Health

WASHINGTON (AP) — Barely a week after mass firings at the Food and Drug Administration , some probationary staffers received unexpected news over the weekend: The government wants them back.

A running list of election promises announced by the Ontario Progressive Conservatives, NDP, Liberals and Greens in the province's snap election campaign. The vote is set for Feb. 27. Progressive Conservatives Feb.

Supplies of high-demand obesity treatments are improving , but that doesn’t mean it's easier to get them.

WINNIPEG — The Manitoba government says more than 200,000 people have requested plastic health cards since online applications opened last month. The province says those people should get their cards in the mail in the coming days.

A history of aerobiology would normally be a book that would have little interest beyond the science community.

TORONTO — The Toronto Zoo says a 17-year-old Sulawesi babirusa has died after an incident that appears to have involved human error.

NEW YORK (AP) — A tube of lip balm may seem like the perfect antidote to dry, cracked lips .

TORONTO — The Canadian Paediatric Society is calling for better regulation and safety measures to protect kids riding off-road vehicles, including all-terrain vehicles and side-by-sides.

A man who took hostages in a Pennsylvania hospital during a shooting that killed a police officer and wounded five other people highlights the rising violence against U.S. healthcare workers and the challenge of protecting them.

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