Category Archives: Health
Ontario to eventually offer booster COVID-19 doses to all
TORONTO — Ontario plans to eventually offer booster doses of COVID-19 vaccines to all residents, with the next priority group able to book appointments starting Saturday based on a higher risk of waning immunity. There are 2.75 million people who will
Nova Scotia grants eight-week grace period on mandatory vaccination in public sector
HALIFAX — Public sector workers in Nova Scotia are getting eight more weeks to show proof of vaccination after the province decided to extend its Nov. 30 deadline. Officials said Wednesday that the province's 11,000 civil servants were informed last we...
German health minister seeks to step up booster shots
Germany's health minister called Wednesday for booster vaccinations to be stepped up and for more frequent checks of people's vaccination or test status as new COVID-19 infections increase.
Health care workers in Greece protest mandatory vaccines
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Hundreds of Greek health care workers protested in central Athens against mandatory coronavirus vaccines for their profession Wednesday, a day after the government imposed more restrictions on unvaccinated Greeks amid a spike in i...
Health care workers in Greece protest mandatory vaccines
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Hundreds of Greek health care workers protested in central Athens against mandatory coronavirus vaccines for their profession Wednesday, a day after the government imposed more restrictions on unvaccinated Greeks amid a spike in i...
EXPLAINER: What to know about vaccines for kids aged 5-11
Vaccinations finally are available to U.S. children as young as 5, to the relief of some parents even as others have questions or fears.
Los Angeles County sheriff won’t enforce vaccine mandate
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva said Tuesday he won’t comply with a mandate requiring deputies be vaccinated against the coronavirus or face termination, claiming thousands could leave the department and that will lead to ...
Arizona high court upholds ruling blocking school mask bans
PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Supreme Court on Tuesday unanimously upheld a lower court judgment that found the Republican-controlled Legislature violated the state constitution by including new laws banning school mask mandates and a series of other meas...
Idaho’s COVID numbers drop slightly, crisis standards remain
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The rate of COVID-19 hospitalizations and newly confirmed coronavirus cases has been dropping in Idaho, but the numbers are still high enough to leave hospitals overtaxed, Idaho Division of Public Health Administrator Elke Shaw-Tull...
Northern region in B.C. has highest number of recent COVID-19 deaths
VICTORIA — Four of the five recent deaths linked to COVID-19 in B.C. have occurred in the Northern Health region while one of the deceased lived in the Interior. Those two regions have the lowest vaccination rates, and provincial officials have
