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COVID-19: New Brunswick reports 4 more deaths, decline in hospitalizations
New Brunswick reported another four deaths linked to COVID-19 on Saturday.
12 Feb 2022 | Health -
Hong Kong tightens COVID-19 rules as cases hit record high
Hong Kong on Saturday reported its daily record of confirmed COVID-19 cases, at 1,514.
12 Feb 2022 | Health -
COVID-19 booster shots now required to be fully vaccinated in Australia
Australian residents will need to receive booster shots to be considered fully vaccinated against COVID-19, although authorities said foreign travellers will contin…
11 Feb 2022 | Health -
COVID-19: MLHU reports 3 deaths, LHSC has 87 COVID inpatients
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11 Feb 2022 | Health -
Ontario on track to remove ‘almost all restrictions’ on businesses ‘very soon,’ Doug Ford says
Ontario Premier Doug Ford says the province is on track to “very soon” lift “almost all” COVID-related restrictions on businesses.
11 Feb 2022 | Health -
Mapping the trucker convoy in Ottawa: ‘no one’s leaving here’
The so-called “freedom convoy” that has snarled downtown Ottawa streets is widening its grip on the city, sprawling out in new, smaller encampments scattered around…
11 Feb 2022 | Health -
Quebec sees big drop in COVID-19 hospitalizations, 39 more deaths added
Another 39 deaths linked to the novel cornavirus were registered in Quebec on Friday, bringing the death toll since the start of the pandemic to 13,656.
11 Feb 2022 | Health -
Police gather in Windsor ahead of potential operation to clear Ambassador Bridge: sources
Police resources are being poured into Windsor, Ont. to prepare for a potential operation to clear the blockade at the Ambassador Bridge, multiple sources have told…
11 Feb 2022 | Health -
Nova Scotia reports death of young child from COVID-19
Nova Scotia reported one additional COVID-19 death and it involved a child.
11 Feb 2022 | Health -
Tillsonburg, Ont. teen hopes for life-changing but costly surgery in U.S.
The family of a 14-year-old Tillsonburg, Ont., girl is hoping surgery in the United States can help her get her life back, but first, they need enough money to make…
11 Feb 2022 | Health -
COVID-19: MLHU reports 7 deaths, LHSC caring for 91 COVID patients
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10 Feb 2022 | Health -
Researchers find evidence of first known dinosaur with flu-like symptoms
The dinosaur had a flu. A really bad flu.
10 Feb 2022 | Health -
Timeline to lift all COVID-19 measures in Ontario coming soon, top doctor says
Ontario’s top doctor says a timeline for lifting all COVID-19 measures in the province is coming soon.
10 Feb 2022 | Health -
Quebec opposition parties call for end of COVID-19 state of emergency
Quebec’s opposition parties are accusing the government of taking too long to give up COVID-19 emergency powers and they say the delay is helping Premier François L…
10 Feb 2022 | Health -
AstraZeneca forecasts 2022 growth even as COVID revenue wanes
AstraZeneca raised its annual dividend for the first time in a decade on Thursday and forecast higher sales for 2022 as new drugs against cancer, kidney disease and…
10 Feb 2022 | Health -
Dozens of COVID-19 vaccine mandate protesters arrested in New Zealand
Police on Thursday arrested dozens of protesters who were camped out on the grounds of New Zealand’s Parliament on the third day of a convoy protest against coronav…
10 Feb 2022 | Health -
High anxiety levels expected in Canadians wary of COVID restrictions lifting: experts
As provinces begin lifting COVID-19 pandemic restrictions, psychology experts expect stress and anxiety to run high among those who remain wary of letting their gua…
10 Feb 2022 | Health -
Both oral and nasal swabbing recommended to boost COVID rapid test reliability, Ontario experts say
TORONTO — Ontario’s expert science advisers say rapid antigen tests don’t detect COVID-19 infections with the Omicron variant as reliably as they did with the Delta…
10 Feb 2022 | Health -
Convoy protesters could be ‘arrested’ for blocking streets, Ottawa police warn
Ottawa police are warning “Freedom Convoy” protesters they “could be arrested” if they continue to block city streets.
09 Feb 2022 | Health -
Political leaders clash as trucker convoy remains in Ottawa
Political divisions were on display within the governing Liberals and the Conservative opposition Wednesday as downtown Ottawa remained choked by an anti-vaccine ma…
09 Feb 2022 | Health -
‘It’s a lot’: At least 2M Quebecers infected during fifth wave of COVID-19 pandemic
Two million Quebecers — roughly a quarter of the province’s population — have been infected with COVID-19 since the start of the fifth wave of the pandemic in Decem…
09 Feb 2022 | Health -
Texas attorney general to probe GoFundMe for removing Canada’s trucker convoy fundraiser
The attorney general of Texas plans to launch an investigation into GoFundMe’s decision to take down a fundraiser for Canada’s trucker convoy that has been protesti…
09 Feb 2022 | Health -
Governor General Mary Simon tests positive for COVID-19
Gov. Gen. Mary Simon says she tested positive for COVID-19 Wednesday morning.
09 Feb 2022 | Health -
‘A little nervous’: Experts question politics behind lifting COVID-19 restrictions
As provinces across Canada start to lift COVID-19 restrictions, some experts are questioning whether public health decisions are being made based on medical data or…
09 Feb 2022 | Health -
U.K. PM Boris Johnson hints at early end to COVID-19 isolation rules
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Wednesday that laws requiring people in England with COVID-19 to self-isolate could be lifted by the end of the month, bri…
09 Feb 2022 | Health -
Canadians less trusting of governments as COVID wears on for second year: poll
There is a noticeable decline in how trusting Canadians are of their leaders and institutions as the pandemic drags on, and it’s particularly striking among those w…
09 Feb 2022 | Health -
COVID-19: MLHU reports 2 deaths, LHSC caring for 22 COVID-19 patients in ICU
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08 Feb 2022 | Health -
COVID-19 vaccine mandate ‘not an issue at all’, trucking company TFI says
Canada’s largest trucking company is virtually untouched by the vaccine mandate for truckers crossing the U.S.-Canada border, says TFI International Inc. chairman a…
08 Feb 2022 | Health -
MPs back motion to halt COVID-19 phone data collection over privacy concerns
The House of Commons called on the government Tuesday to suspend plans by the Public Health Agency of Canada to collect data from millions of mobile phones to help …
08 Feb 2022 | Health -
Liberal MP tells Trudeau to ‘stop dividing Canadians’ with COVID-19 approach
Liberal MP Joël Lightbound is speaking out against his own party’s approach to the COVID-19 pandemic and calling on the federal government to “stop dividing Canadia…
08 Feb 2022 | Health -
Court denies injunction to unvaccinated Quebec caregivers seeking access to residents
A Quebec court has rebuffed unvaccinated caregivers who were hoping to obtain an injunction allowing them to enter nursing homes without showing proof of vaccinatio…
08 Feb 2022 | Health -
Pfizer forecasts higher COVID-19 vaccine, pill sales in 2022, but analysts expected more
Pfizer Inc. forecast $54 billion in full-year sales of its COVID-19 vaccine and antiviral pill on Tuesday that fell short of lofty Wall Street estimates, sending it…
08 Feb 2022 | Health -
Australia to reopen borders to vaccinated travellers after two years of COVID-19
Australia said on Monday it will reopen its borders to vaccinated travellers this month, ending two years of misery for the tourism sector, reviving migration and i…
07 Feb 2022 | Health -
Two years into COVID, mental health service access still a problem
As a registered psychologist who specializes in stress and anxiety, Dr. Melanie Badali says it’s been difficult to watch some of her wait lists grow over the course…
07 Feb 2022 | Health -
Quebec adds 20 new COVID-19 deaths as hospitalizations rise by double digits
Quebec registered 20 new deaths linked to COVID-19 as hospitalizations went up Monday.
07 Feb 2022 | Health