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Kopi Thyme brand sauces and soup bases recalled due to potential botulism threat

Kopi Thyme brand sauces and soup bases recalled due to potential botulism threat

OTTAWA — The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is recalling several Kopi Thyme brand sauces and soup bases due to the potential growth of bacteria that causes botulism.
FDA approves 2 gene therapies for sickle cell. One is the first to use the editing tool CRISPR

FDA approves 2 gene therapies for sickle cell. One is the first to use the editing tool CRISPR

Regulators on Friday approved two gene therapies for sickle cell disease that doctors hope can cure the painful, inherited blood disorder that afflicts mostly Black people in the U.S.
Pregnant woman in Kentucky sues for the right to get an abortion

Pregnant woman in Kentucky sues for the right to get an abortion

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A pregnant woman in Kentucky filed a lawsuit Friday demanding the right to an abortion, the second legal challenge in days to sweeping abortion bans that have taken hold in more than a dozen U.S. states since Roe v.
Breast cancer survivors may not need so many mammograms after surgery, UK study suggests

Breast cancer survivors may not need so many mammograms after surgery, UK study suggests

Annual mammograms are recommended indefinitely for breast cancer survivors in many countries, including the U.S., but a large British study finds that less frequent screening is just as good.
Feds recover $40M from defunct Quebec vaccine developer Medicago

Feds recover $40M from defunct Quebec vaccine developer Medicago

OTTAWA — The federal government has recovered $40 million of its investment in the now-defunct Quebec-based vaccine developer Medicago as part of a deal with the parent company, the innovation minister announced Thursday.
Tens of thousands of B.C. residents received free contraception in eight months

Tens of thousands of B.C. residents received free contraception in eight months

VANCOUVER — About 188,000 people have received free prescription contraception since British Columbia became the first province to offer it in April.
Chronic fatigue syndrome is not rare, says new CDC survey. It affects 3.3 million U.S. adults

Chronic fatigue syndrome is not rare, says new CDC survey. It affects 3.3 million U.S. adults

NEW YORK (AP) — Health officials on Friday released the first nationally representative estimate of how many U.S. adults have chronic fatigue syndrome: 3.3 million.
1 in 9 Canadian adults have had long-term symptoms from COVID infection, StatCan says

1 in 9 Canadian adults have had long-term symptoms from COVID infection, StatCan says

About one in nine Canadian adults have had long-term symptoms from COVID-19 infection, according to a Statistics Canada report issued Friday. That amounts to 3.5 million Canadians, it said.
Pope Francis makes his first public appearances since being stricken by bronchitis

Pope Francis makes his first public appearances since being stricken by bronchitis

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis on Friday made his first public appearance outdoors since being stricken by bronchitis two weeks ago, which forced him to cancel a planned trip to the COP-28 climate conference in Dubai.

2 nurses, medical resident injured in attack at New Jersey hospital, authorities say

NEWARK N.J. (AP) — Two nurses and a medical resident were stabbed Friday inside a New Jersey pediatric intensive care unit, suffering cuts, and a woman has been arrested and charged in the attack, authorities said. It unfolded about 7 a.m.