Health

WINNIPEG — A 19-year-old woman who is alleging she was sexually assaulted by a doctor at a walk-in clinic says she wants others to know it is OK to come forward with such complaints.

A new Canadian study suggests teenage athletes who sustain concussions may still be experiencing brain changes even after they have been cleared to return to play.

MONTREAL — A Quebec barber who got down on the floor to trim the hair of a young client with autism was applauded in Canada's Senate chamber Wednesday, several weeks after a photo of him garnered worldwide attention.

TORONTO — A group of HIV positive chefs will run a first-of-its-kind pop-up restaurant to combat the stigma faced by people living with the illness.

NEW YORK — A federal panel recommended Wednesday that older people already vaccinated for shingles get a new, better shot.

OTTAWA — NDP Indigenous youth critic Charlie Angus called on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Wednesday to end what he calls a "child-focused system of apartheid" in Canada.

TRENTON, N.J. — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has rejected an experimental drug for a common type of muscular dystrophy. The FDA's decision Wednesday was expected because the agency had said the drug didn't work in two key patient tests.

TORONTO — It will soon be illegal to protest outside and near abortion clinics in Ontario.

TORONTO — General Mills Canada says it's removing the gluten-free label from future Cheerios cereal boxes as it awaits consistent government testing protocols for products containing oats.

WASHINGTON — Scientists are altering a powerful gene-editing technology in hopes of one day fighting diseases without making permanent changes to people's DNA. The trick: Edit RNA instead, the messenger that carries a gene's instructions.