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N.S. sexual health clinic can no longer give free birth control to patients in need

N.S. sexual health clinic can no longer give free birth control to patients in need

HALIFAX — A Halifax sexual health clinic that has for years been making birth control devices available for free to patients who can’t afford them has been forced to stop after running out of donations. Dr.
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Biden's budget proposal for a second term offers tax breaks for families and lower health care costs

Biden's budget proposal for a second term offers tax breaks for families and lower health care costs

MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — President Joe Biden on Monday released a budget proposal aimed at getting voters' attention: It would offer tax breaks for families, lower health care costs, smaller deficits and higher taxes on the wealthy and corporations.
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Surrey, B.C., hospital to get critical care tower with acute, specialized services

Surrey, B.C., hospital to get critical care tower with acute, specialized services

SURREY, B.C. — A new critical care tower will be built at the current hospital site in Surrey, B.C., to take pressure off the overcrowded emergency room and add capacity for specialized care, Premier David Eby says.
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Report: New Jersey and US were not prepared for COVID-19 and state remains so for the next crisis

Report: New Jersey and US were not prepared for COVID-19 and state remains so for the next crisis

TRENTON, N.J.
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France's Macron announces legislation allowing 'aid in dying' under strict conditions

PARIS (AP) — French president Emmanuel Macron has announced new legislation to legalize “aid in dying” that will allow adults facing end-of-life illness to take lethal medication, a first in the country.
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GOP lawmakers resist calls to tweak abortion bans. Some say they'll clarify the laws' few exceptions

GOP lawmakers resist calls to tweak abortion bans. Some say they'll clarify the laws' few exceptions

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — In Republican-led states across the U.S.
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Ethiopia's Tigray region is now peaceful, but extreme hunger afflicts its children

Ethiopia's Tigray region is now peaceful, but extreme hunger afflicts its children

NEBAR HADNET, Ethiopia (AP) — The cruel realities of war and drought seem to have merged for Tinseu Hiluf, a widow living in the arid depths of Ethiopia's Tigray region who is raising four children left behind by her sister's recent death in childbir
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Nationwide review finds patchwork, ‘broken’ systems for resolving open records disputes

Nationwide review finds patchwork, ‘broken’ systems for resolving open records disputes

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) — Dana Holladay-Hollifield has worked as a nurse in Alabama for years, but never was her pay as low as it was at Huntsville Hospital.
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B.C. begins offering in-province immunotherapy treatment for lymphoma, leukemia

B.C. begins offering in-province immunotherapy treatment for lymphoma, leukemia

VANCOUVER — British Columbia is beginning to offer an immunotherapy cancer treatment in the province for some patients who haven't had success with standard chemotherapy or radiation.
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Review finds states’ rules often put the burden of enforcing open government on private citizens

Review finds states’ rules often put the burden of enforcing open government on private citizens

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) — Dana Holladay-Hollifield has worked as a nurse in Alabama for years, but never was her pay as low as it was at Huntsville Hospital.
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