Category Archives: Health
‘We need more’: Democrats frustrated as agenda faces hurdles
EDWARDSVILLE, Pa. (AP) — They have spent much of the past year fighting for Democrats in this working-class corner of northeastern Pennsylvania, knocking on thousands of doors, giving their evenings to phone banks and devoting weekends to voter registr...
NY Holocaust survivors celebrated at concert after isolation
NEW YORK (AP) — Dozens of Holocaust survivors clapped, sang and danced Monday at a concert held in their honor in Brooklyn in the first large gathering for New York-area survivors after months of isolation during the coronavirus pandemic.
A look at COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada on Monday, June 14, 2021
The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 10:30 p.m. ET on Monday June 14, 2021. In Canada, the provinces are reporting 446,458 new vaccinations administered for a total of 29,454,614 doses given. Nationwide, 4,910,084 people or 13 pe...
Brazil: 41 COVID-19 cases connected to Copa America event
SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil's health ministry has documented 41 cases of COVID-19 related to the Copa America, including 31 players or staffers and 10 workers who were hired for the event.
Rep. Greene apologizes for comparing safety masks, Holocaust
WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene apologized Monday for affronting people with recent comments comparing the required wearing of safety masks in the House to the horrors of the Holocaust.
Groups ask judge to block Arkansas’ near-total abortion ban
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Abortion rights supporters asked a federal judge on Monday to prevent Arkansas’ near-total ban on the procedure from taking effect while the groups challenge its constitutionality.
Alberta opens COVID-19 lottery; 48,000 more first doses needed to lift health rules
EDMONTON — Premier Jason Kenney says 48,000 more Albertans must step up for a first dose of COVID vaccine to fully lift health restrictions, and hopes his new lottery plan will be that incentive. "The more people we can get vaccinated
Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin files court challenge of his firing from vaccine rollout
OTTAWA — Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin is asking for a judicial review of the decision to remove him as head of Canada's vaccine logistics, alleging political interference by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and two of his cabinet ministers. Lawyers for Fortin fi...
Handing over Winnipeg lab documents has ‘national security’ implications: Hajdu
Documents related to the firing of two scientists from the high-security laboratory in Winnipeg, and the transfer of viruses to a research facility in Wuhan are too sensitive to hand over to the special committee on Canada-China relations, Health Minis...
Report says technology kept 2020 census below expected cost
The 2020 census is expected to cost $14.2 billion, well below a previous estimate of $15.6 billion, reflecting a slowdown in the price tag for the nation's head count thanks to technological innovations, according to a new watchdog report released
