Category Archives: Health
Parents, teachers in four provinces prepare to return to class as Omicron spreads
OTTAWA — Parents and teachers in four provinces are bracing for students to return to the classroom Monday as the Omicron variant-fuelled wave of COVID-19 continues to spread and questions remain about how prepared schools really are for a full-scale
Quebec returns to in-person classes Monday, but parents denounce lack of safe measure
MONTREAL — Thousands of elementary and high school students are set to return to in-person learning across Quebec on Monday, but parents say they're concerned the province hasn't done enough to ensure classrooms safety amid COVID-19's virulent fifth wa...
AP FACT CHECK: Trump seeds race animus with COVID falsehood
WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump falsely declared in a weekend rally that public health authorities are denying the COVID-19 vaccine to white people because of their race.
Ontario reports 3,595 hospitalized with COVID-19, 579 in intensive care
TORONTO — Ontario is reporting 3,595 patients are currently hospitalized with COVID-19, including 579 in intensive care units. The new figures represent a decrease from the 3,957 patients in hospital on Saturday, but Health Minister Christine Elliott n...
‘We’re getting through this’: Nunavut hamlet fighting COVID-19 and TB at same time
IQALUIT, Nunavut — Eric Lawlor was in a meeting about a tuberculosis outbreak in his community in December when he got a call from Nunavut's top doctor telling him a resident had just tested positive for COVID-19. The mayor of Pangnirtung
Austria tweaks vaccine mandate plan, to come in next month
BERLIN (AP) — The Austrian government on Sunday presented revised plans for its proposed COVID-19 vaccine mandate, which it said will now apply to all residents age 18 and over, rather than 14 as originally intended. Officials said that a
After Biden’s first year, the virus and disunity rage on
WASHINGTON (AP) — From the inaugural platform, President Joe Biden saw American sickness on two fronts — a disease of the national spirit and the one from the rampaging coronavirus — and he saw hope, because leaders always must see
Denmark lifts COVID restrictions, opens many public venues
HELSINKI (AP) — Denmark lifted a number of coronavirus restrictions and allowed the reopening of certain venues Sunday despite the spread of the omicron variant in the country.
Omicron-specific vaccine likely to come too late to help in this wave: Sharma
OTTAWA — Health Canada's chief medical adviser says variant-specific vaccines can be approved faster than the general ones first issued to combat COVID-19, but one targeting the Omicron strain still likely won't be ready in time to help with the
COVID program delivers 1 billion doses to poorer countries
BERLIN (AP) — The World Health Organization said Sunday that a U.N.-backed program shipping coronavirus vaccines to many poor countries has now delivered 1 billion doses, but that milestone “is only a reminder of the work that remains” after hoarding
