Category Archives: Health
Nova Scotia Tory leader Houston focuses campaign on fixes to health care
HALIFAX — Nova Scotia Progressive Conservative Leader Tim Houston argued Monday he's the politician likeliest to fix shortcomings in the province's health system, in a campaign where he's casting himself as a Red Tory unafraid to spend public dollars. ...
‘United Pingdom:’ Firms in England fret over staff shortages
LONDON (AP) — Businesses in England warned Monday that a “pingdemic” of people receiving notifications on their phones telling them to self-isolate because of contact with coronavirus cases threatens to lead to widespread staff shortages and mayhem acr...
Canada set to receive 7.1 million COVID-19 vaccine doses this week
OTTAWA — The federal government is expecting to receive about 7.1 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines this week, as it adjusts its distribution strategy amid waning vaccination rates and substantial supply. The new deliveries will include about 3.1 mil...
Black public servant files complaint over alleged ‘slaves’ comment in the workplace
OTTAWA — Monica Agard says she was chatting with a colleague about her workload and looming deadlines when a supervisor passing by cut into their conversation. "We should go back to the good old days when we had slaves," Agard, a
Patchwork of hospital visitor restrictions in place across Ontario
TORONTO — The last time Elisha Lemoire saw her father in person, she dropped him off at the hospital for surgery, hugged him and told him, "I love you. You've got this." But that was six weeks ago, and complications that
Vaccine inequity: Inside the cutthroat race to secure doses
PARIS (AP) — When the race for coronavirus vaccines started, health officials knew the competition between rich and poor countries would be lopsided.
Vaccine inequity: Inside the cutthroat race to secure doses
PARIS (AP) — No one disputes that the world is unfair. But no one expected a vaccine gap between the global rich and poor that was this bad, this far into the pandemic.
South Korea to bring home sailors aboard virus-hit destroyer
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea is sending military aircraft on Sunday to replace the entire 300-member crew of a navy destroyer on an anti-piracy mission off East Africa after nearly 70 of them tested positive for the coronavirus,
Some seek more boxes to check for ‘other’ Pacific Islanders
HONOLULU (AP) — A few months into the pandemic, data showed Pacific Islanders suffered the highest infection rates in Hawaii.
Vietnam puts southern region in lockdown as surge grows
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Vietnam put its entire southern region in a two-week lockdown starting midnight Sunday, as confirmed COVID-19 cases exceeded 3,000 for the third day in a row.
