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Ontario reaches funding deal with optometrists; changes seniors' eye exam eligibility
TORONTO — Ontario has reached a funding agreement with optometrists that increases some payments to them, but reduces some coverage for patients, including less frequent general eye exams for seniors.
Mar 24, 2023 12:03 PM
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Atlantic Canadians on social assistance needed more help from budgets, advocates say
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Robert MacKay says the modest increases to income assistance in New Brunswick's provincial budget won't make much of an impact on him.
Mar 24, 2023 11:33 AM
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U.S. bishops' new guidelines aim to limit trans health care
United States Catholic bishops have issued guidelines that seek to stop Catholic hospitals from providing gender transition care, a move LGBTQ advocates say could harm the physical and emotional health of transgender people within the church.
Mar 24, 2023 11:14 AM
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Kentucky governor vetoes sweeping GOP transgender measure
FRANKFORT, Ky.
Mar 24, 2023 10:23 AM
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Toronto updates decriminalization request, asks to exempt all drugs, include youth
Toronto has updated its 14-month-old decriminalization request to the federal government, clarifying it wants a Health Canada exemption to cover young people as well as adults, and all drugs for personal use.
Mar 24, 2023 9:57 AM
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Court blocks COVID-19 vaccine mandate for US gov't workers
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — President Joe Biden’s order that federal employees get vaccinated against COVID-19 has been blocked by a federal appeals court. The 5th U.S.
Mar 24, 2023 6:37 AM
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Ignoring experts, China's sudden zero-COVID exit cost lives
BEIJING (AP) — When China suddenly scrapped onerous zero-COVID measures in December, the country wasn’t ready for a massive onslaught of cases, with hospitals turning away ambulances and crematoriums burning bodies around the clock.
Mar 24, 2023 2:52 AM
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Ignoring experts, China's sudden zero-COVID exit cost lives
BEIJING (AP) — When China suddenly scrapped onerous zero-COVID measures in December, the country wasn’t ready for a massive onslaught of cases.
Mar 24, 2023 2:43 AM
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Cosmetic brands will have to disclose fragrance ingredients — a welcome change for those with allergies
Alisha Minielly was mystified as rashes suddenly started appearing all over her body, including one that persisted on her left leg for six months.
Mar 24, 2023 1:00 AM
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Radioactive water leaks at Minn. nuclear plant for 2nd time
MONTICELLO, Minn. (AP) — Water containing a radioactive material has leaked for a second time from a nuclear plant near Minneapolis and the plant will be shut down, but there is no danger to the public, the plant’s owner said Thursday.
Mar 23, 2023 9:19 PM
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