Category Archives: Health
Island anger: Guadeloupe closes schools after COVID rioting
LE GOSIER, Guadeloupe (AP) — Schools closed across the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe on Monday and France's prime minister appealed for calm and dialogue after protests against COVID-19 rules and vaccinations descended into days of rioting and ...
‘Annoyed’: Austria’s national lockdown dampens holiday mood
VIENNA (AP) — After indulging in one last night out, Austrians awoke groggily Monday to their fourth national lockdown of this pandemic, cutting short a Christmas season of shared merriment to fight rising coronavirus infections.
Plane carrying doses of COVID-19 vaccines for kids touches down in Canada
HAMILTON — The first batch of COVID-19 vaccines for children landed in Canada on Sunday, clearing the way for provinces and territories to gear up in earnest for the next phase of the national mass immunization campaign. A UPS plane
Tory vaccination status in spotlight after MP tests positive on eve of new Parliament
OTTAWA — Concern over the vaccination status of Conservative MPs was front and centre on the eve of a new session of Parliament after one of them tested positive for COVID-19. Quebec MP Richard Lehoux's diagnosis added urgency to the push
Quebec reports 707 new COVID-19 cases, three more deaths
Quebec is reporting 707 new cases of COVID-19 today and three more deaths attributed to the virus. Health officials say COVID-19-related hospitalizations dropped by two from the day before to 199, while the number of patients in intensive care declined...
Ontario reports 741 new cases of COVID-19, three new deaths
Ontario is reporting 741 new cases of COVID-19 today as the province prepares to receive its first shipment of the children's vaccine. The daily case count is up slightly from the 728 reported on Saturday, and marks the fourth straight day
Cap on drug price hikes for privately insured sparks battle
WASHINGTON (AP) — Workers and families with private health insurance would reap savings on prescription drugs from a little-noticed provision in President Joe Biden's sweeping social agenda bill. It's meant to break the cycle of annual price increases ...
Tens of thousands protest Belgium’s tighter COVID-19 rules
BRUSSELS (AP) — Tens of thousands of people demonstrated through central Brussels on Sunday to protest reinforced COVID-19 restrictions imposed by the Belgian government to counter the latest spike in coronavirus cases.
‘I lost everything’: Guadeloupe riots overtake COVID protest
LE GOSIER, Guadeloupe (AP) — Residents in the Caribbean island of Guadeloupe, an overseas territory of France, expressed dismay Sunday after protests against COVID-19 restrictions erupted into rioting and looting for the third day in a row, prompting F...
UK to probe racial bias in medical devices after COVID toll
LONDON (AP) — The British government is investigating whether built-in racial bias in some medical devices led to Black and Asian people getting sick and dying disproportionately from COVID-19.
