Health

British Columbia's representative for children and youth says some progress is being made to improve the child welfare system, but she's concerned "fiscal limitations" will prevent timely help from getting to those most in need.

FALL RIVER, Mass. (AP) — Gabriel House had seen better days. The 100-unit assisted-living facility that burned Sunday night , killing nine people so far , opened in 1999.

While some organizations have published clear air quality thresholds or contingency protocols for wildfire smoke, FIFA's plans remain unclear less than a year out from the 2026 World Cup.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld a lower court's decision to restrict abortion pill sales in West Virginia. A three-judge panel of the 4th U.S.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans worked Tuesday to slightly scale back President Donald Trump's request to cancel $9.4 billion in previously approved spending as they tried to build momentum for the package before a key test vote.

FREDERICTON — New Brunswick health officials say there are three confirmed and five probable cases of measles in the south-central region of the province. Dr. Kimberley Barker, regional medical officer of health for Sussex, N.B.

TORONTO — The poor air quality that has blanketed swaths of central and Western Canada is not only infiltrating the lungs, but also distressing the mind.

NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge in Texas removed a Biden-era finalized ruled by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau that would have removed medical debt from credit reports. U.S.

OTTAWA — The Canadian Food Inspection Agency should treat ostriches differently than other poultry, the Federal Court of Appeal was told on Tuesday as two B.C.

LONDON (AP) — More than 14 million children did not receive a single vaccine last year — about the same number as the year before — according to U.N. health officials. Nine countries accounted for more than half of those unprotected children.