Category Archives: Science
UK’s Johnson walks tightrope between politics, COVID surge
LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is walking a political tightrope as he faces increasing attacks from both friends and enemies amid a surge in COVID-19 infections.
Health officials in New Brunswick report 108 new COVID-19 cases Sunday
FREDERICTON — Health officials in New Brunswick are reporting 108 new cases of COVID-19 today. Of the new cases, 40 are in the Saint John region, 24 in the Fredericton region, 23 in the Moncton area, 11 in the Miramichi
UK health boss: COVID-19 rules could tighten by Christmas
LONDON (AP) — Britain’s health secretary has refused to rule out imposing tougher COVID-19 restrictions before Christmas amid the rapid rise of infections and continuing uncertainty about the omicron variant.
COVID-19 cases surge as provinces scramble to re-impose restrictions
Large parts of Canada are starting to hunker down, with new restrictions coming into effect as a fifth wave of COVID-19 fuelled by the Omicron variant saw thousands of new cases across the country over the weekend. Quebec and Nova Scotia
With high cases of COVID-19, new measures are set to start Monday in Quebec
MONTREAL — Quebec will offer free rapid COVID-19 tests for residents to take home from the pharmacy starting Monday, among other new measures meant to control the Omicron variant as the province continues to break all-time highs for its daily
From masks to book banning, conservatives take on educators
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A recent Wyoming school board meeting was again packed with opponents of mask mandates when things took an abrupt turn and a parent started reading aloud sexually explicit passages from a book available in school libraries.
Troops find religious exemption for vaccines unattainable
WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 12,000 military service members refusing the COVID-19 vaccine are seeking religious exemptions, and so far they are having zero success. That total
Health officials in Nova Scotia report record 476 new cases of COVID-19 Sunday
HALIFAX — Nova Scotia is reporting another record single-day increase in COVID-19 cases with 476 new cases in the province today. There are 333 cases in the Central Zone, 82 cases in the Eastern Zone, 43 cases in the Northern Zone
Omicron may sideline two leading drugs against COVID-19
WASHINGTON (AP) — As strained U.S. hospitals brace for a new surge of COVID-19 cases caused by the fast-spreading omicron variant, doctors are warning of yet another challenge: the two standard drugs they’ve used to fight infections are unlikely to
Fauci says omicron variant is `just raging around the world’
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — The COVID-19 omicron variant is “just raging around the world,” the White House's top medical adviser said Sunday as President Joe Biden prepares to issue “a stark warning of what the winter will look like” for
