Category Archives: Health
Alberta’s post-secondary schools saying no to mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations
CALGARY — Many Alberta post-secondary schools are not requiring COVID-19 vaccinations for students and staff even as others across the country are making different choices. The University of Calgary, University of Alberta, Mount Royal University in Cal...
New Brunswick health officials continue testing for source of legionnaires’ outbreak
MONCTON, N.B. — Health officials in New Brunswick say they are closing in on the source of a legionnaires' disease outbreak in Moncton that has made seven people sick. The outbreak was declared on Aug. 6 and sent six people two
‘A serious situation’: COVID-19 cases force two N.W.T. communities into lockdown
YELLOWKNIFE — The Northwest Territories is mandating masks, banning gatherings and closing non-essential businesses in two communities where COVID-19 cases have been identified. There was one confirmed case and 15 probable cases Monday in Fort Good Hop...
Many Bible Belt preachers silent on shots as COVID-19 surges
Dr. Danny Avula, the head of Virginia’s COVID-19 vaccination effort, suspected he might have a problem getting pastors to publicly advocate for the shots when some members of his own church referred to them as “the mark of the beast,”
Thai police, protesters clash over handling of pandemic
BANGKOK (AP) — Thai police and anti-government protesters clashed for a second straight day in Bangkok on Monday, as anger over the handling of the coronavirus pandemic continues to simmer.
Editorial Roundup: Texas
Dallas Morning News. Aug. 13, 2021. Editorial: Texas hospitals are facing a COVID-19 disaster. Gov. Abbott must act
Former FDA chief on the case for a more independent agency
WASHINGTON (AP) — Dr. Stephen Hahn had been Food and Drug Administration commissioner for just seven weeks when COVID-19 was declared a public health emergency.
Japan extends, expands coronavirus emergency as cases surge
TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s coronavirus state of emergency will continue through Sept. 12 rather than finishing at the end of this month as initially planned, the government decided Monday
Ex-Khmer Rouge official appeals genocide verdict in Cambodia
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — The last living leader from the inner circle of Cambodia's brutal Khmer Rouge regime launched his courtroom appeal Monday, seeking to convince a long-running international tribunal to overturn his conviction on genocide char...
‘A new day’: Opposition leader elected president in Zambia
LUSAKA, Zambia (AP) — Zambia's veteran opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema has won the southern African country’s presidency with more than 50% of the vote.
