Category Archives: Health
Sinovac vaccine restores a Brazilian city to near normal
SERRANA, Brazil (AP) — Just one COVID-19 patient is in critical condition at the Dr. Geraldo Cesar Reis clinic in Serrana, a city of almost 46,000 in Sao Paulo state's countryside. The 63-year-old woman rejected the vaccine that was offered
Democrat Nikki Fried announces run for Florida governor
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried announced Tuesday she'll seek the Democratic nomination for governor, calling Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis an authoritarian who's putting his party and political ambition ahead of Floridians...
Ontario spending $31 million more for children and youth mental health services
TORONTO — Ontario is putting another $31 million toward mental health services for children and youth. The aim is to provide targeted supports for mental health and addictions treatment services for young people and their families. Health Minister Chri...
N.B. offers to help tourism sector hit by COVID by subsidizing vacations to province
FREDERICTON — New Brunswick is trying to revive its tourism sector by offering to subsidize vacations for out-of-province visitors when its boundaries reopen to the rest of the region. The NB Travel Incentive program — offered only to New Brunswickers ...
Premier Scott Moe says he hopes to fully reopen Saskatchewan by July 11
REGINA — Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe says he hopes to fully reopen the province by July 11. "We have had the public health orders in place in this province for 445 days now," Moe said Tuesday. "They could all be removed
Bolsonaro wants Copa America in Brazil; Aguero casts doubts
SAO PAULO (AP) — Argentina forward Sergio Aguero has cast doubt on holding the Copa America while the coronavirus pandemic rages in the region, just hours after Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro pushed ahead with late plans to host the tournament.
Montreal restaurant dining rooms, gyms to reopen next week as COVID-19 cases drop
MONTREAL — Restaurant dining rooms will be allowed to reopen in Montreal next week for the first time since the end of September, Quebec Premier François Legault announced Tuesday. Quebec's largest city, Legault added, will move on Monday from the red
Algeria partially reopens air travel after 14-month shutdown
ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Algeria partially reopened its skies to flights on Tuesday after a 14-month shutdown to try to keep out the coronavirus, with a first flight of the national carrier Air Algerie taking off for Paris on Tuesday
Biden, GOP senator to meet as infrastructure deadline looms
WASHINGTON (AP) — Deadline looming, President Joe Biden is set to meet Wednesday with the top Senate Republican negotiator on infrastructure as the administration signals time is running out to strike a bipartisan deal on the White House's big
Georgia high court upholds man’s death sentence
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia's highest court on Tuesday upheld a man's death sentence for killing his ex-fiancée's adult son, saying he failed to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that he is intellectually disabled.