Health

NEW YORK (AP) — More than 100,000 monkeypox vaccine doses are being sent to states in the next few days, and several million more are on order in the months ahead, U.S. health officials said Friday.

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court's decision to throw out Roe v.

FREDERICTON — New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs is replacing his health minister and the CEO of the Horizon Health Network after a patient died this week in an emergency department waiting room in Fredericton.

TORONTO — New COVID-19 outbreaks more than doubled in Ontario long-term care homes in the first week of July, Public Health Ontario says, as the sector sees the impact of a seventh virus wave.

UVALDE, Texas (AP) — Jessica Treviño’s 11-year-old daughter was attending Robb Elementary School on May 24, when a gunman fatally shot 19 children and two teachers. She was not physically hurt.

In preparation for future pandemic and seasonal flu seasons, the federal government announced Friday it has signed a new deal with GlaxoSmithKline for influenza vaccines.

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Quick help for suicidal thoughts and other mental health emergencies will soon be as easy as 9-8-8. The United States’ first nationwide three-digit mental health crisis hotline goes live on Saturday.

LONDON (AP) — The British government said Friday that everyone 50 or over will be offered a fourth dose of coronavirus vaccine in the fall, lowering the age threshold from the previously announced 65.

REGINA — Public health officials in Saskatchewan say they have confirmed a second case of monkeypox in the province. They say the second infection is not linked to the province's first case, which was reported Wednesday.