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Quebec air ambulance company pays homage to four victims of helicopter crash

Quebec air ambulance company pays homage to four victims of helicopter crash

MONTREAL — The company that operated an air ambulance that crashed on Quebec's North Shore on June 20 is honouring the four victims who perished. Airmedic says three of its crew members died as heroes, along with an American patient.
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Ontario investigating alleged data breach of 200,000 home care patients' info

Ontario investigating alleged data breach of 200,000 home care patients' info

TORONTO — Ontario is investigating an alleged breach of 200,000 home care patients' personal health data, Health Minister Sylvia Jones said Friday.
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For Eastern US, temperatures swing high, then swing low. They'll soon go back up

For Eastern US, temperatures swing high, then swing low. They'll soon go back up

After days of blistering heat, the nation's sweaty East Coast got to open windows, step outside and get temporary relief on Friday as temperatures plummeted as much as 40 degrees and humidity dropped alongside.
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Supreme Court preserves key part of Obamacare coverage requirements

Supreme Court preserves key part of Obamacare coverage requirements

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court preserved a key part of the Affordable Care Act’s preventive health care coverage requirements on Friday, rejecting a challenge from Christian employers to the provision that affects some 150 million Americans.
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RFK Jr. made promises about vaccines. Here's what he's done as health secretary

RFK Jr. made promises about vaccines. Here's what he's done as health secretary

During his Senate confirmation hearings, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. suggested he wouldn’t undermine vaccines. “I am not going to go into HHS and impose my preordained opinions on anybody at HHS," he said.
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Peru's Amazon communities accuse the state of failing to stop mercury pollution from illegal mining

Peru's Amazon communities accuse the state of failing to stop mercury pollution from illegal mining

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Indigenous and rural communities along the Nanay River in Peru’s northern Amazon filed a complaint on Friday accusing the government of failing to stop illegal gold mining that is contaminating their water and food with toxic
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A rundown of recent Trump administration vaccine policy changes

A rundown of recent Trump administration vaccine policy changes

The Trump administration continued to reshape U.S. health policy in recent days with several moves that could change what vaccines people can get to protect themselves from common illnesses.
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Ontario expanding publicly funded private surgical and diagnostic centres

Ontario expanding publicly funded private surgical and diagnostic centres

Ontario is expanding its suite of publicly funded private community surgical and diagnostic centres, Premier Doug Ford said Friday.
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Idaho doctor and patients sue over new law halting public benefits to immigrants in US unlawfully

Idaho doctor and patients sue over new law halting public benefits to immigrants in US unlawfully

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — An Idaho doctor and four residents are challenging a new state law that halts some of the few public benefits available to people living in the U.S.
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WHO expert group fails to find a definitive answer for how COVID-19 began

WHO expert group fails to find a definitive answer for how COVID-19 began

LONDON (AP) — An expert group charged by the World Health Organization to investigate how the COVID-19 pandemic started released its final report Friday, reaching an unsatisfying conclusion: Scientists still aren't sure how the worst health emergency
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