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CAE signs deal to sell health-care business to Madison Industries for $311 million

CAE signs deal to sell health-care business to Madison Industries for $311 million

MONTREAL — CAE Inc. has signed a deal sell its health-care business to U.S. company Madison Industries for $311 million.
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Few transplant surgeons are Black. Giving medical students a rare peek at organ donation may help

Few transplant surgeons are Black. Giving medical students a rare peek at organ donation may help

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — It’s long after midnight when the bustling operating room suddenly falls quiet — a moment of silence to honor the man lying on the table. This is no ordinary surgery.
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Normalizing questions about drinking habits key to successful patient screening: docs

Normalizing questions about drinking habits key to successful patient screening: docs

Many doctors are on board with new guidelines urging them to ask patients about alcohol use, but theyalso note hurdles — people lose track of how much they drink, some lie, and many don't know what constitutes a single serving. Dr.
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Tennessee GOP is willing to reject millions in funding, if it avoids complying with federal strings

Tennessee GOP is willing to reject millions in funding, if it avoids complying with federal strings

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Republican leaders are escalating their calls to reject millions of federal dollars rather than comply with requirements over LGBTQ+ rights, abortion access and other hot-button issues.
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Alberta town focused on stopping sewage leak into river that supplies Calgary's water

Alberta town focused on stopping sewage leak into river that supplies Calgary's water

CALGARY — An Alberta community where an accident caused sewage to flow into a river that feeds Calgary's water supply says it remains focused on stopping the leak.
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Nova Scotia offering 50 prizes worth $1,000 each for the best health-care ideas

Nova Scotia offering 50 prizes worth $1,000 each for the best health-care ideas

HALIFAX — The Nova Scotia government is so keen to improve the province's ailing health-care sector that it is offering 50 prizes of $1,000 each to health workers who have ideas for improving the system.
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This procedure is banned in the US. Why is it a hot topic in fight over Ohio's abortion amendment?

This procedure is banned in the US. Why is it a hot topic in fight over Ohio's abortion amendment?

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — With Election Day closing in , anti-abortion groups seeking to build opposition to a reproductive rights measure in Ohio are messaging heavily around a term for an abortion procedure that was once used later in pregnancy but tha
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Dwindling fuel supplies for Gaza's hospital generators put premature babies in incubators at risk

Dwindling fuel supplies for Gaza's hospital generators put premature babies in incubators at risk

DEIR AL BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — A premature baby squirms inside a glass incubator in the neonatal ward of al-Aqsa Hospital in the central Gaza Strip. He cries out as intravenous lines are connected to his tiny body.
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'I have no fixed address': A look at encampments for homeless across Canada

'I have no fixed address': A look at encampments for homeless across Canada

Federal housing advocate Marie-Josée Houle has called the spread of homeless encampments in cities across Canada a human rights crisis. "People living in encampments face some of the most vulnerable circumstances of any member of Canadian society ...
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Norway's 86-year-old king tests positive for COVID-19 and has mild symptoms

Norway's 86-year-old king tests positive for COVID-19 and has mild symptoms

HELSINKI (AP) — Norway’s 86-year-old King Harald V, who has been in frail health in the past few years, has tested positive for the coronavirus and has mild symptoms, royal officials said on Sunday.
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