Category Archives: Health
White House details plans to vaccinate 28M children age 5-11
WASHINGTON (AP) — Children ages 5 to 11 will soon be able to get a COVID-19 shot at their pediatrician's office, local pharmacy and potentially even their school, the White House said Wednesday as it detailed plans for the expected
UK encourages booster jabs, resists new virus restrictions
LONDON (AP) — Under pressure from rising infections and worried health experts, the British government on Wednesday urged millions of people to get booster vaccine shots but resisted calls to reimpose coronavirus restrictions such as mandatory mask-wea...
Russians to stay off work for a week as virus deaths rise
MOSCOW (AP) — President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday ordered most Russians to stay off work for a week starting later this month amid rising COVID-19 infections and deaths, and he strongly urged reluctant citizens to get vaccinated.
WHO: Europe the only region with rise in COVID-19 last week
LONDON (AP) — The World Health Organization said there was a 7% rise in new coronavirus cases across Europe last week, the only region in the world where cases increased, and said uneven vaccine uptake posed a threat to the
Hybrid Parliament safest to stop MPs becoming ‘vectors’ spreading COVID-19: NDP
OTTAWA — Conservatives say they disagree with a committee of MPs deciding that only fully vaccinated MPs, staff and visitors can enter the House of Commons. Their objection represents the first challenge to Tuesday's ruling by the all-party board of in...
US Labor Department warns 3 GOP states over COVID rules
PHOENIX (AP) — The Biden administration threatened Tuesday to revoke the authority for three Republican-controlled states to handle their own workplace safety enforcement because they have refused to adopt rules to protect health care workers from COVI...
Only fully vaccinated people to be allowed in House of Commons precinct
OTTAWA — When Parliament resumes on Nov. 22, no one will be allowed into the House of Commons precinct unless they are fully vaccinated against COVID-19. That could present a problem for Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole, who has refused to say
Alabama only state to limit media to 1 witness at execution
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama will be the third state to carry out an execution during the COVID-19 pandemic and will be the only prison system to reduce the number of news media witnesses to a single reporter.
Saskatchewan’s chief medical health officer was sent threatening emails: government
REGINA — The Saskatchewan government says the province's chief medical health officer is the second person to receive threatening messages through email. On Monday, Regina police said a man was charged with uttering threats from a fake account to two p...
Businesses nervously await fine print of vax-or-test rule
WASHINGTON (AP) — More than six weeks after promising a new vaccination-or-testing rule covering the millions of Americans at companies with 100 or more workers, President Joe Biden’s most aggressive move yet to combat the COVID-19 pandemic is almost r...
