Category Archives: Health
Live updates: Israel begins administering 4th vaccine dose
JERUSALEM — Israel has begun delivering a fourth vaccine dose for people most vulnerable to coronavirus, becoming one of the first countries to do so as it prepares for a wave of infections driven by the omicron variant.
Live updates: Virus forces changes in Vegas gadget gathering
LAS VEGAS — The annual CES gadget convention will be three days instead of four amid a jump in COVID-19 cases and the withdrawal of some of its best-known tech presenters.
Manitoba cabinet minister who refused to discuss vaccine status dropped from cabinet
WINNIPEG — A Manitoba cabinet minister who refused to discuss his COVID-19 vaccination status has been dropped from cabinet. Ron Schuler is being replaced in the infrastructure and emergency measures portfolios by Reg Helwer, who is also minister for c...
Scholz to Germans: Let’s all help to defeat COVID in 2022
BERLIN (AP) — Chancellor Olaf Scholz is urging Germans to pull together to defeat the coronavirus in 2022 and promising to react “quickly and decisively” to the advance of the omicron variant.
Some changes the Ontario government is making to its COVID-19 response
TORONTO — Here are some of the changes the Ontario government announced Thursday to its response to the COVID-19 pandemic: _ On Dec. 31, publicly funded PCR testing will only be available for high-risk individuals who are symptomatic or are at
Navy needs more time to flush Pearl Harbor drinking water
HONOLULU (AP) — Military officials say they need more time to flush jet fuel from their Pearl Harbor water system, but some of the 4,000 military families who were displaced because of contaminated drinking water could begin returning by the
Self-described German soldier in COVID threat video arrested
BERLIN (AP) — A man identifying himself as a German army soldier who recorded a threatening video with demands including the removal of coronavirus restrictions was arrested on Thursday, police said.
Vaccination rules for COVID benefits to stick for foreseeable future, minister says
OTTAWA — The federal minister in charge of aid to the unemployed says jobless Canadians who refuse to get vaccinated may find themselves blocked from benefits so long as public health concerns remain top of mind. The Liberals have tacked conditions
Mayor says officials should have been ready for COVID to hit Labrador’s north coast
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — COVID-19 has arrived for the first time in an Inuit community along Labrador's north coast, and a local leader says it appears to have caught the regional health authority off guard. Joe Dicker is the AngajukKak, or
Alberta extends winter break for K-12 students as COVID-19 cases grow
CALGARY — Alberta is delaying the start of in-person learning for kindergarten to Grade 12 students after the province recorded its biggest jump in daily COVID-19 cases. Education Minister Adriana LaGrange said the winter break will be extended to Jan....
