Category Archives: Health
Portugal’s parliament backs revised bill allowing euthanasia
LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Portugal’s parliament approved a reworded bill Friday to allow euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide for terminally ill and seriously injured people, after a court blocked the initial version because of what it said was uncl...
Pandemic likely to continue through the winter, says Canada’s top doctor
OTTAWA — While the fourth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic is slowly ebbing away, Canada's top doctor said that doesn't mean the pandemic is likely to end this winter — even with widespread vaccinations. The country is bending the curve, but
Lawsuits over workplace vaccine rule focus on states’ rights
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — More than two dozen Republican-led states filed lawsuits Friday challenging President Joe Biden's vaccine requirement for private companies, setting up a high-stakes legal showdown pitting federal authority against states' ri...
Latvia: Employers can suspend, dismiss unvaccinated workers
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The Latvian parliament has given employers the go-ahead to dismiss employees who are required to get vaccinated against the coronavirus but refuse to do so.
‘They’re afraid they won’t come back:’ Petition wants elder care in Nunavut
IQALUIT — Aani Uqaitu hasn't been able to see her 89-year-old mother for six months since she was sent to a long-term care home 1,200 kilometres away from Sanikiluaq, Nunavut. Uqaitu's mother, who has dementia, is one of many Nunavut elders
Report: US cancels vaccine maker’s multimillion dollar deal
WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal government has canceled a multimillion dollar deal with Emergent BioSolutions, a Maryland-based vaccine manufacturer with facilities in Baltimore that were found to have produced millions of contaminated Johnson & John...
EXPLAINER: What vaccine mandate means for firms and workers
The Biden administration's sweeping new COVID-19 mandate will apply to 84 million workers at mid-size and large companies. President Joe Biden
Vaccine refusals in intelligence agencies raise GOP concerns
WASHINGTON (AP) — Thousands of intelligence officers could soon face dismissal for failing to comply with the U.S. government’s vaccine mandate, leading Republican lawmakers to raise concerns about removing employees from agencies critical to national ...
Arizona won’t stop using COVID money for anti-mask grants
PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey is defying a demand that he stop using federal coronavirus relief money to fund an education grant program that can only go to schools without mask mandates.
Tories to form ‘mini-caucus’ on vaccine mandates; MP says it’s not about O’Toole
OTTAWA — Conservative MP Marilyn Gladu says she and other colleagues are forming what's shaping up to be a "mini-caucus" within the existing Tory caucus to advocate for Canadians concerned about the impacts of vaccine mandates. She says the group is
