Health

FREDERICTON — New Brunswick health officials say the whooping cough outbreak that had been localized in the Acadian Peninsula in June has spread across the province.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The Arkansas Supreme Court upheld the state's rejection of signed petitions for an abortion rights ballot initiative on Thursday, keeping the proposal from going before voters in November.

WASHINGTON (AP) — To figure out what really works when nations try to fight climate change, researchers looked at 1,500 ways countries have tried to curb heat-trapping gases. Their answer: Not many have done the job.

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. regulators approved updated COVID-19 vaccines on Thursday, shots designed to more closely target recent virus strains -- and hopefully whatever variants cause trouble this winter, too.

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. regulators approved updated COVID-19 vaccines on Thursday, shots designed to more closely target recent virus strains -- and hopefully whatever variants cause trouble this winter, too.

NEW YORK (AP) — A U.S. government report expected to stir debate concluded that fluoride in drinking water at twice the recommended limit is linked with lower IQ in children.

BRAMPTON, Ont. — Police say a 31-year-old man has been charged in the alleged sexual assault of a three-year-old boy at a Brampton, Ont., hospital.

There are currently more than 1,200 people with COVID-19 in hospital in Quebec, and more than 30 deaths reported each week.

How can the U.S. solve its growing maternal mortality crisis? Health experts say one way is to look to other countries. The U.S.

ORLANDO, Fla.