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Joyce Echaquan's community fights for change to health system three years after death

Joyce Echaquan's community fights for change to health system three years after death

MONTREAL — It has been three years since Joyce Echaquan died in hospital after filming staff insulting her, but for her family and her First Nation, the fight continues to ensure a legacy of better treatment for Indigenous people.
Colorado supermarket shooting suspect suggested to psychologist that he wanted police to kill him

Colorado supermarket shooting suspect suggested to psychologist that he wanted police to kill him

BOULDER, Colo.

The woman who torched Wyoming's lone, full-service abortion clinic is about to be sentenced

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A woman who says anxiety and nightmares led her to set fire to Wyoming's only full-service abortion clinic, setting back the facility's opening almost a year, is scheduled to be sentenced Thursday.
FDA advisers vote against experimental ALS treatment pushed by patients

FDA advisers vote against experimental ALS treatment pushed by patients

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal health advisers voted overwhelmingly against an experimental treatment for Lou Gehrig’s disease at a Wednesday meeting prompted by years of patient efforts seeking access to the unproven therapy.
CVS responds quickly after pharmacists frustrated with their workload don't show up

CVS responds quickly after pharmacists frustrated with their workload don't show up

CVS found the right prescription on Wednesday to keep its stores open in the Kansas City area and avoid a repeat of a work stoppage last week by pharmacists: It promised to boost hiring to ease workloads that sometimes make it hard to take a bathroom
Virginia Democrats warn Republicans will ban abortion; GOP says their rhetoric is fearmongering

Virginia Democrats warn Republicans will ban abortion; GOP says their rhetoric is fearmongering

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia Republicans stepped up their criticism this week of the rhetoric being used by their Democratic opponents in abortion-focused messaging in this year's critical legislative elections.

British Columbia expects 'enhanced masking' in health-care settings, Dix says

VANCOUVER — British Columbia Health Minister Adrian Dix says an announcement is coming Thursday on new rules for the province's health-care facilities, include masking.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom signs law to protect doctors who mail abortion pills to other states

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signs law to protect doctors who mail abortion pills to other states

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a new law on Wednesday that aims to stop other states from prosecuting doctors and pharmacists who mail abortion pills to patients in places where the procedure is banned.
Company at centre of E. coli outbreak at Calgary daycares faces licensing charges

Company at centre of E. coli outbreak at Calgary daycares faces licensing charges

CALGARY — The company that runs a commercial kitchen at the centre of an E. coli outbreak that infected hundreds at numerous Calgary daycares has been charged with operating without a business licence.
Mississippi activists ask to join water lawsuit and criticize Black judge's comments on race

Mississippi activists ask to join water lawsuit and criticize Black judge's comments on race

JACKSON, Miss.