Category Archives: Health
Could Texas abortion ban strategy be double-edged sword?
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The unusual legal strategy used to ban most abortions in Texas is already increasingly being employed in Republican-led states to target pornography, LGBT rights and other hot-button cultural issues.
Ontario reports 857 new cases of COVID-19, 15 new virus-related deaths
TORONTO — Ontario is reporting 857 new cases of COVID-19 today and 15 deaths linked to the virus. The province says seven of those deaths took place more than a month ago and are now being added to the provincial tally
Polish medical workers march for better pay, conditions
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Large numbers of doctors, nurses and other medical workers marched in Warsaw on Saturday to demand higher wages and an improvement in working conditions made more difficult by the coronavirus pandemic.
Biden’s vaccine rules ignite instant, hot GOP opposition
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden's aggressive push to require millions of U.S. workers to get vaccinated against the coronavirus is running into a wall of resistance from Republican leaders threatening everything from lawsuits to civil disobedienc...
Saskatchewan reinstates COVID-19 isolation requirements, bolsters testing and tracing
REGINA — The Saskatchewan government is bolstering public health measures as the province faces some of the highest COVID-19 numbers in Canada. To alleviate pressure on the health-care system, the government says it is reinstating mandatory isolation ...
Saskatchewan reinstates COVID-19 isolation requirements, bolsters testing and tracing
REGINA — The Saskatchewan government is bolstering public health measures as the province faces some of the highest COVID-19 numbers in Canada. To alleviate pressure on the health-care system, the government says it is reinstating mandatory isolation ...
Alberta to assess current COVID-19 health measures before considering new ones
EDMONTON — Alberta Health Minister Tyler Shandro, accused of not doing enough to stop a COVID-19 surge swamping hospitals, says the government wants to see the effect of recent health restrictions before adding any new ones. Shandro said he and Dr.
Appeals court blocks Tennessee Down syndrome abortion ban
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A panel of federal judges reversed course Friday and blocked a Tennessee restriction that outlaws abortions because of a prenatal diagnosis of Down syndrome, or because of the race or gender of the fetus. The ruling
Biden’s vaccine rules ignite instant, hot GOP opposition
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden's aggressive push to require millions of U.S. workers to get vaccinated against the coronavirus is running into a wall of resistance from Republican leaders threatening everything from lawsuits to civil disobedienc...
Growing vaccine mandates reveal split in labour movement
TORONTO — The head of Canada's largest private sector labour union has a blunt message for Unifor staff: Get vaccinated or find another job. The union recently advised its 425 staff membersthat they will be placed on an unpaid leave of
