Category Archives: Science
Manitoba expands eligibility for fourth dose of COVID-19 vaccine
WINNIPEG — The Manitoba government has expanded eligibility requirements for people to get a second booster dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. Those eligible include residents of personal care homes and in congregate settings, such as supportive housing and a...
Wind energy company kills 150 eagles in US, pleads guilty
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A subsidiary of one of the largest U.S. providers of renewable energy pleaded guilty to criminal charges and was ordered to pay over $8 million in fines and restitution after at least 150 eagles were killed
Nunavut to lift all public health measures including masks, COVID-19 data
IQALUIT, Nunavut — Nunavut is to lift all its remaining COVID-19 health measures when it ends its public health emergency on Monday. The territory's Health Department says a mask mandate will be dropped and people who test positive for COVID-19 will
Calls to health line reveal desperation of Quebec care home owners as COVID-19 hit
MONTREAL — Newly released recordings of phone calls to a Quebec government health line from March 2020 reveal how desperate the owners of a long-term care home were as COVID-19 struck their establishment during the pandemic's first wave. The two calls...
US experts wrestle with how to update COVID-19 vaccines
WASHINGTON (AP) — More than two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. health officials are beginning to grapple with how to keep the vaccines updated to best protect Americans from the ever-changing coronavirus.
Quebec COVID hospitalizations expected to rise, situation still under control: report
MONTREAL — COVID-19 hospitalizations in Quebec are expected to rise over the next two weeks, and there could be up to 265 new admissions a day within that time, the province's health-care research institute said Wednesday. But the Institut national d’e...
Nursing home care, funding system need overhaul, report says
NEW YORK (AP) — Nursing home residents are subjected to ineffective care and poor staffing, while facility finances are shrouded in secrecy and regulatory lapses go unenforced, according to a report Wednesday that called for wholesale changes in an ind...
US charges Russian oligarch, dismantles cybercrime operation
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration has charged a Russian oligarch linked to the Kremlin with violating U.S. government sanctions, and disrupted a cybercrime operation that was launched by a Russian military intelligence agency, officials said W...
Health workers have a small budget request to tackle the Canadian care crisis: a plan
OTTAWA — The federal government is set to table a budget Thursday against the backdrop of several national and international emergencies and major funding commitments. Chief on that list is addressing Canada's flagging health-care systems, which are s...
Congressman Adam Schiff tests positive for COVID-19
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Rep. Adam Schiff, D-California, announced Tuesday that he has tested positive for the coronavirus. “I’m feeling fine, and grateful to be vaccinated
