Category Archives: Science
India confirms omicron variant cases, says get the shot now
NEW DELHI (AP) — India on Thursday confirmed its first cases of the omicron coronavirus variant in two people and officials said one arrived from South Africa and the other had no travel history. A top medical expert urged people
Quebec won’t expand COVID-19 booster access to those under 70 just yet: premier
MONTREAL — Quebec isn't planning to open eligibility for COVID-19 vaccine boosters to younger adults just yet, despite rising case counts, Premier François Legault said Thursday. Legault was asked whether his government intended to follow the lead of O...
Coroner launches probe into case of Quebec man who died after long ambulance ride
The Quebec coroner's office said Thursday it would investigate the case of a 65-year-old man who died after a long ambulance ride, despite assurances from the health minister earlier in the day that there were no grounds for such an
Poland’s lawmakers reject bill seeking to outlaw abortion
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s lawmakers on Thursday rejected a civic legislative proposal that would have outlawed abortion as homicide.
Open more overdose prevention sites in urban and rural areas across Canada: study
VANCOUVER — Researchers in British Columbia say the expansion of overdose prevention sites in Vancouver led to immediate behaviour changes among some drug users as they entered addiction treatment and decreased the number of times they injected substan...
With Roe in question, justices dig into private debate
WASHINGTON (AP) — Historic Supreme Court arguments over abortion behind them, the justices soon will begin the work of crafting a decision that could dramatically limit abortion rights in the United States.
Germany locks unvaccinated out of public life; mandate looms
BERLIN (AP) — Unvaccinated people across Germany will soon be excluded from nonessential stores, restaurants and sports and cultural venues, Chancellor Angela Merkel announced Thursday, and parliament will consider a general vaccine mandate as part of ...
Pushing COVID-19 boosters, Biden says ‘we need to be ready’
BETHESDA, Md. (AP) — With rising numbers of COVID-19 cases predicted this winter, President Joe Biden on Thursday appealed for Americans to get their boosters and get behind his plan to tackle the new omicron variant through wider availability of
U.S. to require all inbound foreign air passengers to get COVID test the day before
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden set out to turn the tables on the COVID-19 pandemic Thursday with a 10-point winter offensive against the Omicron variant that further complicates flying from Canada to the United States on the eve of the
Israeli PM slammed for family trip amid travel restrictions
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett came under fire Thursday after his wife and children flew abroad just days after the Israeli leader urged citizens to avoid international travel because of the new coronavirus variant.
