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Some facts about the Shiga toxin-producing E. coli outbreak at Calgary daycares

Some facts about the Shiga toxin-producing E. coli outbreak at Calgary daycares

CALGARY — Alberta Health Services says 231 people, many of them children, have been infected with Shiga toxin-producing E. coli 0157 after an outbreak this month at several Calgary daycares.
Eight overdoses in same part of downtown Montreal Sunday, public health investigating

Eight overdoses in same part of downtown Montreal Sunday, public health investigating

MONTREAL — Eight overdoses over a few hours in downtown Montreal this weekend reflect how homeless Indigenous people have started consuming hard and unsafe street drugs, says the head of a shelter that serves the vulnerable community.
Helton teams up with organization to eliminate $10 million in medical bills for Colorado residents

Helton teams up with organization to eliminate $10 million in medical bills for Colorado residents

DENVER (AP) — Retired Colorado Rockies first baseman Todd Helton is teaming up with the organization RIP Medical Debt to help eliminate $10 million in medical bills for residents around the state.
Challengers seek rewrite of Missouri abortion-rights ballot measures, calling them misleading

Challengers seek rewrite of Missouri abortion-rights ballot measures, calling them misleading

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Abortion advocates asked a judge on Monday to rewrite what they call misleading descriptions of several constitutional amendments on abortion rights that voters could see on Missouri’s 2024 ballot.
US approves updated COVID vaccines to rev up protection this fall

US approves updated COVID vaccines to rev up protection this fall

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. approved updated COVID-19 vaccines Monday, hoping to rev up protection against the latest coronavirus strains and blunt any surge this fall and winter.
Nova Scotia buys motel to help ease housing shortages faced by health-care workers

Nova Scotia buys motel to help ease housing shortages faced by health-care workers

LUNENBURG, N.S. — The Nova Scotia government has purchased a motel to house health-care workers recruited to work on the province’s South Shore.
Patients need doctors who look like them. Can medicine diversify without affirmative action?

Patients need doctors who look like them. Can medicine diversify without affirmative action?

DETROIT (AP) — Dr. Starling Tolliver knew she wanted to become a doctor. Yet, as a Black girl growing up in Akron, Ohio, it was a dream that felt out of reach. She rarely saw doctors who looked like her.
Alberta premier asks ministers for 'full assessment' of E. coli outbreak in Calgary

Alberta premier asks ministers for 'full assessment' of E. coli outbreak in Calgary

CALGARY — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she's asked her health minister, as well as her children and family services minister, to "do a full assessment" of an E. coli outbreak linked to Calgary daycares.
House committee chairman says Sen. Tuberville is 'paralyzing' the Pentagon by blocking promotions

House committee chairman says Sen. Tuberville is 'paralyzing' the Pentagon by blocking promotions

WASHINGTON (AP) — The chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee is slamming a fellow Republican in the Senate for waging an unprecedented attempt to change Pentagon abortion policy by holding up hundreds of military nominations and promotions .
Food recalls are pretty common for things like rocks, insects and plastic

Food recalls are pretty common for things like rocks, insects and plastic

Rocks in Trader Joe’s cookies . Insects in its broccoli-cheese soup . Pieces of plastic in Banquet frozen chicken strips. In recent weeks, U.S.