Health

HALIFAX — Experts are gathering Wednesday for discussions that include a little-known after-effect of the disastrous Halifax Explosion — it sparked a burst of health reforms that saved many hundreds of lives.

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration's new birth control rule is raising questions among some doctors and researchers, who say it overlooks known benefits of contraception while selectively citing data that raise doubts about effectiveness and safet

SASKATOON — A proposed class action lawsuit against Canada’s attorney general, the Saskatchewan government, the province’s health regions and doctors who allegedly coerced Indigenous women to undergo sterilization has been filed in Saskatoon’s Court

SEATTLE — Neurologists from the University of Washington say a champion bull rider from British Columbia who died by suicide had a chronic brain condition.

KAMLOOPS, B.C. — The family of a British Columbia university executive who died suddenly last month says his death was caused by an accidental overdose.

LONDON — While the obesity rate among children in rich countries may have peaked, kids in developing countries are increasingly putting on unhealthy pounds, according to research released Tuesday.

In a story Oct. 9 about an experimental gene therapy for blindness, The Associated Press erroneously reported the deadline for a decision by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The date is Jan. 12, not Jan. 18.

The federal government has narrowed down to nine the candidates for $950 million in funding for supercluster sites.

TORONTO — Ibuprofen appears to be as effective as oral morphine for reducing mild to moderate pain in children who have had orthopedic day surgery — without the side-effects associated with the opioid, a study has found. Principal investigator Dr.

MONTREAL — Parents opposed to a supervised safe injection site near a Montreal elementary school are ready to go to court in a last-minute effort to stop it from opening.