Category Archives: Health
House approves extension of Native corporation relief funds
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The U.S. House has passed legislation to extend a year-end deadline for Alaska Native corporations and tribes to use federal coronavirus relief funds. But it isn't the same bill that earlier passed the Senate.
Health officials report three new cases of COVID-19 in Prince Edward Island Thursday
CHARLOTTETOWN — Health officials in Prince Edward Island are reporting three new cases of COVID-19 in the province today. Two of the cases are related to travel outside the province and one is a close contact of a previously announced case. There
Pandemic nurse shortage: Kentucky gov declares an emergency
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky's governor declared the state's chronic nursing shortage to be an emergency Thursday, taking executive actions amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic to boost enrollment in nurse-training programs.
Nova Scotia premier upset by liquor corp’s delayed vaccine deadline for workers
HALIFAX — Premier Tim Houston is expressing displeasure with the Nova Scotia Liquor Corporation's decision to give its employees until Jan. 15 to show proof of vaccination. Houston said Thursday he's upset the arm's-length Crown corporation chose not t...
New Brunswick reports big jump in COVID-19 case numbers and two more related deaths
FREDERICTON — New Brunswick is reporting another big jump in the number of COVID-19 cases in the province, along with two more COVID-19 related deaths. There are 174 new cases of the virus today, with the number of active cases hitting
Five Things from the auditor general’s report on the federal response to COVID-19
OTTAWA — Auditor general Karen Hogan released several reports on the federal government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Here are five key highlights: Poor quarantine enforcement for international travellers Canada failed to adequately enforce bord...
Auditor criticizes pandemic border measure enforcement, other COVID-19 responses
OTTAWA — The auditor general has found Canada failed to adequately enforce border measures designed to keep international travellers from importing cases of COVID-19 into the country, just as the government reintroduces several stringent rules in respo...
X-Ring effect: Unusual graduation rite linked to COVID-19 outbreak at N.S. university
HALIFAX — An unusual graduation ceremony steeped in tradition is at the centre of a growing COVID-19 outbreak at St. Francis Xavier University in northern Nova Scotia. As of Thursday, 59 infections had been reported among the university community, most...
Some N.B. patients learning their unvaccinated doctors have been suspended
FREDERICTON — A Fredericton man says the decision to suspend New Brunswick doctors who are unvaccinated against COVID-19 is heavy-handed and has left him without medical care. Duncan Milne is diabetic and has borderline kidney function, but he says he ...
Saskatchewan privatizing some surgeries to reduce growing backlog from COVID-19
REGINA — Saskatchewan announced a plan Thursday to reduce its backlog of surgeries by privatizing certain procedures. Health Minister Paul Merriman said the goal is to eliminate the backlog by achieving a three-month wait time by 2030. There are 35,000...
