Category Archives: Science
Boosters shots and COVID test kits topping Canadian’s wish lists
On the eve of the Christmas holiday, COVID-19 booster shots and rapid test kits are topping the wish lists of many Canadians as case numbers rocket to record highs across much of the nation. Fuelled by the explosive growth of the
Omicron is latest blow to pandemic-weary front-line workers
BOSTON (AP) — Staff absences for COVID-19 tripled this month in London’s hospitals, and nearly 10% of the city’s firefighters called out sick. In New York, about
COVID-19 spike worsens Africa’s severe poverty, hunger woes
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Outside a foreign currency exchange in Zimbabwe’s capital, hordes of people desperate for U.S. dollars are pushed up against each other. “That’s it,
$2.5B headed to tribes for long-standing water settlements
WASHINGTON (AP) — For over a decade, residents of the rural Fort Apache Reservation in eastern Arizona have been promised miles of pipeline that would bring clean drinking water to their communities.
Alberta makes testing changes as Omicron COVID-19 variant continues to soar
EDMONTON — Alberta is adjusting its COVID-19 testing rules to cope with the ongoing rise in cases driven by the highly transmissible Omicron variant. Dr. Deena Hinshaw, the province's chief medical officer of health, is urging Albertans with COVID-19 s...
B.C. reports 2,046 new COVID-19 infections with high demand for tests
VICTORIA — British Columbia reported 2,046 new COVID-19 infections on Thursday, eclipsing the previous record set the day before as the Omicron variant spreads. The province says 975 cases of the highly transmissible variant have been confirmed so far,...
Manitoba COVID-19 testing so backed up case numbers under-reported: province
WINNIPEG — The Manitoba government says COVID-19 testing is so backed up in the province that case counts have been under-reported. The province says in a COVID-19 bulletin Thursday that demand at test collection sites in Winnipeg and across the provin...
Saskatchewan premier defends not imposing more COVID rules ahead of holidays
REGINA — Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe says low COVID-19 hospitalizations and manageable case numbers mean the province doesn't need new public health measures. Moe defends the province's decision to forgo stronger restrictions in a short video posted...
Italy tightens rules on unvaccinated, New Year’s festivities
SOAVE, Italy (AP) — Italy on Thursday again tightened COVID-19 restrictions, focusing on the unvaccinated and on New Year’s Eve celebrations as the new omicron variant pushed recorded infections to the country's highest one-day total ever.
Liberals delay new regulations to lower price of medicines in Canada
OTTAWA — Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos has put a six-month pause on new regulations designed to lower the cost of patented medicines in Canada. Health Canada first announced in 2019 that the Patented Medicine Prices Review Board (PMPRB) would change...
