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A proposed ballot initiative seeking to legalize medical cannabis in Idaho failed to meet the legal signature-gatheringrequirements set out in state law and will not appear on Idaho’s general election ballot in November, the Idaho Secretary of State’s Office announced Tuesday

David Beckham’s startup IM8 has taken on $1 billion in funding from General Catalyst’s Customer Value Fund (CVF), the company announced on Tuesday

Montreal’s Jewish General Hospital has been granted university hospital status, Quebec Health Minister Sonia Bélanger announced Tuesday

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New treatment options are now available at Kingston General Hospital for local patients living with sickle cell disease

Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown and 14 other state attorneys general have filed a new lawsuit aimed at stopping the U.S. Department of Education from ending federally funded school mental health grants

Two months before Santé Québec launches its long-delayed pilot projects to establish digital health records, the Jewish General Hospital is already proceeding with its own project, which is considered much more advanced and yet will cost considerably less

Rochester, N.Y. – Rochester Regional Health says operations at Rochester General Hospital are back to normal Thursday morning after a lockdown in the overnight hours

EVEN THE STRONGEST candidate vaccine for the Bundibugyo virus, causing the ongoing outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda, could take months before it reaches clinical trial, WHO experts told reporters today at the 79th World Health Assembly