The Latest on Canada‘s legalization of recreational marijuana (all times local): 1:40 p.m. U.S. officials say the legalization of recreational marijuana in Canada has not prompted any changes in the flow of traffic at U.S.-Canada border crossings. Christopher Perry with the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agency told reporters in […]
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Transcript for Male breast cancer survivor shares his journey It’s well known that October is breast cancer awareness month but what you may not know is that it’s male breast cancer awareness week. The numbers for women are staggering. More than 266,000 expected to be diagnosed this year. Though not […]
Transcript for 62 cases confirmed of mysterious illness affecting kids Thousand to that urgent health alert about the mysterious illness called afm. It often starts like a common cold then leads to paralysis and the CDC is out with new numbers confirming 62 cases across 22 states. Most of them […]
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s vice agriculture minister Yu Kangzhen said on Wednesday local governments should step up their oversight of large-scale pig farms and breeding farms in their efforts to control the spread of the highly contagious African swine fever. Yu’s comments, published on the website of the Ministry of […]
Canada is now the largest country with a legal national marijuana marketplace as sales began early Wednesday in Newfoundland. And there was more good news for pot aficionados: Hours before a handful of retail outlets opened in the country’s easternmost province a federal official told The Associated Press that Canada […]
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(Reuters Health) – Most elderly patients taking multiple prescription medications would be willing to reduce their daily pill regimen to minimize their risk of side effects like falls or dangerous drug interactions, a U.S. study suggests. Nine out of ten people 65 and older are willing to stop taking one […]
There are now 62 confirmed reports of acute flaccid myelitis, or AFM, an illness similar to polio, across 22 states in the U.S., according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. As of Sept. 20, the CDC had confirmed 38 cases in 16 states, which aren’t required to report […]