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Elon Musk's X to pay legal bills for Canadian doctor chastised over COVID-19 tweets

Elon Musk's X to pay legal bills for Canadian doctor chastised over COVID-19 tweets

Elon Musk's X said it's funding legal bills for a Canadian doctor previously chastised by regulators for her tweets about COVID-19.
Kate and William 'extremely moved' by support since the Princess of Wales' cancer revelation

Kate and William 'extremely moved' by support since the Princess of Wales' cancer revelation

LONDON (AP) — Kate, the Princess of Wales, and her husband, Prince William, are said to be “extremely moved” by the public’s warmth and support following her shocking cancer announcement as tributes continued to pour in Sunday from around the world.
Mifepristone access is coming before the US Supreme Court. How safe is this abortion pill?

Mifepristone access is coming before the US Supreme Court. How safe is this abortion pill?

The U.S. Supreme Court will take up a case Tuesday that could impact how women get access to mifepristone , one of the two pills used in the most common type of abortion in the nation.
Alberta scientists band together to shift climate change focus to health impacts

Alberta scientists band together to shift climate change focus to health impacts

EDMONTON — Bodies and minds are just as affected by climate change as sea ice and forests, says University of Alberta scientist Sherilee Harper. "Climate change impacts everything we care about," she said. "It's not just an environmental issue.
Mother says package presenting cannabis like 'treat' put children in N.S. hospital

Mother says package presenting cannabis like 'treat' put children in N.S. hospital

HALIFAX — The mother of a nine-year-old boy says packaging that depicts highly potent cannabis as a "treat" led her son and several classmates at a Halifax school to consume them and become violently ill earlier this week.
UN chief says it's time to 'truly flood' Gaza with aid and calls starvation there an outrage

UN chief says it's time to 'truly flood' Gaza with aid and calls starvation there an outrage

RAFAH CROSSING, Egypt (AP) — U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres stood near a long line of waiting trucks Saturday and declared it was time to “truly flood Gaza with lifesaving aid," calling the starvation inside the enclave a “moral outrage.
Wyoming governor vetoes bill to allow concealed carry in public schools and meetings

Wyoming governor vetoes bill to allow concealed carry in public schools and meetings

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming Republican Gov. Mark Gordon has vetoed a bill that would have allowed people to carry concealed guns in public schools and government meetings.
AI chatbots are here to help with your mental health, despite limited evidence they work

AI chatbots are here to help with your mental health, despite limited evidence they work

WASHINGTON (AP) — Download the mental health chatbot Earkick and you’re greeted by a bandana-wearing panda who could easily fit into a kids' cartoon.
Kate's diagnosis could prompt others to get tested, seek treatment: cancer society

Kate's diagnosis could prompt others to get tested, seek treatment: cancer society

TORONTO — The sharing of a cancer diagnosis from Catherine, the Princess of Wales, could be positive for those going through their own cancer journey or people who need to be more aware of the disease, says an executive with the Canadian Cancer Socie
COVID vaccines don't cause cancer. But false claims persist in sea of misinformation

COVID vaccines don't cause cancer. But false claims persist in sea of misinformation

Anyone who spends even a moderate amount of time online has likely come across social media posts falsely claiming that COVID-19 vaccines are harmful to human health.
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