Health

PHOENIX — The drug company founder charged with leading a nationwide conspiracy to bribe doctors and pharmacists to widely prescribe an opioid cancer pain drug for people who didn't need it came to the U.S.

President Donald Trump is promising a "massive advertising campaign" as part of his administration's response to the worst drug crisis in U.S.

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — Staff and funding shortages and poor data management are preventing Michigan environmental regulators from making sure that state residents have safe drinking water, federal officials said Thursday. The U.S.

EDMONTON — An Alberta government panel is recommending the province subsidize farmers and ranchers to offset costs of new occupational health and safety rules.

TORONTO — For most people, medically assisted death likely conjures up the image of an adult with a terminal illness seeking to end their suffering.

MONTREAL — Quebecers are increasingly asking about having the province's doctor-assisted suicide law expanded, the woman behind the legislation said Thursday.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia's health minister says any form of abuse at long term care homes is "unacceptable," but he believes the system meant to protect residents is working.

The Canadian Paediatric Society says its members are "increasingly" being asked by parents about the option of seeking medically assisted death for children, while a survey of doctors found nearly half of the respondents supported assisted death for

VANCOUVER — People with spinal cord injuries now have a set of exercise guidelines for maintaining heart health to match those offered to the general population decades ago.

GHENT, Belgium — After struggling with mental illness for years, Cornelia Geerts was so desperate to die that she asked her psychiatrist to kill her. Her sister worried that her judgment was compromised.