Category Archives: Science
Health officials in New Brunswick report 40 new COVID-19 cases
FREDERICTON — New Brunswick is reporting 40 new cases of COVID-19 today. Health officials are also reporting 49 more recoveries from the disease, which drops the number of active cases to 525. There are 21 people in hospital with COVID-19, including 1...
Florida GOP moves to combat vaccine mandates, virus rules
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida lawmakers on Monday began debating a package of bills to combat coronavirus vaccine mandates, continuing Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis' fight against virus rules.
Alaska doctors seek COVID-19 misinformation investigation
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Alaska doctors plan to ask the State Medical Board to investigate concerns about the spread of misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines and treatments by other physicians.
Health officials in Prince Edward Island report one new case of COVID-19
CHARLOTTETOWN — Health officials in Prince Edward Island are reporting one new case of COVID-19 today. Chief public health officer Dr. Heather Morrison says the case involves a person in their 60s who recently travelled outside the province. Prince...
Justin, take the wheel: experts tell Canada to show tough love at White House
WASHINGTON — The federal Liberal government was lulled into a false sense of security by the results of last year's U.S. election, say business leaders who want Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to take a harder line with President Joe Biden
Unvaccinated federal employees not granted exemptions to be put on unpaid leave today
OTTAWA — Employees in the core federal public sector who have not been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 were to be put on unpaid leave Monday, unless they were already granted an accommodation. The policy could potentially leave more than 1,000 worker...
Ontario assisting about a dozen long-term care homes as first-dose deadline hits
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. — Fewer than a dozen nursing homes needed staffing help from the Ontario government on Monday as the deadline for workers to get a first COVID-19 vaccine dose came due, according to the minister of long-term care. "We are
Doctors lament overnight closure of Montreal hospital ER, dig into pockets to end it
MONTREAL — Dr. Fahimy Saoud spent a recent shift in a west-Montreal emergency room idly sitting and waiting for patients she knew would never come. The urgent care area of the Lachine Hospital, where she's spent the last 12 years of
Alberta now requires vaccine record with QR code for its passport program
EDMONTON — Alberta residents will now need more than a paper record from a COVID-19 vaccine clinic if they want to sit down at a restaurant, work out at a gym or enter indoor venues like arenas or movie theatres. Starting
Foreign students returning to US, but below pre-COVID levels
BOSTON (AP) — International students are returning to U.S. colleges in stronger numbers this year, but the rebound has yet to make up for last year’s historic declines as COVID-19 continues to disrupt academic exchange, according to a new survey.
