Category Archives: Science
Quebec reports 640 new COVID-19 cases, five deaths as hospitalizations drop slightly
MONTREAL — Quebec is reporting 640 additional cases of COVID-19 today and five more deaths due to the pandemic. Overall hospitalizations declined by nine to 301, while the number of people in intensive care dropped by one to 83. The vast majority
Ontario reports 704 new COVID-19 cases, seven new deaths
TORONTO — Ontario is reporting 704 cases of COVID-19 today along with seven more deaths linked to the virus. Health Minister Christine Elliott says 506 of today's new cases are in people who are not fully vaccinated or have an unknown
Pharmacies face 1st trial over role in opioid crisis
CLEVELAND (AP) — So many prescription painkillers were dispensed in Lake County, Ohio, between 2012 and 2016 that the amount equaled 265 pills for every resident. Just to the south, the flood of prescription opioids during the same period equated
Almost eight in 10 support proof-of-vaccine requirement to visit public places: poll
OTTAWA — Canadians overwhelmingly support the idea of requiring vaccine passports to gain admittance to public places such as restaurants, bars and gyms, a new poll suggests. Fully 78 per cent of respondents to the Leger poll said they strongly support...
Russians flock to antibody tests; West notes tool’s limit
MOSCOW (AP) — When Russians talk about the coronavirus over dinner or in hair salons, the conversation often turns to “antitela,” the Russian word for antibodies — the proteins produced by the body to fight infection.
The Latest: Alaska activates emergency health protocols
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Alaska on Saturday activated emergency crisis protocols that allow 20 health care facilities to ration care if needed as the state recorded the nation’s worst COVID-19 diagnosis rates in the U.S. in recent days, straining its limite...
Justice department urges judge to halt Texas abortion law
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A federal judge is deciding whether to block the nation’s most restrictive abortion law, which has banned most abortions in Texas since early September and sent women racing hundreds of miles to get care outside the
California to require COVID-19 vaccines for schoolchildren
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California will become the first U.S. state to require COVID-19 vaccinations for children to attend public and private schools in person in a mandate that could effect millions of students.
Ontario Tory stripped of legislative role for misrepresenting vaccination status
TORONTO — One of Premier Doug Ford's caucus members has been stripped of her parliamentary assistant role for misrepresenting her COVID-19 vaccination status. Government house leader Paul Calandra says in a statement that Lindsey Park will no longer se...
Endangered status proposed for Nevada flower at lithium mine
RENO, Nev. (AP) — Federal wildlife officials proposed endangered species protections Friday for a desert wildflower known to exist only on a remote Nevada ridge where an Australian company plans a lithium mine.
