Health

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal officials on Wednesday released a far-reaching proposal to make cigarettes far less addictive by capping their nicotine content , a goal long sought by antismoking advocates that is unlikely to go into effect anytime soon.

British Columbia ostrich farmers ordered to cull a herd of 400 due to an avian flu outbreak are holding onto hope that the Canadian Food Inspection Agency will change its mind before their kill date in just over two weeks.

MIAMI (AP) — Attorneys for the state of Florida argued before a federal appeals court Wednesday that a lower-court judge was wrong to block a law last year that bans gender-affirming care for minors and restricts similar care for adults, though a pen

A group of Democratic attorneys general asked a court on Wednesday to let them defend a federal policy that opened subsidized health coverage to “Dreamers," young adults who were brought to the U.S. illegally as children.

WINNIPEG — The Manitoba government has taken another step toward fulfilling its promise to replace paper provincial health cards with plastic ones.

FREDERICTON — New Brunswick has signed a $32-million agreement with the federal government to improve access to selected drugs for rare diseases.

MIAMI (AP) — Attorneys for the state of Florida argued before a federal appeals court Wednesday that a lower-court judge was wrong to block a law last year that bans gender-affirming care for minors and restricts similar care for adults, though a pen

A Saskatchewan woman wants popular resorts to show basic decency after she says she was pressured to sign a non-disclosure agreement in order to receive medical help at one in Mexico.

A group of Democratic attorneys general asked a court on Wednesday to let them defend a federal policy that opened subsidized health coverage to “Dreamers," young adults who were brought to the U.S. illegally as children.

A group of global experts is proposing a new way to define and diagnose obesity , reducing the emphasis on the controversial body mass index and hoping to better identify people who need treatment for the disease caused by excess body fat.