Health News

FREDERICTON — New Brunswick health officials urged residents to get vaccinated Saturday after 11 new cases of measles were confirmed in the province. The new cases were detected in Fredericton and parts of the upper Saint John River valley area.

The majority of strokes could be prevented, according to new guidelines aimed at helping people and their doctors do just that. Stroke was the fourth leading cause of death in the U.S.

HALIFAX — A lot has changed in Nova Scotia since the Progressive Conservatives won a dominant electoral majority in the 2021 election with a targeted focus on health care.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Anti-abortion advocates say there is still work to be done to further restrict access to abortion when Republican Donald Trump returns to the White House next year.

DETROIT (AP) — A jury awarded more than $12 million Friday to a woman who lost her job at a Michigan insurance company after declining to get a COVID-19 vaccination.

TORONTO — Health Canada has approved Moderna's mRNA vaccine to protect against respiratory syncytial virus in adults age 60 and older — but it won't be available until next year, the company said on Friday.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia's incumbent Progressive Conservatives released their election platform Friday, announcing that if elected to govern Nov. 26, they will impose a cap on electricity rate increases.

REGINA — Saskatchewan Opposition NDP Leader Carla Beck held her first post-election caucus meeting Friday, saying she wants to prove to residents her party is the government in waiting.

SAO PAULO (AP) — “King” doesn’t disclose his real name. Even clients of his Sao Paulo newsstand have to call him by his moniker.