Category Archives: Health
Ontario has enough hospital feedback for mandatory vaccination decision: Elliott
TORONTO — Ontario now has enough information to make a decision on whether to introduce a mandatory COVID-19 vaccine policy for staff in hospitals, the province's health minister said Monday. Hospitals, local medical officers of health and other health...
Supreme Court won’t hear case involving transgender rights
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is declining to wade into a case involving transgender rights and leaving in place a lower court decision against a Catholic hospital that wouldn't allow a transgender man to have a hysterectomy there.
9,000 NYC workers on leave as vaccine mandate takes effect
NEW YORK (AP) — About 9,000 New York City municipal workers were put on unpaid leave for refusing to comply with a COVID-19 vaccine mandate that took effect Monday and thousands of city firefighters have called out sick in an
US prisons face staff shortages as officers quit amid COVID
At a Georgia state House of Representatives hearing on prison conditions in September, a corrections officer called in to testify, interrupting his shift to tell lawmakers how dire conditions had become.
US prisons face staff shortages as officers quit amid COVID
At a Georgia state House of Representatives hearing on prison conditions in September, a corrections officer called in to testify, interrupting his shift to tell lawmakers how dire conditions had become.
German minister calls for vaccine centers to be reactivated
BERLIN (AP) — Germany's outgoing health minister is calling on state governments to reactivate some specialized COVID-19 vaccination centers that were closed in the late summer to help administer booster shots as new coronavirus infections increase rap...
Quebec lifts capacity limits in bars and restaurants — but dancing still banned
MONTREAL — As Quebec lifted capacity restrictions in bars and restaurants on Monday, owners were hoping to regain more of the business lost when the limits were imposed more than a year ago to curb the spread of COVID-19. Renaud Poulin,
Scientists hope to link lab bench with pharmacy shelves through Edmonton drug plant
EDMONTON — University researchers and drug developers in Edmonton are joining forces to create what they say will be Canada's first facility that can take the latest scientific pharmaceutical insights from the lab through clinical trials to the marketp...
Ugandan kids lose hope in long school closure amid pandemic
BUSIA, Uganda (AP) — Dressed in his school uniform, Mathias Okwako jumped into the mud and started his daily search for gold, a commodity that may be closer to his grasp than another precious asset: an education.
Ugandan kids lose hope in long school closure amid pandemic
BUSIA, Uganda (AP) — Dressed in his school uniform, Mathias Okwako jumped into the mud and started his daily search for gold, a commodity that may be closer to his grasp than another precious asset: an education.
