Category Archives: Health
With pressure growing to act, Liberals reference inflation worries in throne speech
OTTAWA — The federal Liberals are facing rising pressure to detail how they plan to rebuild an economy upended by COVID-19 and cool inflation after delivering a throne speech that promised to rein in the rising cost of living. The annual
Nova Scotia auditor questions province ceding control of COVID-19 relief program
HALIFAX — Nova Scotia's auditor general commended the government on Tuesday for quickly establishing a COVID-19 relief program, but she questioned a $100-million contract to Dalhousie University to administer some of the funds. By ceding control of som...
Legault says he knows parents may worry about vaccinating kids, offers reassurances
MONTREAL — Quebec Premier François Legault spoke to parents directly on Tuesday, telling them he understood they may have worries about vaccinating their kids against COVID-19 but offering assurances that the shots are safe. Vaccination for children be...
Social distancing mandatory as Dutch COVID infections spike
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Dutch coronavirus infection numbers hit a new weekly record Tuesday, climbing 39% while hospital and intensive care unit admissions also rose sharply, prompting the government to make social distancing mandatory again for ...
Slovakia proposes lockdown amid record infection surge
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Slovakia’s leaders have proposed a national lockdown as hospitals across the European Union country are hitting their limits amid a record surge of coronavirus infections.
WHO Europe warns of possible surge in COVID deaths ahead
GENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization's Europe office says projections show its 53-country region could face another 700,000 deaths in the coronavirus pandemic by next spring, topping 2 million in total.
AstraZeneca opens research center as UK builds science hub
LONDON (AP) — Prince Charles praised Cambridge as a center of scientific collaboration Tuesday as the pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca opened a 1 billion-pound ($1.34 billion) research center, hoping to build on work in developing one of the first CO...
German soldiers face vaccine mandate as COVID cases rise
BERLIN (AP) — The German military is making coronavirus shots compulsory for troops amid a growing debate in the country about whether to introduce a general vaccine mandate to counter rising infection and hospitalization rates.
Throne speech outlines Liberal agenda, no bones thrown to opposition parties
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau threw few bones to opposition parties Tuesday in a throne speech that recapped the election platform that produced a second consecutive Liberal minority government. A vote on the throne speech will be the first co...
Hong Kong to allow residents of mainland to vote in election
HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong authorities will set up polling stations at the border with mainland China to allow Hong Kongers living there to vote during upcoming legislative elections, the city’s leader said Tuesday.
