Health

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration can slash hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of research funding in its push to cut federal diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, the Supreme Court decided Thursday.

VICTORIA — An urgent care clinic for children at Victoria General Hospital will shut on Sept. 1 for an unspecified period, with the local health authority citing heavy workload, physician burnout, and problems with retention.

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith said Thursday her government's sudden shift in COVID-19 vaccination policy was prompted by union demands.

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City officials have discovered a sixth death linked to a Legionnaires' disease outbreak in Central Harlem, where more than 100 people have been diagnosed with the ailment, health authorities said Thursday.

The lawyer for members of an AIDS information group who were targets of an anti-LGBTQ+ smear campaign says a court ruling awarding them more than $1.7 million in damages sends a "strong message" about the consequences of online hate.

MONTREAL — The provincial agency in charge of health care in Quebec says the number of infants hospitalized from respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) has fallen sharply following a successful vaccination campaign.

More packages of frozen shrimp potentially affected by radioactive contamination have been recalled, federal officials said Thursday.

NEW YORK (AP) — The Georgia man who shot at Centers for Disease Control and Prevention buildings on Aug. 8 apparently tried to enter the campus two days earlier but was turned away by security, according to an internal CDC email.

Federal inspectors will assume direct oversight of a troubled Boar's Head deli meat plant when it reopens after last year's deadly listeria outbreak , U.S. Agriculture Department officials said.

Green space helped protect the mental health of city-bound Canadians during the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic, a new study suggests, even as the number of people with depression surged.