The BA.5 subvariant can evade protection, but there are still tools to fight it
The Omicron subvariant BA.5, and to a lesser extent, BA.4, is driving the latest wave — the seventh of the pandemic and the third since the arrival of Omicron.
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Quebec tourist waited a week for emergency surgery after B.C. doctor refused to operate over billing
A Quebec man who fell and broke his jaw, cheekbone and a bone around his left eye while visiting British Columbia says his surgery was cancelled after he was told his home province "won't pay" for the procedure.
Canada could approve 1st COVID-19 shot for youngest kids this month: feds
Health Canada tweeted Tuesday that it expects to reach a decision by mid-July on whether to approve Moderna's shot for children between six months and five years old.
U.S. FDA issues temporary halt to ban on Juul e-cigarettes
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has put on hold its ban on sales of Juul Labs' e-cigarettes, with the health agency saying late on Tuesday that it would do an additional review of the company's marketing application.
A new reality for U.S. doctors as they navigate exceptions to shifting abortion laws
Physicians say it's not always clear when an intervention will be allowed under life-saving exceptions to abortion bans in U.S. states. One ob-gyn asked: “What does the risk of death have to be, and how imminent must it be?”
More than half of Canada's AstraZeneca vaccine doses expired, will be thrown out
Canada is about to toss more than half of its doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine because it couldn't find any takers for it, either in or outside of Canada.
Quebec doctors demand abortion pill be made more accessible
At least 300 doctors in the province have signed an open letter demanding that the college of physicians make it easier to prescribe the abortion pill.