Category Archives: Health
Sen. Elizabeth Warren tests positive for COVID breakthrough
BOSTON (AP) — U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren said Sunday she has tested positive for COVID-19 as the country deals with another surge in cases and the emergence of the omicron variant.
N.L. reports 61 cases of COVID-19, schools to close two days early for winter break
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Officials in Newfoundland and Labrador say schools will start their winter break a couple days earlier than planned in an effort to help combat a rise in COVID-19 cases. Education Minister Tom Osborne announced Sunday that students
German experts urge stricter virus measures, more boosters
VIENNA (AP) — Germany should implement stricter measures this week to slow the spread of the omicron variant, the German government's new expert council said Sunday, a day after the government announced it would impose travel restrictions on people com...
UK’s Johnson walks tightrope between politics, COVID surge
LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is walking a political tightrope as he faces increasing attacks from both friends and enemies amid a surge in COVID-19 infections.
Health officials in New Brunswick report 108 new COVID-19 cases Sunday
FREDERICTON — Health officials in New Brunswick are reporting 108 new cases of COVID-19 today. Of the new cases, 40 are in the Saint John region, 24 in the Fredericton region, 23 in the Moncton area, 11 in the Miramichi
UK health boss: COVID-19 rules could tighten by Christmas
LONDON (AP) — Britain’s health secretary has refused to rule out imposing tougher COVID-19 restrictions before Christmas amid the rapid rise of infections and continuing uncertainty about the omicron variant.
COVID-19 cases surge as provinces scramble to re-impose restrictions
Large parts of Canada are starting to hunker down, with new restrictions coming into effect as a fifth wave of COVID-19 fuelled by the Omicron variant saw thousands of new cases across the country over the weekend. Quebec and Nova Scotia
With high cases of COVID-19, new measures are set to start Monday in Quebec
MONTREAL — Quebec will offer free rapid COVID-19 tests for residents to take home from the pharmacy starting Monday, among other new measures meant to control the Omicron variant as the province continues to break all-time highs for its daily
From masks to book banning, conservatives take on educators
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A recent Wyoming school board meeting was again packed with opponents of mask mandates when things took an abrupt turn and a parent started reading aloud sexually explicit passages from a book available in school libraries.
Troops find religious exemption for vaccines unattainable
WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 12,000 military service members refusing the COVID-19 vaccine are seeking religious exemptions, and so far they are having zero success. That total
