Category Archives: Health
2 more arrested in ex-lawmaker’s COVID relief fraud case
Two more people were arrested Friday in a federal criminal case involving a former Connecticut state representative accused of stealing federal pandemic relief funds from the city of West Haven while he was working as an aide to the city
B.C.’s top doctor extends COVID-19 vaccination order in post-secondary residences
KELOWNA, B.C. — British Columbia's top doctor has extended an order requiring students living in post-secondary residences to be vaccinated against COVID-19 and show proof. A statement from the Health Ministry says the order by provincial health office...
Talks continue between city, COVID-19 mandate protesters near Manitoba legislature
WINNIPEG — Protesters who have been blocking a major street in downtown Winnipeg as part of a countrywide demonstration against COVID-19 vaccine mandates and restrictions have moved to a nearby park. City police say the protesters left as part of negot...
Travellers to Nunavut who are not fully vaccinated for COVID-19 can isolate at home
IQALUIT, NUNAVUT — Travellers to Nunavut who are unvaccinated for COVID-19 or partially vaccinated will no longer have to isolate in one of the government's isolation hotels in Southern Canada. Nunavut Health Minister John Main says those travellers c...
New Brunswick set to reduce COVID-19 public health restrictions as of midnight
FREDERICTON — Health officials in New Brunswick are reporting another COVID-19-related death as the province prepares to move to the least restrictive level of the government's COVID-19 winter plan. There have now been 298 COVID-19-related deaths in ...
Yukon launches new site for COVID-19 case counts, vaccinations, other key data
WHITEHORSE — The Yukon government has started a new COVID-19 dashboard aimed at keeping residents up to date about important pandemic-related information. A statement from the government says the user-friendly dashboard replaces the COVID-19 case count...
A list of anti-COVID restriction protests around the world
Protests against COVID-19 restrictions have taken place around the world since the beginning of the pandemic. Here is a look at some of the demonstrations over governments' handling of the pandemic as police began making arrests Friday in Ottawa of
Senate confirms health care watchdog assailed by Trump
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has confirmed a federal watchdog assailed by former President Donald Trump to the top job battling fraud, waste and abuse at the $1.6 trillion Department of Health and Human Services, which has a portfolio that
Top doctor says Canada is past peak of Omicron-fuelled wave of COVID-19
The country’s top doctor says Canada is past the peak of the COVID-19 wave caused by the Omicron variant and is ready to move out of a crisis response. "We are hopeful we are approaching a period of reduced transmission, allowing
Abortion recedes from spotlight in Texas’ primary election
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — As the right to an abortion in the U.S. hangs in doubt, one thing seemed clear at the outset of 2022: the issue would tower over America's midterm elections.
