Health

HALIFAX — All adults in Nova Scotia can now book an appointment for the Omicron-targeted COVID-19 vaccine.

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Denmark’s Queen Margrethe II has tested positive for the coronavirus after attending the funeral of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II , the royal palace said Wednesday.

FLINT, Mich. (AP) — A jury awarded $100,000 to a woman who says she lost her job after refusing to falsify blood test results of children exposed to lead-contaminated water in Flint, her lawyer said Tuesday.

OTTAWA — The federal Liberal cabinet is considering whether to renew COVID-19 vaccine mandates and mandatory random testing for travellers. The current measures are set to expireon Sept. 30.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Police searched Tuesday for a man suspected of stabbing a nurse at a Los Angeles hospital in an unprovoked attack, prompting a lockdown of the facility Monday evening.

OTTAWA — The federal government says it won't come calling if parents don't spend every cent of their dental-care dollars on their kids' teeth, but the Canada Revenue Agency will check in to make sure the program isn't abused.

Aurora Cannabis Inc. says it could take a revenue hit of up to $3 million because of a cyberattack that downed Ontario's pot distributor and a strike that halted deliveries to B.C. marijuana stores.

VICTORIA — British Columbia’s representative for children says she’s concerned that neither the province nor the country gathers data on the rate of mental health disorders for children in care, especially when other jurisdictions show a much higher

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration acknowledged Tuesday that its response to the U.S. infant formula shortage was slowed by delays in processing a whistleblower complaint and test samples from the nation’s largest formula factory.

CHARLESTON, W.Va.