Category Archives: Science
Quebec’s tax on the unvaccinated could worsen inequity, advocates say
OTTAWA — Advocates working with Black and Indigenous communities say a proposal to make unvaccinated adults pay a financial penalty risks further entrenching inequities in Canada's pandemic response, and adding another burden to those who are marginali...
Medicare limits coverage of $28,000-a-year Alzheimer’s drug
WASHINGTON (AP) — Medicare said Tuesday it will limit coverage of a $28,000-a-year Alzheimer’s drug whose benefits have been widely questioned, a major development in the nation’s tug-of-war over the fair value of new medicines that offer tantalizing p...
New Brunswick officials project up to 5,500 COVID-19 cases a day in coming weeks
FREDERICTON — If current trends continue, New Brunswick could report 5,500 people testing positive each day for COVID-19 by the end of the month, the province's chief epidemiologist said Tuesday. "If these trends hold, we expect to reach our peak towar...
Staffing shortages cause admissions halt at 25 Nova Scotia nursing homes
HALIFAX — More than two dozen Nova Scotia nursing homes have halted admissions because of ongoing staffing shortages complicated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Katelyn Randell, director of long-term care, told the legislature's health committee Tuesday that...
Nunavut schools to reopen later this month as COVID-19 case counts decline
IQALUIT, Nunavut — Nunavut's education minister says students are to return to school remotely next week and start going back to classes on Jan. 24. Pamela Gross said Tuesday that chief public health officer, Dr. Michael Patterson, will make a final
Macron warns against fake news ahead of French election
PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron said people spreading fake news online should be held accountable and possibly brought to justice, an issue that is becoming even more significant ahead of the country’s presidential election in April.
Quebec top doctor’s endearing style no match for daily grind of COVID-19 pandemic
MONTREAL — Dr. Horacio Arruda, Quebec's top public health official when COVID-19 hit, employed a down-home style that endeared him to Quebecers in the pandemic's early days, but he was ground down by 22 months at the helm. Arruda, 61, was
Russia: Infections could surge 6 times higher due to omicron
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian officials on Tuesday sounded the alarm about a looming surge of coronavirus infections due to the highly contagious omicron variant, but stopped short of announcing new restrictions in a hard-hit country where very few limits are
Lockdown party claims add to list of Boris Johnson scandals
LONDON (AP) — Allegations that Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s staff held a “bring your own booze” garden party while Britain was in lockdown are just the latest claims of wrongdoing to rattle the leader.
Suit highlights suburban unease with addiction centers
CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago-based addiction treatment center, which like others nationwide has faced fierce opposition to opening suburban branches, filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday to force one suburb to stop blocking its expansion plans.
