction against new transgender health-care rules for kids

Fri

Smartwatches offer little insight into stress levels, researchers find

Fri

Jess Moskaluke launches Burgers to Beat MS campaign in Saskatoon

Fri 2m read

Ohio Planned Parenthood affiliate rejects Medicaid amid fears over Trump cuts

Fri

Alarm in China that efforts to control Chikungunya virus are infringing on rights

Fri

What went right this week: the good news that matters

Fri 1m read

Emergency care at Lucy Letby hospital falls short of legal standards, CQC finds

Fri

Six-year-old girl dies of influenza after twice being discharged from Sydney hospital

Aug 8

Health experts urge ban on school materials backed by food, drink and gambling firms

Aug 7

After using ChatGPT, man swaps his salt for sodium bromide—and suffers psychosis

Aug 7 2m read

Daily pill helps patients lose 12% of body weight in early trial

Aug 7

'Headed in the wrong direction': More B.C. adults, children are going hungry

The Vancouver Sun

Aug 7

RFK Jr. defends $500M cut for mRNA vaccines with pseudoscience gobbledygook

Aug 7 3m read

Ham sold in UK found to contain carcinogens 10 years after WHO warning

Aug 7

Victoria woman's months-long wait for long-term care bed could turn into two-year ordeal

The Vancouver Sun

Aug 6

Liquid butt lifts targeted in clampdown on England’s cosmetic ‘wild west’

Aug 6

Depression, suicides, overdoses: broad impacts of US wildfires revealed in study

Aug 6

Scientists find link between genes and ME/chronic fatigue syndrome

Aug 6

US destruction of contraceptives denies 1.4m African women and girls lifesaving care, NGO says

Aug 6

Tennessee demands abortion data from hospitals in ban exceptions case

Aug 6

Despite RFK’s funding block, mRNA vaccines are too impressive to ignore

Aug 6

B.C.'s failure to fund home care driving premature moves to overwhelmed senior-care facilities, experts warn

The Vancouver Sun

Aug 6

Sales of Novo Nordisk’s diabetes drugs including Ozempic slow sharply

Aug 6

Sali Hughes on beauty: I make no apologies for repeating myself – keeping track of your moles is vital

Aug 6

RFK Jr’s health department to halt $500m in mRNA vaccine research

Aug 6

In trial, people lost twice as much weight by ditching ultraprocessed food

Aug 5 3m read

Australia news live: Albanese speaks with Macron about Gaza; eSafety boss lashes Apple and YouTube over child safety

Aug 5

“Red meat allergy” from tick bites is spreading both in US and globally

Aug 5 3m read

Legionnaire’s disease outbreak in New York City leaves two dead and 58 sickened

Aug 5

Polio was nearly eradicated. Here’s why it’s making a comeback

Aug 5 13m read

Your body fat percentage is killing you, not your BMI, study suggests

Aug 5

Tuesday briefing: What the fraught talks to reach a ‘Paris agreement for plastic pollution’ could bring

Aug 5

100 Gaza children hope to be evacuated to UK for urgent medical care

Aug 5

New to B.C.'s school curriculum this fall: CPR, naloxone, cardiac arrest devices

The Vancouver Sun

Aug 4

Trump officials look to block abortion services at veterans affairs hospitals

Aug 4

Australia news live: Sydney pro-Palestine march was ‘extraordinary’, Penny Wong says; heavy fog stops harbour ferries

Aug 4

Canada could lose its measles elimination designation by October: experts

Aug 4 1m read

Four radioactive wasp nests found on South Carolina nuclear facility

Aug 4 2m read

Home cooking and minimally processed foods best for weight loss, study finds

Aug 4

Idaho has become the wild frontier of vaccination policy and public health

Aug 4 2m read

BMA rejects NHS claim that less than third of resident doctors went on strike

Aug 3

Online shoppers warned of ‘dangerous’ weight-loss scam as ‘ghost stores’ impersonate real people to sell Ozempic-like treatments

Aug 2

AI chatbots are becoming popular alternatives to therapy. But they may worsen mental health crises, experts warn

Aug 2

Five children see HIV viral loads vanish after taking antiretroviral drugs

Aug 2 2m read

Wes Streeting said to be eyeing up No 10 – but how will doctors’ strikes affect his chances?

Aug 2

As women face childbirth far from home, B.C. maternity doctors sound alarm

The Vancouver Sun

Aug 1

Under RFK Jr, CDC skips study on vaccination rates, quietly posts data on drop

Aug 1 2m read

Three million on NHS England waiting lists have had no care since GP referral

Aug 1

Conversations That Matter: Group wants Site C work camp for mental health centre

The Vancouver Sun

Aug 1

Trump officials plan coverage for weight loss drugs under Medicare and Medicaid

Aug 1

'It's like a miracle': Blind woman can see again after Vancouver surgery

The Vancouver Sun

Aug 1

What went right this week: the good news that matters

Aug 1 2m read

How we're killing our microbiome and kimchi alone won't save it – video

Jun 26

NIH to Work with Food Companies to Get Harmful Synthetic Food Dyes, Approved for Decades, Out of US Grocery Stores

Good News Network

Apr 24 2m read