Category Archives: Health
US unveils guidance for federal vaccine mandate, exemptions
WASHINGTON (AP) — With just weeks remaining before federal workers must be vaccinated against COVID-19, the federal government on Monday outlined procedures for employees to request medical or religious exemptions from President Joe Biden’s mandate. ...
Oklahoma judge blocks 2 abortion laws, allows 3 others
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An Oklahoma judge on Monday temporarily blocked two new anti-abortion laws from taking effect next month, including a measure similar to a Texas abortion ban that effectively bans the procedure after about six weeks of pregnancy.
Biden lifts abortion referral ban on family planning clinics
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration on Monday reversed a ban on abortion referrals by family planning clinics, lifting a Trump-era restriction as political and legal battles over abortion grow sharper from Texas to the U.S. Supreme Court.
New California law aims to reduce deaths among Black moms
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Black women in California are more likely to die within a year of pregnancy than women of other races, prompting a wave of policy changes this year in the nation's most populous state that culminated on
About 80 per cent of education workers have attested to full vaccination: minister
TORONTO — Ontario's education minister says about 80 per cent of school staff have attested to being fully vaccinated against COVID-19. That is roughly the percentage of vaccination seen in the eligible population provincewide. The government has said ...
Southern Manitoba region putting pressure on intensive care units: top doctor
WINNIPEG — Manitoba's chief public health officer asked people Monday to follow public health orders as he warned that hospitals could soon be under more pressure from COVID-19. "We are in a trajectory right now that could take us to a
Canada must convince countries who reject mixed-dose travellers: travel association
OTTAWA — Convincing dubious countries to allow Canadians with mixed vaccines to travel across their borders may be tricky, but Canada has a responsibility to try, according to a director with the Association of Canadian Travel Agencies (ACTA). The fe...
Federal government could push provinces on vaccine mandate for workers, document says
OTTAWA — Senior federal officials were told in the spring that the government could make it mandatory for all workers countrywide to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. The Trudeau Liberals have promised to bring in mandatory vaccination requirements for fed...
Health minister says COVID data looking good as Quebec adds 402 new cases, six deaths
MONTREAL — Quebec's health minister said Monday the province's COVID-19 indicators were headed in the right direction, but he warned Quebecers to remain cautious as the months get colder and people spend more time indoors. Health officials reported 402...
Florida first lady Casey DeSantis has breast cancer
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida first lady Casey DeSantis has breast cancer, her husband Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Monday. DeSantis, 41,
