Category Archives: Health
Supreme Court halts COVID-19 vaccine rule for US businesses
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has stopped a major push by the Biden administration to boost the nation's COVID-19 vaccination rate, a requirement that employees at large businesses get a vaccine or test regularly and wear a mask on
N.B. imposing two-week lockdown to curb rise in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations
FREDERICTON — New Brunswick will enter a new lockdown at midnight Friday to curb rising COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations — a decision Premier Blaine Higgs said was a last resort. "Think of it as short-term pain for long-term gain," Higgs told
As omicron surges, HealthCare.gov sign-up deadline arrives
People looking for health insurance in the grip of the omicron surge have through Saturday to sign up for taxpayer-subsidized private coverage under the Obama-era Affordable Care Act.
Alberta sets record on active COVID cases, top doctor unsure when peak will hit
EDMONTON — Alberta is reporting a new record high of COVID-19 cases and its chief medical officer of health warns it’s still too soon to predict when the tsunami wave of Omicron-driven illnesses will crest. “It is a little early to
Nunavut to lift territory-wide lockdown Monday as COVID-19 cases decline
IQALUIT, Nunavut — Nunavut will lift its lockdown Monday as COVID-19 case counts continue to drop across the territory. The territory has been under a strict lockdown since Dec. 24, with travel restricted and all workplaces and schools closed. On Monda...
For intensive care doctor, Omicron is a feeling of ‘continuous, unrelenting pressure’
HALIFAX — For intensive care doctor Sarah McMullen, the Omicron wave of COVID-19 seems like a twisting, turning carnival ride, leaving her wondering when she'll get to step off. "Right now, what it feels like is similar to when you go
Quebec curfew taking toll on women facing violence, people with mental health issues
MONTREAL — The Quebec government said it introduced a curfew as a common sense way to reduce COVID-19 transmission and ease pressure on hospitals, but women facing violence, young people and low-income residents say the health order has left them
Saskatchewan considers revising public health order after premier gets COVID-19
REGINA — Saskatchewan's chief medical health officer says he's considering whether to revise the province's public health order on masks in light of Premier Scott Moe testing positive for COVID-19 after a news conference. Dr. Saqib Shahab says he has f...
Quebec to lift COVID-19 curfew Monday, extend vaccine passport to big box retail
MONTREAL — Quebec Premier François Legault says the number of daily COVID-19 cases in Quebec appears to have peaked, allowing him to lift the curfew on Monday that he imposed to protect hospitals from a record surge in infections. Health experts
China faces omicron test weeks ahead of Beijing Olympics
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Most access to a major city adjacent to Beijing was suspended Thursday as China tried to contain an outbreak of the highly contagious omicron variant, which poses a test to its “zero-tolerance” COVID-19 policy and its
