Category Archives: Health
Manitoba plans new efforts to boost COVID-19 shots as vaccination levels plateau
WINNIPEG — Manitoba health officials say the number of people getting their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine is levelling off, so some new outreach efforts are coming. Dr. Joss Reimer, medical lead of the province's vaccine team, says vans will
Manitoba plans new efforts to boost COVID-19 shots as vaccination levels plateau
WINNIPEG — The number of Manitobans getting COVID-19 vaccines is starting to plateau, so health officials are planning new ways to get more shots into arms. "It's not like we're not seeing any first-dosers continuing to book (appointments) at supersite...
Majority of Conservative MPs vote in favour of defeated sex-selective abortion bill
OTTAWA — A majority of Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole's caucus voted Wednesday in support of a bill that sought to restrict certain abortions even as he voted it down, saying he respects a woman's right to choose. Saskatchewan MP Cathay Wagantall
Climate change health costs to top $100B by mid-century: report
Climate change is likely to add more than $100 billion a year to Canada's health-care costs by mid-century, says a report by a federally funded research group. The Canadian Institute for Climate Choices says effects on health are likely to be
New Brunswick urges residents to get vaccinated so COVID reopening plan can kick in
FREDERICTON — Officials in New Brunswick urged residents on Wednesday to get vaccinated against COVID-19, as the province pushed toward a target that would allow a partial reopening next week. Seventy-five per cent of people aged 12 and older need to
Ontario, Quebec lay out pandemic plans for schools
TORONTO — Students in the two provinces hardest hit by COVID-19 should be able to experience a "normal" return to school in the fall, officials said Wednesday as other provinces and territories looked to loosen pandemic-related travel restrictions. Ont...
UK hits vaccine milestone, warns of ‘deadly’ misinformation
LONDON (AP) — Three-quarters of Britain's adult population has received at least one dose of a coronavirus vaccine, the government said Wednesday, as it warned that “deadly” misinformation was undermining the global inoculation effort.
Report: Oversight lapses at impaired pathologist’s hospital
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — An Arkansas veterans hospital's poor oversight caused it to miss the errors made by a pathologist who was fired for being impaired on duty and pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter, according to an inspector general's
Victims of military sexual trauma turned away from peer-support programs: ombudsman
OTTAWA — Canada's veterans ombudsman is adding her voice to long-standing calls for the federal government to create a dedicated peer-support program for those who have experienced sexual trauma while serving in uniform. The request follows an investig...
EU announces ‘unprecedented’ Moldova recovery plan
BUCHAREST (AP) — The Republic of Moldova is set to receive an “unprecedented” 600 million-euro ($733 million) economic recovery package from the European Union over a three-year period, the EU's executive arm announced Wednesday.
