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WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal regulators are challenging patents on 20 brand-name drugs, including the blockbuster weight-loss injection Ozempic, in the latest effort by the Biden administration targeting pharmaceutical industry practices that drive up p

At least a dozen people in California and Washington have been sickened with E. coli food poisoning linked to organic walnuts sold in bulk in 19 states, U.S. health officials said Tuesday.

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TORONTO — Some of the most active companies traded Tuesday on the Toronto Stock Exchange: Toronto Stock Exchange (21,714.54, down 297.08 points): Enbridge Inc. (TSX:ENB). Energy. Down 20 cents, or 0.41 per cent, to $48.95 on 13.5 million shares.

FUJIKAWAGUCHIKO, Japan (AP) — The town of Fujikawaguchiko has had enough of tourists.

MONTREAL — Pro-Palestinian activists have set up protest camps at McGill and a small number of other Canadian universities, following a wave of action seen at U.S. campuses.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture will test ground beef for bird flu particles, though officials said Tuesday they're confident the nation's meat supply is safe. Bird flu has been found in nearly three-dozen dairy herds across nine states.

TORONTO — Canadian cannabis stocks soared Tuesday afternoon after The Associated Press reported the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency will move to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug. Canopy Growth Corp. closed up 80 per cent at $20.

Ottawa's slow progress to remediate contaminated sites in the North is leaving Indigenous Peoples at risk and raising the government's own financial liability for the polluted areas, environment commissioner Jerry DeMarco said Tuesday in a new audit.

Regular mammograms to screen for breast cancer should start younger, at age 40, according to an influential U.S. task force. Women ages 40 to 74 should get screened every other year, the group said.