Category Archives: Health
Omicron, high daily cases should not affect plans to ease rules for holidays: Legault
MONTREAL — Quebecers shouldn't expect to change their Christmas and New Year's plans, despite the high number of new daily COVID-19 infections in the province, Premier François Legault said Monday. Limits on indoor private gatherings will increase from...
Omicron variant confirmed in New Brunswick as officials report 100 new COVID-19 cases
FREDERICTON — New Brunswick health officials are confirming the first cases of the Omicron variant in the province and advancing the holiday break for students in kindergarten to Grade 6. Chief medical officer of health Dr. Jennifer Russell told report...
Justices won’t block vaccine mandate for NY health workers
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court refused Monday to halt a COVID-19 vaccine requirement for health care workers in New York that does not offer an exemption for religious reasons.
B.C. commits almost $30 million for event recovery fund for fairs and festivals
VANCOUVER — The British Columbia government has added more money to its grant program to fund fairs, festivals and other events in the province to help tourism recovery. Melanie Mark, the minister of tourism, arts and culture, says COVID-19 and recent...
Hospitals face COVID-19 crunch: Manitoba asks federal government for nurses
WINNIPEG — The Manitoba government is urgently asking Ottawa for nurses amid warnings that the province's intensive care units are close to being overwhelmed with COVID-19 patients. In a written statement Monday, the provincial Health Department said i...
One year of vaccines: Many lives saved, many needlessly lost
One year ago, the biggest vaccination drive in American history began with a flush of excitement in an otherwise gloomy December. Trucks loaded with freezer-packed vials of a COVID-19 vaccine that had proved wildly successful in clinical trials fanned ...
One year of vaccines: Many lives saved, many needlessly lost
One year ago, the biggest vaccination drive in American history began with a flush of excitement in an otherwise gloomy December. Trucks loaded with freezer-packed vials of a COVID-19 vaccine that had proved wildly successful in clinical trials fanned ...
Philadelphia to require vaccine proof for indoor dining
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia will require proof of COVID-19 vaccination to dine indoors at bars, restaurants, indoor sporting events and other food-related establishments starting Jan. 3, city and public health officials announced Monday.
Ottawa extends exemption for Canadian travellers stranded in South Africa
OTTAWA — The federal government is extending, and slightly expanding, a travel exemption for Canadians trying to return home from South Africa. Earlier this month, the government lifted a requirement for Canadian travellers from South Africa to have a ...
Medicare urged to flex its power and slash back premium hike
WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of a Senate panel that oversees Medicare says the Biden administration should use its legal authority to cut back a hefty premium increase soon hitting millions of enrollees, as a growing number of Democratic lawmakers
