Category Archives: Health
Ontario reports 356 new COVID-19 cases, 4 new virus-related deaths
TORONTO — Ontario is reporting 356 new COVID-19 cases and four new deaths linked to the virus. Health Minister Christine Elliott says 230 of the latest infections are among those who are not fully vaccinated or whose immunization status is unknown. She...
G-20 opens with call for more vaccines for poor countries
ROME (AP) — Italy's Premier Mario Draghi made a sharp call to pick up the pace in getting vaccines to poor countries as he opened a conference of the world's powerhouse economies, calling the gaping global COVID-19 vaccine gap “morally
G-20 endorses global corporate minimum tax at Rome summit
ROME (AP) — Leaders of the world's biggest economies on Saturday endorsed a global minimum tax on corporations, a linchpin of new international tax rules aimed at blunting the edge of fiscal paradises amid skyrocketing profits of some multinational bus...
As COVID cases rise, some activists fearful of climate talks
LONDON (AP) — Climate activist Lavetanalagi Seru has been watching COVID-19 case numbers rise in the U.K. ahead of the U.N. climate conference beginning Sunday, and it scares him — even though he’s been vaccinated and is only 29.
Canada to donate 10 million doses of Moderna vaccine to COVAX
ROME — Canada will donate 10 million doses of Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine to the COVAX vaccine sharing facility and another $15 million to help make mRNA vaccines in Africa, the Prime Minister announced Saturday. Justin Trudeau revealed details of the d...
US appeals court gives greenlight to NY’s vaccine mandate
NEW YORK (AP) — A federal appeals panel on Friday upheld New York state’s vaccine mandate for health care workers, rejecting arguments by lawyers for doctors, nurses and other professionals that it did not adequately protect those with religious object...
Vaccine mandates compared to Holocaust in Kansas hearing
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas labor leader on Friday compared President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandates to the Holocaust that killed millions of Jews, and a top Republican lawmaker seemed to agree with the comparison.
Federal vaccine card allowing B.C. residents to travel is now available
VICTORIA — British Columbia residents can now access the federal government's proof-of-vaccination record allowing for travel within Canada and internationally. The provincial government says residents can now access the federal COVID-19 proof-of-vacc...
Lawmaker doc fined for videoconferencing from operating room
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — A Maryland state lawmaker who is a plastic surgeon has been fined $15,000 and reprimanded for twice participating in legislative meetings via videoconference from an operating room during surgery.
Firefighters lash out at lawmaker over NYC’s vaccine rule
NEW YORK (AP) — Six New York City firefighters angry with a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for city workers that took effect Friday were pulled from duty and suspended after driving a fire truck to a state Senator’s office and threatening
