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Report finds taboos in women's health can limit access to knowledge and care

Report finds taboos in women's health can limit access to knowledge and care

EDMONTON — Taboos around menopause, periods and conditions like endometriosis can limit access to knowledge and care, says a report by the Alberta Women's Health Foundation.
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Republican-led committee targets COVID relief aid for review

Republican-led committee targets COVID relief aid for review

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans on Wednesday began their promised aggressive oversight of the Biden administration, focusing on what watchdogs described as “indications of widespread fraud” in federal coronavirus aid programs initiated under Pres
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Staff strategy needed to improve work conditions in long-term care, employee reps say

Staff strategy needed to improve work conditions in long-term care, employee reps say

OTTAWA — Governments must go beyond new national standards to make working in long-term care a profession of choice if they hope to address serious staffing issues that led to deadly conditions for seniors during the COVID-19 pandemic, representative
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Former Alberta top doctor, Deena Hinshaw, finds temporary public health post in B.C.

Former Alberta top doctor, Deena Hinshaw, finds temporary public health post in B.C.

Dr. Deena Hinshaw — Alberta’s former chief medical officer of health who was lionized then pilloried as the face of the province’s COVID-19 response — has landed a new, short-term role in British Columbia doing public health planning. Dr.
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Abortion foes: 2024 GOP hopefuls must back federal limits

Abortion foes: 2024 GOP hopefuls must back federal limits

CHICAGO (AP) — Emboldened anti-abortion activists are looking to the 2024 presidential election as an opportunity to solidify their influence over the Republican Party. Susan B.
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2nd ex-NC State athlete sues school in sexual abuse case

A second former North Carolina State athlete sued the school Wednesday alleging he was sexually abused by the Wolfpack’s former director of sports medicine under the guise of treatment. The lawsuit filed in federal court accuses Robert Murphy Jr.
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Drug users say B.C. 'fight continues' during decriminalization amid safe supply calls

Drug users say B.C. 'fight continues' during decriminalization amid safe supply calls

VANCOUVER — Members of an advocacy group for drug users have gathered to celebrate the start of decriminalization in British Columbia and discuss how they will "fight back" against any efforts to seize illicit substances that meet the 2.
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Dutch government reports 1 case of mad cow disease on farm

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A cow that died recently on a Dutch farm tested positive for mad cow disease, the government of the Netherlands announced Wednesday, in a rare case of the cattle illness that can cause a fatal brain disease in people who
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20 attorneys general warn Walgreens, CVS over abortion pills

20 attorneys general warn Walgreens, CVS over abortion pills

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Attorneys general in 20 conservative-led states warned CVS and Walgreens on Wednesday that they could face legal consequences if they sell abortion pills by mail in those states.
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Feds caught off guard by Saskatchewan 'unforeseen' request for COVID-19 help

Feds caught off guard by Saskatchewan 'unforeseen' request for COVID-19 help

SASKATOON — Public Safety Canada and the Canadian Armed Forces were caught off guard by a request for help from Saskatchewan during the height of the fourth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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