Category Archives: Health
Neymar, Thiago Silva included in Brazil’s Copa America squad
SAO PAULO (AP) — Neymar will spearhead Brazil's attack for the Copa America, with veteran defender Thiago Silva also included despite a recent injury.
Manitobans will get to see friends again — outdoors — under new COVID-19 rules
WINNIPEG — Manitobans will soon be allowed to see their friends again as the province relaxes one of its COVID-19 restrictions. A ban on virtually all social gatherings that has been in place since May 22, with exceptions for people who
N.B. reports 13 new cases of COVID-19, province still shy of 75% vaccination target
FREDERICTON — Health officials in New Brunswick are reporting 13 new cases of COVID-19 today and say the government's vaccination target is still not attained. Officials say two new cases are in the Moncton region, six are in the Fredericton region,
DEA: Companies had ‘systematic failure’ in monitoring pills
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A retired high-ranking official with the Drug Enforcement Administration has testified that three large opioid distributors had a “systematic failure” in monitoring suspicious pill orders.
Alberta announces funding for Naloxone kits, detox beds to treat opioid crisis
EDMONTON — Two community organizations say they welcome the Alberta government's plan to improve access to overdose reversal kits and to create medical detox beds as opioid-related calls spike. Tricia Smith, executive director of Boyle McCauley Health ...
Report claims Russian agents tailed journalist who fell ill
MOSCOW (AP) — The investigative organization Bellingcat claimed Wednesday that Russian agents who had tailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny before his poisoning also shadowed a journalist who had earlier fallen severely ill with similar symptoms. ...
AP source: US to buy 500M Pfizer vaccines to share globally
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. will buy 500 million more doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to share through the global COVAX alliance for donation to 92 lower income countries and the African Union over the next year, a person
Nova Scotia premier says he’s comfortable with cautious timeline for reopening plan
HALIFAX — Nova Scotia Premier Iain Rankin says he's comfortable sticking to a minimum of two weeks between phases of his government's five-step reopening plan, despite pressure from business and tourism groups. The business and tourism sectors have bee...
Slap to Macron puts focus on ultra-right groups
PARIS (AP) — Bubbling beneath France’s political landscape is an assortment of ultra-right groups, a subculture that shot to the nation’s attention when a young man slapped President Emmanuel Macron and blurted out a centuries-old royalist cry.
Germany: Delay for CureVac shot won’t hurt vaccine campaign
BERLIN (AP) — Germany's health ministry on Wednesday downplayed the possible impact on the country's coronavirus vaccine campaign after reports that the shot being developed by local company CureVac could face further delays getting regulatory approval...
