Category Archives: Health
‘I was shocked’: Mother, child mistakenly given COVID-19 vaccine instead of flu shot
WINNIPEG — A Manitoba mother says a routine appointment for her and her three-year-old to get flu shots ended in frustration and mixed messages after they were each mistakenly given an adult dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. Jenna Bardarson is calling
Sanders to Biden: Cut back looming Medicare premium hike
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Bernie Sanders is asking the White House to cut back a big Medicare premium hike set to take effect in weeks and tied to a pricey Alzheimer's drug whose benefits have been widely questioned.
Testing better than travel ban ‘whack-a-mole,’ infectious disease specialist says
OTTAWA — An Ontario infectious disease specialist says there is evidence testing all travellers before and after they arrive in Canada will identify most cases of COVID-19 coming into the country. McMaster University physician Dr. Zain Chagla is highly...
Belgium tightens virus rules again as hospitals suffer
BRUSSELS (AP) — Belgium must tighten its coronavirus restrictions another notch as the latest surge in cases weighs heavily on health services and deprives people with other life-threatening diseases like cancer of necessary treatment, Prime Minister A...
Rochester’s one-month mayor is in quarantine for COVID-19
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — The newly installed mayor of Rochester, New York, who is serving for a month following former mayor Lovely Warren's resignation, is in quarantine after testing positive for the coronavirus last month.
NACI advises boosters for those over 50, says 18 to 49-year-olds may receive one also
OTTAWA — Canada's immunization advisory panel now strongly recommends everyone at least 50 years old get a booster dose of the COVID-19 vaccine and that it may be offered to all other adults too in response to reports of waning
Biden, allies increasingly pushing back at GOP’s virus barbs
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden looked out over an audience of government scientists and framed his latest plan for fighting COVID-19 as an opportunity to at last put an end to divisiveness over the virus, calling the politicization of
Governor, AG sue Defense Department over vaccine requirement
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma’s Republican governor and the state attorney general filed a federal lawsuit on Thursday, challenging the Defense Department's COVID-19 vaccination mandate for the Oklahoma National Guard.
Unvaccinated Nevada state workers to pay insurance surcharge
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Nevada will be the first state to charge state workers enrolled in public employee health insurance plans a surcharge if they aren't vaccinated.
Five more COVID-19 deaths in B.C., adult vaccination rate reaches 88.5 per cent
VICTORIA — British Columbia COVID-19 vaccination rate for those five years and older has reached 85 per cent for the first shot and 81.8 per cent for the second dose. A statement from the Health Ministry says there have been 368
