Category Archives: Health
School mask, vaccine mandates supported in US: AP-NORC poll
BOSTON (AP) — As COVID-19 cases surge around the country, a majority of Americans say they support mask mandates for students and teachers in K-12 schools, according to a new poll, but their views are sharply divided along political lines.
Quebec junior colleges reopen to in-person classes for 1st time since start of COVID
MONTREAL — Eighteen-year-old Shanie Rochasmar was among thousands of students who walked into Montreal's English-language Dawson College on Monday for the first time since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. She said she picked out her clothes the nig...
Mask use and enhanced cleaning remain key components of P.E.I. back-to-school plan
CHARLOTTETOWN — Prince Edward Island's education minister has released a back-to-school plan recommending students and staff continue to wear masks until at least October. Natalie Jameson said today in a news release the measures being taken this schoo...
Vietnam tightens virus lockdown ahead of Harris visit
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Vietnam’s largest metropolis, Ho Chi Minh City, went into a tightened lockdown Monday to battle its worst outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, just a day ahead of the arrival of U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris on
Nova Scotia to release back-to-school plan, update status of final phase of reopening
HALIFAX — Nova Scotia's back-to-school plan and an update on potential further reductions to public health measures are expected to be released today. Premier-designate Tim Houston and chief medical officer of health, Dr. Robert Strang, are to make the...
N.S. requires N.B. travellers to show vaccine proof because of rising COVID-19 cases
HALIFAX — New Brunswickers who aren't fully vaccinated against COVID-19 will be treated like travellers from outside the Atlantic region and must isolate upon entering Nova Scotia, premier-designate Tim Houston told reporters Monday. Houston made the a...
Tokyo opens oxygen station for COVID patients as cases surge
TOKYO (AP) — Japan on Monday opened a temporary facility in Tokyo to provide oxygen for up to 130 coronavirus patients with mild symptoms, as the capital's health care system grows severely strained.
Liberals and NDP play to strengths on campaign trail while Tories carve new path
OTTAWA — As the federal election campaign entered its second full week, the Liberals painted themselves as the trusted guardians of universal health care and the New Democrats promised to be true environmental stewards by ending fossil fuel subsidies. ...
Leaked footage shows grim conditions in Iran’s Evin prison
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The guard in a control room at Iran's notorious Evin prison springs to attention as one by one, monitors in front of him suddenly blink off and display something very different from the surveillance
WHO head calls for two-month vaccine booster moratorium
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — The head of the World Health Organization on Monday called for a two-month moratorium on administering booster shots of COVID-19 vaccines as a means of reducing global vaccine inequality and preventing the emergence of new coro...
