Category Archives: Health
Vaccine rules for truck drivers entering Canada come into effect
A COVID-19 vaccine mandate for truckers crossing into Canada from the United States came into effect on Saturday, causing "limited delays" at some border crossings and raising worries about future disruptions to the supply chain as the pandemic drags o...
Quebec reports 96 more deaths from COVID-19 as hospitalizations rise, ICU stabilizes
MONTREAL — Quebec hospitals continued to struggle under the burden of rising numbers of COVID-19 patients on Saturday, as the number of deaths reported in the previous 24 hours skyrocketed by 96. Health officials said the number of people hospitalized ...
Update on psychedelic therapy drugs a positive step in mental-health care: experts
A doctor and a psychologist say Health Canada’s move to allow physicians to request restricted psychedelic drugs for patients as part of their psychotherapy is a positive step toward transforming mental-health care. But they say the recent change to th...
Canada’s public health leaders navigate choppy waters as pandemic drags on
MONTREAL — The abrupt departure of Quebec’s public health director last week was further evidence of the rocky road being navigated by the country's chief medical officers as the Omicron wave pushes the pandemic fight toward a third year. Quebec’s Dr.
County’s $7M in PPE left outside, damaged by California rain
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. (AP) — About $7 million worth of surplus personal protective equipment and cleaning supplies, purchased by a Northern California county earlier in the coronavirus pandemic, was damaged in recent rainstorms after it was left outside...
Biden team regroups after court loss on COVID shots-or-test
WASHINGTON (AP) — Concerned but not giving up, President Joe Biden is anxiously pushing ahead to prod people to get COVID-19 shots after the Supreme Court put a halt to the administration's sweeping vaccinate-or-test plan for large employers.
Yukon says new temporary COVID-19 public health measures come into effect Tuesday
WHITEHORSE — Yukon says it will introduce new public health measures on Tuesday due to a surge in COVID-19 cases caused by the highly contagious Omicron variant. Under the new guidelines, all private and public gatherings will be limited to 10
Yukon government pledges to work with First Nations to combat mental health crisis
WHITEHORSE — The Yukon government says it is working to address the territory's mental health crisis as overdose and suicide rates continue to surge. In November, the Yukon Coroner's Service said the territory's opioid overdose rate per capita was the ...
B.C. tourism operators, hotels, lodges can apply for COVID-19 grants
VICTORIA — Tourism operators in British Columbia can apply for financial help from a $15-million relief fund to cover some of their losses due to COVID-19. The provincial government says B.C.-owned hotels or motels that employ more than 150 people, In...
Quebec seniors minister tells inquest that care homes knew how to manage outbreaks
Quebec's seniors minister told a coroner's inquest on Friday she was confident at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic that long-term care homes knew how to manage outbreaks. Marguerite Blais testified that she learned in mid-March 2020 that seniors ...
