An image shared on Facebook allegedly shows an article published by the Daily Mirror claiming a study revealed a link between sex toys and heart attacks in women. Verdict: False There is no record of the Daily Mirror publishing such a headline. The alleged article appears to be a digitally altered version of a different…Continue Reading

Republican Texas Rep. Michael Cloud introduced legislation Friday that would ban the federal government from not allowing states to purchase COVID-19 treatments.The Daily Caller first obtained the bill which would amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and the Defense Production Act of 1950 that bans the Federal Government from limiting State access to…Continue Reading

Nearly half of 500m free Covid-19 tests the Biden administration made available to the US public have not been claimed, as cases plummet.Wild demand swings have been a subplot in the pandemic, from vaccines to hand sanitizer and tests. On the first day of the White House test giveaway in January, the covidtests.gov website received…Continue Reading

The Biden administration on Sunday condemned Vladimir Putin’s decision to place Russia’s nuclear deterrence forces on high alert. The White House also faced growing calls from senior Republicans to target Russia’s energy sector with new sanctions.As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine entered its fourth day, the US also expressed guarded optimism over talks between delegations from…Continue Reading

The supreme court nomination of Ketanji Brown Jackson should be placed “beyond politics”, the politician who extracted Joe Biden’s politically priceless promise to instal the first Black woman on the court said on Sunday.Biden introduced Jackson as his pick to replace the retiring Stephen Breyer this week.Some Republicans have complained that nominations should not be…Continue Reading

Hundreds of thousands of refugees are leaving Ukraine amid the Russian invasion, but some Ukrainian men and women are returning home from across Europe to help defend their homeland.After news of Russia’s military attack against Ukraine, these Ukrainian doctors try to return home from Hungary by hitchhiking at the Zahony border crossing on Thursday. Some…Continue Reading

Both Canada and the European Union are closing their airspace to Russian aircraft operators. Both announced the move Sunday.The logo for Russia’s flagship airline Aeroflot is seen on an Airbus A320 in Colomiers near Toulouse, France, on Sept. 26, 2017. Canada as well as the 27-country EU are closing their airspace to Russian aircraft operators effective…Continue Reading

Lorraine Bennington, a registered psychologist in Vancouver who’s also been life coaching since the 1980s, says the life coaching industry should be regulated, as psychologists and doctors are. (Uytae Lee/CBC)Miss something this week? Don’t panic. CBC’s Marketplace rounds up the consumer and health news you need. Want this in your inbox? Get the Marketplace newsletter every Friday. Worried about rising…Continue Reading

Many protesters upset with vaccine mandates came to Ottawa with a flawed understanding of the limits of constitutional freedoms and how the Westminster parliamentary system works.A person holds a copy of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms on Parliament Hill during the blockade of Canada’s capital city by people protesting against pandemic public health…Continue Reading