Category Archives: Health
Virus testing shortages and delays help fuel surge
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The difficulty finding coronavirus test kits in many parts of California and delays in getting results are causing increasing frustration and contributing to the surge of infections that in just two weeks more than doubled the
Supreme Court skeptical of Biden’s workplace vaccine rule
WASHINGTON (AP) — Fully vaccinated and mostly masked, the Supreme Court’s conservative majority appeared skeptical Friday of the Biden administration's authority to impose a vaccine-or-testing requirement on the nation's large employers. The court seem...
Saskatchewan’s top doctor warns against gatherings to keep essential services going
REGINA — Saskatchewan's chief medical health officer is asking the public to stop gatherings except for work and school. On Thursday, the province reported 913 new cases of COVID-19 — an all-time high — with a test positivity rate of 28
Atlantic Canada’s vaunted COVID-Zero strategy no match for Omicron variant
HALIFAX — Through most of the COVID-19 pandemic, Atlantic Canada won international praise for the region's largely successful efforts to keep infection rates low — but the arrival of Omicron has upended its vaunted COVID-Zero strategy. The highly conta...
Nova Scotia requests federal help for COVID-19 booster vaccine rollout
HALIFAX — Nova Scotia has asked the federal government for help in ramping up its COVID-19 vaccine booster rollout, amid the biggest wave of the disease in the province since the start of the pandemic. The province has sent Ottawa a
COVID-19 affects eight of 20 firefighters in Prince Rupert, B.C.
VANCOUVER — More than half of the firefighters in Prince Rupert, B.C., who were off sickthis week are at the forefront of a wave of workers expected to fall ill because of COVID-19. Firefighters, police and teachers are among those putting
Erin O’Toole urges accommodations for unvaccinated Canadians amid Omicron wave
OTTAWA — Canadians unwilling to be vaccinated against COVID-19 should be accommodated through measures like rapid testing, Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole said Thursday as health experts warned the lightning-fast spread of the Omicron variant threaten...
New Brunswick hospitals struggling to provide timely care amid COVID-19 surge
FREDERICTON — New Brunswick's hospitals are struggling to provide appropriate and timely care amid rising COVID-19 infections and the high number of health staff who can't work because they have tested positive or have been exposed to the disease. "Hun...
‘Never had this many cases’: Nunavut changes COVID-19 testing approach
IQALUIT, Nunavut — Nunavut will no longer offer lab-confirmed testing for communities with COVID-19 to free up health-care resources. Chief public health officer Dr. Michael Patterson said that means Nunavut's case counts will no longer reflect the to...
Ontario long-term care homes see staff absences of 20 to 30 per cent amid outbreaks
Ontario long-term care homes are looking to recruit restaurant workers and family caregivers to help run daily operations as the Omicron variant drives up staff shortages and outbreak numbers. Some homes have reported staff absences as high as 20 to 30...
