Category Archives: Health
Greece mandates COVID-19 vaccinations for residents over 60
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Residents in Greece over 60 years old will have to undergo mandatory vaccinations against coronavirus or face monthly 100-euro ($114) fines beginning next year, the prime minister announced Tuesday, declaring the country's first g...
Live updates: Obama, Fauci encourage vaccinations at clinic
WASHINGTON — Former President Barack Obama and Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert, visited a children’s vaccination clinic in Washington Tuesday to encourage kids to get a COVID-19 shot.
Czech politicians put aside difference to back booster plan
PRAGUE (AP) — The Czech Republic's outgoing and incoming prime ministers put aside their differences on Tuesday to support an initiative to administer 1 million COVID-19 booster shots in a week.
Germany’s designated chancellor backs COVID vaccine mandate
BERLIN (AP) — Germany's next chancellor said Tuesday that he will back a proposal to mandate coronavirus vaccinations for everybody next year, but that lawmakers should be free to vote according to their conscience on the issue.
All travellers arriving by air, except from U.S., need COVID-19 test at airport
OTTAWA — All air travellers entering Canada, except for those coming from the United States, will now need to be tested for COVID-19 upon arrival at the airport and isolate until they get their results, even if they are fully
California now limits medical parole to those on ventilators
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A new California policy could send dozens of quadriplegic, paraplegic or otherwise permanently incapacitated inmates from nursing homes back to state prisons.
California now limits medical parole to those on ventilators
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A new California policy could send dozens of quadriplegic, paraplegic or otherwise permanently incapacitated inmates from nursing homes back to state prisons.
LA begins enforcing strict mandate requiring proof of vax
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Enforcement began Monday in Los Angeles for one of the strictest vaccine mandates in the country, a sweeping measure that requires proof of shots for everyone entering a wide variety of businesses from restaurants to theaters
Alberta ups screening, tracing as it prepares for first Omicron COVID-19 cases
EDMONTON — Alberta does not yet have any reported cases of the new Omicron COVID-19 variant, but the province's chief medical officer of health says it's realistically only a matter of time. "It is very likely that Omicron will eventually reach
Yukon’s illicit overdose death toll now highest in Canada: coroner
WHITEHORSE — Yukon's Coroner's Service says the territory's opioid overdose rate per capita is now the highest in Canada with a reported 48.4 deaths per 100,000 people. Yukon chief coroner Heather Jones says opioid fatalities now represent over 20 per...
