Health

LONDON (AP) — Vatican authorities said Monday that Pope Francis has a complex infection in his respiratory system and will require more targeted drug treatment.

REGINA — Nearly a year into the Saskatchewan government’s plan to improve breast health care, the province's largest health care union says staffing shortages and long waits have not let up.

ATLANTA (AP) — Natasha Nelson, a 35-year old entrepreneur in Stone Mountain, Georgia, didn't have an innate sense of social norms.

UMZIMKHULU, South Africa (AP) — At a rural village in South Africa's KwaZulu-Natal province, unemployed 19-year-old Nozuko Majola is trying to figure out if she has enough money for the one-hour ride to collect her much-needed HIV medication, usually

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration’s effort to slash the size of the federal workforce reached the Food and Drug Administration this weekend, as recently hired employees who review the safety of food ingredients, medical devices and other pro

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis had breakfast, read the newspapers and followed Mass on television Sunday after a second night sleeping well at the hospital where the 88-year-old pontiff is being treated for a respiratory tract infection , the Vatican said.

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. — Liberal Leader Bonnie Crombie jogs up to a door on a recent Saturday morning canvass in Mississauga, where she is warmly greeted in Polish by a woman who expresses her support and wishes the politician good luck.

VANCOUVER — Health authorities in British Columbia say a new case of the measles has been confirmed in the Lower Mainland in a resident who travelled to Southeast Asia.

STE. ROSE DU LAC, Man. — An auto-theft suspect in Manitoba is once again in custody after police say he evaded capture by stealing one of their snowmobiles, was arrested with extreme frostbite and then escaped again from hospital.

EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she asked all of her ministers for their recommendations after a report surfaced that one of them called for the health minister be moved to a different portfolio while allegations of corruption are inve