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The country that made smoking sexy is breaking up with cigarettes

The country that made smoking sexy is breaking up with cigarettes

PARIS (AP) — Brigitte Bardot lounged barefoot on a Saint-Tropez beach, drawing languorous puffs from her cigarette.
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FDA approves Moderna's new lower-dose COVID-19 vaccine

FDA approves Moderna's new lower-dose COVID-19 vaccine

The U.S. approved a new COVID-19 vaccine made by Moderna late Friday but with limits on who can use it — not a replacement for the company’s existing shot, but a second option.
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Son of woman who inspired assisted dying law chooses to die on his own terms

Son of woman who inspired assisted dying law chooses to die on his own terms

OTTAWA — Price Carter is planning to die this summer. The 68-year-old has been diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer. He knows it will take his life eventually; before it does, he intends to die on his own terms with his family at his side.
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French scientist Etienne-Emile Baulieu, inventor of the abortion pill, dies at 98

ROME (AP) — French scientist Etienne-Emile Baulieu, best known as the inventor of the abortion pill, died on Friday aged 98 at his home in Paris, his institute said in a statement.
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Deep cuts erode the foundations of US public health system, end progress, threaten worse to come

Deep cuts erode the foundations of US public health system, end progress, threaten worse to come

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Americans are losing a vast array of people and programs dedicated to keeping them healthy.
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Lawsuit challenging Kentucky's near-total ban on abortions is withdrawn

Attorneys for a woman who sued Kentucky seeking to restore the right to an abortion have dropped their challenge to the state's near-total ban on the procedure.
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Takeaways from AP’s report on how federal public health cuts are affecting communities across the US

Takeaways from AP’s report on how federal public health cuts are affecting communities across the US

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Americans are losing a vast array of people and programs dedicated to keeping them healthy.
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Dogs and cats can also suffer from allergies, but there are ways to help our furry friends

Dogs and cats can also suffer from allergies, but there are ways to help our furry friends

About five years ago, Gail Friedman noticed her Parson Russell Terrier was constantly licking his paws and seemed super uncomfortable. “The poor dog.
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'A conglomeration of acquired goodies': N.B. man with cancer sells stuff to declutter

'A conglomeration of acquired goodies': N.B. man with cancer sells stuff to declutter

FREDERICTON — It was a complete shock when Gerry Carroll was diagnosed with cancer and was given months to live. The retired Riverview, N.B.
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Dozens sickened in expanding salmonella outbreak linked to recalled cucumbers

Dozens sickened in expanding salmonella outbreak linked to recalled cucumbers

Nearly four dozen people in 18 states have been sickened in an expanding outbreak of salmonella food poisoning tied to recalled cucumbers sent to restaurants, hospitals, cruise ships and grocery stores, including Target stores, federal health officia
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