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Is spending all day on your feet at work an occupational hazard?

Is spending all day on your feet at work an occupational hazard?

NEW YORK (AP) — As a citizen of both France and America, Margaux Lantelme has noticed a difference in how store cashiers work in the two countries: in France, they do their jobs sitting down. In the U.S.
CDC vaccination committee meeting postponed days after RFK Jr. took over at HHS

CDC vaccination committee meeting postponed days after RFK Jr. took over at HHS

A panel of experts that advises the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on vaccine policy will not meet as previously scheduled next week. The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) was slated to meet in Atlanta from Feb.
Once off the table, bills to charge women who get abortions with murder get votes before failing

Once off the table, bills to charge women who get abortions with murder get votes before failing

Abortion rights advocates feared the 2022 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that opened the door to state abortion bans would also lead to tracking women and charging women who get abortions with murder.
People with mobility issues struggle to navigate sidewalks as cities rush to clear snow

People with mobility issues struggle to navigate sidewalks as cities rush to clear snow

TORONTO — When Liisa Nisula left her home in east Toronto for a medical appointment, the snow-covered sidewalks were so impassable for her walker that she was forced to go out into the street.
Utah Republicans push to let patients supply their own blood as vaccine concerns linger

Utah Republicans push to let patients supply their own blood as vaccine concerns linger

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah may soon loosen its B.Y.O.B. rules, but not in the way some might hope. The acronym has taken on a new meaning in the state Legislature: “Bring Your Own Blood.
New York sues vape distributors over Elf Bar and other fruit and candy e-cigarettes

New York sues vape distributors over Elf Bar and other fruit and candy e-cigarettes

New York on Thursday sued some of the country’s biggest distributors of electronic cigarettes , accusing the companies of violating state laws that prohibit the sale of vaping flavors and designs that appeal to children.
Former midfielder Brandon Servania ready to welcome Toronto FC to D.C. in MLS opener

Former midfielder Brandon Servania ready to welcome Toronto FC to D.C. in MLS opener

Deemed surplus to requirements by Toronto FC after last season, Brandon Servania will be waiting when TFC opens the Major League Soccer regular season Saturday at D.C. United. The 25-year-old midfielder, who signed with D.C. on Feb.
Trump's foreign aid freeze halted a crucial program fighting HIV in Africa. Here's what's at stake

Trump's foreign aid freeze halted a crucial program fighting HIV in Africa. Here's what's at stake

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Florence Makumene held a plastic container of HIV medication and wondered if it would be her last as fears swelled of a return to a time decades ago when millions across sub-Saharan Africa died of AIDS.
Alberta premier shuffles deputy health minister amid allegations of corruption

Alberta premier shuffles deputy health minister amid allegations of corruption

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith removed her government's deputy minister of health Wednesday but bucked calls for a public inquiry into allegations of government interference in lucrative medical contracts.
СÀ¶ÊÓÆµ ending take-home safer supply of opioids to stop criminal diversion

СÀ¶ÊÓÆµ ending take-home safer supply of opioids to stop criminal diversion

VICTORIA — British Columbia Health Minister Josie Osborne has announced a major revamp of its safer-supply anti-addiction program, converting it to a "witnessed-only" model in which users are watched as they consume opioids they have been prescribed.
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