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HALIFAX 鈥� A woman who says she endured cruel and unusual punishment in a Nova Scotia prison has settled a civil lawsuit she filed against the federal attorney general almost five years ago.

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) 鈥� Argentina used to have an extensive, free public health system that pretty much ensured that everybody who couldn't afford private insurance was covered for everything.

LONDON (AP) 鈥� British lawmakers voted Tuesday to decriminalize abortion in England and Wales after a lawmaker argued it was cruel to prosecute women for ending a pregnancy.

NEW YORK (AP) 鈥� Older U.S. adults are increasingly dying from unintentional falls, according to a new federal report published Wednesday, with white people accounting for the vast majority of the deaths.

A federal court has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from clawing back millions in public health funding from four Democrat-led municipalities in GOP-governed states.

WINNIPEG 鈥� Race-based data collected in Manitoba's health-care systems suggests Indigenous, African and Black patients are waiting longer in Winnipeg emergency rooms and often leave without seeing a doctor.

WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� U.S. regulators will begin offering faster reviews to new medicines that administration officials deem as promoting 鈥渢he health interests of Americans,鈥� under a new initiative announced Tuesday.

WINNIPEG 鈥� The group that represents physicians across Manitoba stepped up its campaign to restrict the use of sick notes Tuesday.

The Canadian Dental Hygienists Association is calling recent reports of a labour shortage in their profession "misinformation.

EDMONTON 鈥� The organization representing Alberta doctors is joining health-care unions in raising concerns over Premier Danielle Smith鈥檚 decision to charge most Albertans for a COVID-19 vaccination this fall. Dr.