Category Archives: Science
More provinces reduce COVID-19 isolation requirements as cases continue to mount
More provinces reduced isolation requirements for people who test positive for COVID-19 Friday in an effort to lessen staffing shortages as the Omicron variant continued to drive diagnoses at record rates. British Columbia, Manitoba, Alberta and New Br...
Group in B.C. looks to build smaller, homelike long-term care units after COVID-19
VANCOUVER — Rows of rooms line a long, narrow hallway where a tall aluminum cart stacked with food trays is parked as staff at the front desk register visitors and offer surgical masks. At the other end, a large TV
Quebec opposition parties say COVID-19 curfew a sign of government’s failure
MONTREAL — Quebec's three main opposition parties are criticizing the provincial government's decision to impose a 10 p.m. curfew to control the rapid spread of COVID-19, arguing the health order is a sign of the government's failure to prepare. If the...
Live updates: Israel begins administering 4th vaccine dose
JERUSALEM — Israel has begun delivering a fourth vaccine dose for people most vulnerable to coronavirus, becoming one of the first countries to do so as it prepares for a wave of infections driven by the omicron variant.
Live updates: Virus forces changes in Vegas gadget gathering
LAS VEGAS — The annual CES gadget convention will be three days instead of four amid a jump in COVID-19 cases and the withdrawal of some of its best-known tech presenters.
Manitoba cabinet minister who refused to discuss vaccine status dropped from cabinet
WINNIPEG — A Manitoba cabinet minister who refused to discuss his COVID-19 vaccination status has been dropped from cabinet. Ron Schuler is being replaced in the infrastructure and emergency measures portfolios by Reg Helwer, who is also minister for c...
Scholz to Germans: Let’s all help to defeat COVID in 2022
BERLIN (AP) — Chancellor Olaf Scholz is urging Germans to pull together to defeat the coronavirus in 2022 and promising to react “quickly and decisively” to the advance of the omicron variant.
Some changes the Ontario government is making to its COVID-19 response
TORONTO — Here are some of the changes the Ontario government announced Thursday to its response to the COVID-19 pandemic: _ On Dec. 31, publicly funded PCR testing will only be available for high-risk individuals who are symptomatic or are at
Navy needs more time to flush Pearl Harbor drinking water
HONOLULU (AP) — Military officials say they need more time to flush jet fuel from their Pearl Harbor water system, but some of the 4,000 military families who were displaced because of contaminated drinking water could begin returning by the
Self-described German soldier in COVID threat video arrested
BERLIN (AP) — A man identifying himself as a German army soldier who recorded a threatening video with demands including the removal of coronavirus restrictions was arrested on Thursday, police said.
