Category Archives: Health
The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada for Tuesday, June 1, 2021
The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times eastern): 6:25 p.m. British Columbia health officials say about 70 per cent of eligible adults in the province have received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. The province reported 1...
N.S. hotels fear tourists will vacation elsewhere without clear COVID reopening plan
HALIFAX — The Hotel Association of Nova Scotia is asking Premier Iain Rankin for more clarity about his government's COVID-19 reopening plan. Association president Megan Delaney says hotels need clear reopening targets so tourists and business travelle...
N.S. hotels fear tourists will travel elsewhere without clear COVID-19 reopening plan
HALIFAX — As Nova Scotia begins emerging from its COVID-19 lockdown, a group of hotels in the Halifax area is appealing to the government for more clarity about when they can expect guests to return. In a letter sent to Premier
Opposition calls on Ford to provide clarity on school reopening decision
TORONTO — Calls mounted on Tuesday for Premier Doug Ford to announce whether Ontario schools will reopen for the rest of the month. Opposition politicians said Ford was failing to show leadership and leaving families in the dark as the end
OPEC to boost oil output as economies recover, prices rise
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The OPEC oil cartel and allied producing countries plan to restore 2.1 million barrels per day of crude production, balancing fears that COVID-19 outbreaks in some countries will sap demand against surging energy needs in reco...
AstraZeneca recipients can get Moderna or Pfizer for second dose: advisory committee
OTTAWA — Canadians whose first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine came from Oxford-AstraZeneca can safely be offered a second dose of either Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna, the National Advisory Committee on Immunization said Tuesday. The news should ease the fear...
Justices reject Johnson & Johnson appeal of $2B talc verdict
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is leaving in place a $2 billion verdict in favor of women who claim they developed ovarian cancer from using Johnson & Johnson talc products.
Greece, Germany kick off EU vaccination travel certificates
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece, Germany and five other European Union nations introduced a vaccination certificate system for travelers on Tuesday, weeks ahead of the July 1 rollout of the program across the 27-nation bloc.
UK’s Heathrow Airport opens terminal for high-risk travelers
LONDON (AP) — A terminal at London's Heathrow Airport that was mothballed because of the coronavirus pandemic reopened Tuesday to serve passengers arriving from high-risk countries — an action that critics said was long overdue.
Japan’s vaccine push ahead of Olympics looks to be too late
TOKYO (AP) — It may be too little, too late. That's the realization sinking in as Japan scrambles to catch up