Category Archives: Health
Canadian drug companies want new pricing regs delayed again until after pandemic
OTTAWA — Almost three dozen Canadian pharmaceutical companies made a direct appeal to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau last month to delay the new drug pricing regulations for a third time. The companies, including all four of the drugmakers behind the CO...
China up for discussion at G7 Leaders’ Summit, but also back home in Canada
CARBIS BAY, CORNWALL, ENGLAND — The thorny issue of how to handle increasing competition and aggression from China came up as leaders of the world's wealthiest countries gathered Saturday in an English seaside resort, although it remains to be seen
Biden urges G-7 leaders to call out and compete with China
CARBIS BAY, England (AP) — Leaders of the world's largest economies unveiled an infrastructure plan Saturday for the developing world to compete with China’s global initiatives, but they were searching for a consensus on how to forcefully to call out
China, US diplomats clash over human rights, pandemic origin
BEIJING (AP) — Top U.S. and Chinese diplomats appear to have had another sharply worded exchange, with Beijing saying it told the U.S. to cease interfering in its internal affairs and accusing Washington of politicizing the search for the origin
A look at COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada on Saturday, June 12, 2021
The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 04:00 a.m. ET on Saturday, June 12, 2021. In Canada, the provinces are reporting 452,000 new vaccinations administered for a total of 28,167,799 doses given. Nationwide, 4,000,799 people or 11...
Governor settled harassment claim to focus on pandemic
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Friday defended her handling of accusations of harassment by a former campaign spokesman that resulted in a financial settlement of at least $62,500 in payments from her political
YouTube suspends Sen. Johnson for COVID-19 ‘misinformation’
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Sen. Ron Johnson was suspended Friday from uploading videos to YouTube for one week, after the company said he violated its COVID-19 “medical misinformation policies.”
First batch of J&J COVID vaccines won’t be released in Canada
OTTAWA — More than 300,000 doses of the Johnson & Johnson single-shot COVID-19 vaccine will not be released for use in Canada. The vaccines were quarantined in April before they were distributed to provinces because Health Canada was informed the d...
California governor signs orders to roll back virus rules
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — It's official: Most of California's coronavirus rules governing public gatherings will disappear on Tuesday after Gov. Gavin Newsom signed an executive order Friday afternoon that heralds the end of the pandemic's hold on much...
More Moderna vaccine on the way to B.C. as adults with first dose tops 75 per cent
VICTORIA — The British Columbia government is working on incorporating a "significant additional" shipment of Moderna vaccine into its plans as it pushes for more people to sign up for their second dose. A joint statement from the provincial health of...
