Category Archives: Health
COVID-19: Quebec reports increase in hospitalizations, ICU patients and 20 new deaths
MONTREAL — Quebec is reporting 20 more deaths linked to COVID-19 and a slight increase of five patients in hospital with the disease. Health authorities say 1,082 people are in hospital after 79 patients were admitted in the previous 24 hours
Dutch to drop last remaining COVID-19 restrictions next week
AMSTERDAM (AP) — The Dutch government will drop its last remaining COVID-19 restrictions next week despite a recent rise in infections as the nation learns to live with the coronavirus, officials said Tuesday.
US funeral assistance for COVID tops $2B, more eligible
WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal government has provided more than $2 billion to help cover funeral costs for more than 300,000 families of people who died from COVID-19, the Federal Emergency Management Agency announced Tuesday as it launches a new
South Korea reports record deaths amid omicron surge
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea had its deadliest day yet of the pandemic on Tuesday, with 293 deaths reported in the latest 24 hours, as the country grapples with a record surge in coronavirus infections driven by the
Conservative leadership candidate says he tested positive for COVID-19
Conservative leadership candidate Jean Charest has tested positive for COVID-19. Charest announced the news late Monday on Twitter, saying his symptoms are mild. He says his wife, Michele, has tested negative. Charest says he will be campaigning from h...
Another 14 people die from COVID-19 in B.C., hospitalizations fall
VANCOUVER — COVID-19 hospitalizations have dropped again in British Columbia but another 14 people died over a three-day period since Friday. A Health Ministry statement says the death toll has reached 2,946 people. There were 359 people in hospital ...
House sends Texas-styled abortion measure to Idaho governor
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Legislation aimed at banning abortions in Idaho after six weeks of pregnancy by allowing potential family members to sue a doctor who performs one headed to the governor Monday.
‘The whole system falls apart’: Nunavut group concerned about Ottawa care home
IQALUIT, Nunavut — A group representing Nunavut elders says a seniors home in Ottawa is failing Inuit who are sent there. In a March 7 letter to Nunavut Health Minister John Main, the Pairijait Tigumivik Society presents a long list of
UK to end all COVID-19 travel rules ahead of Easter break
LONDON (AP) — Britain's government said Monday all remaining coronavirus measures for travelers, including passenger locator forms and the requirement that unvaccinated people be tested for COVID-19 before and after their arrivals, will end Friday to m...
California aims to limit health care costs with new office
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Frustrated by how much they were paying for health care, two groups of California workers sued one of the nation's largest hospital systems. One group secured a half-billion-dollar settlement. The other lost in court.
