Health

LONDON (AP) — More than 8 million people were diagnosed with tuberculosis last year, the World Health Organization said Tuesday, the highest number recorded since the U.N. health agency began keeping track. About 1.

A law that New York City has relied on to padlock scores of suspected unlicensed marijuana shops is unconstitutional because it violates the rights of store owners, a judge ruled Tuesday.

A 15-year-old high school freshman is hospitalized with severe complications of food poisoning after eating McDonald’s Quarter Pounder hamburgers three times in the weeks before a deadly E. coli outbreak was detected.

CALGARY — Alberta's top court has upheld the conviction of a Calgary pastor for his role in protests against COVID-19 public health measures that blocked Alberta's main Canada-U.S. border crossing for more than two weeks.

Kentucky's start-up medical cannabis program should be positioned to ramp up quickly, but having products available for some patients at the outset will be a challenge, Gov. Andy Beshear says.

MONTREAL — Montreal police say a 53-year-old man was stabbed by a fellow hospital patient early Tuesday.

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TISDALE, Sask. — Mounties in Saskatchewan continue to investigate a school bus crash that sent the driver and 27 teenage passengers to hospital. The single-vehicle crash occurred Monday afternoon at a rural intersection southwest of Tisdale.

TORONTO — Toronto Raptors forward Scottie Barnes will continue medical assessments after being hit in the right eye and will not travel with the team for their game Wednesday night against Charlotte, the NBA team announced Tuesday.

It's still difficult to put into words for reigning world decathlon champion Pierce LePage. The 28-year-old from Whitby, Ont., had to withdraw from the Paris Olympics due to a herniated disc in his back.