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California closes $12B deficit by cutting back immigrants' access to health care

California closes $12B deficit by cutting back immigrants' access to health care

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov.
Alberta judge grants temporary injunction blocking a transgender health-care bill

Alberta judge grants temporary injunction blocking a transgender health-care bill

EDMONTON — An Alberta judge has put on hold a provincial law that bans doctors from providing gender-affirming care to youth.
Interior Health CEO is out over closure of Kelowna, B.C., pediatric unit

Interior Health CEO is out over closure of Kelowna, B.C., pediatric unit

KELOWNA — The head of British Columbia's Interior Health authority is stepping aside six months early over staff shortages that forced the closure of Kelowna General Hospital's dedicated pediatric unit.
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.
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.

Michigan announces second measles outbreak as US hits 1,227 cases

Michigan has its second measles outbreak of the year, Utah has seven cases and health workers in New Mexico are rushing to contain an outbreak in a county jail .
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.
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.
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.
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