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‘Burnt out’: Veterans Affairs staff swamped by number of vet cases assigned to them
This past June, Marie-Paule Doucette was asked if she felt she had enough time to help Lionel Desmond in the months leading up to Jan. 3, 2017 — the evening the Afg…
06 Nov 2021 | Health -
Quebec suspending unvaccinated health care-workers who refuse COVID-19 testing
Quebec’s health-care facilities have started suspending unvaccinated workers who refuse to comply with a health order that they be tested for COVID-19 at least thre…
05 Nov 2021 | Health -
Canadians state increasing concern about opioid crisis in new survey
Canadians are increasingly concerned about the opioid crisis, a new survey has found.
05 Nov 2021 | Health -
Quebec adds 571 new COVID-19 infections, 1 new death
Quebec added another 571 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday, bringing the number of active cases in the province to 4,996.
05 Nov 2021 | Health -
Nunavut begins offering third COVID-19 shot to those 12 and older
Nunavut has started offering COVID-19 vaccine boosters to residents who are ages 12 and older.
05 Nov 2021 | Health -
COVID-19: Can doctors refuse unvaccinated patients? Reports suggest this is already happening
Turning away an unvaccinated customer from a business? Some argue that’s fair.
05 Nov 2021 | Health -
New Pfizer COVID-19 pill reduces hospital, death risk by 90%, company says
Pfizer Inc. said Friday that its experimental antiviral pill for COVID-19 cut rates of hospitalization and death by nearly 90 per cent as the drugmaker joins the ra…
05 Nov 2021 | Health -
Children under 12 leading new COVID-19 infections across Canada: PHAC
Children under 12 now make up the largest number of new COVID-19 infections as health officials say vaccinations for the age group are still weeks away.
05 Nov 2021 | Health -
Ontario reports more than 500 new COVID-19 cases for 1st time in almost 4 weeks
Ontario is reporting 563 new COVID-19 cases on Friday, the first time the count surpassed 500 in almost four weeks. The provincial case total now stands at 602,087.
05 Nov 2021 | Health -
Ontario, Quebec worry vaccine mandates will impact health care. These hospitals disagree
Ontario and Quebec won’t impose a COVID-19 vaccine requirement for health-care workers in fear it will lead to labour shortages that will damage the health-care sys…
04 Nov 2021 | Health -
Cervical cancer rates fell by 87% in women who had HPV vaccine, U.K. study finds
A U.K. study has found that cervical cancer rates were reduced by 87 per cent in women who were vaccinated against human papillomavirus (HPV) at a young age.
04 Nov 2021 | Health -
COVID-19: Sunwing cancels flights, travelers left without holiday packages
Like thousands of Canadians whose travel plans were interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, Adrienne Martin of Whitby was left with an airline travel voucher she want…
04 Nov 2021 | Health -
COVID-19 antiviral pill approved in U.K. still being reviewed by Health Canada
Health Canada says it’s still reviewing data on an antiviral COVID-19 drug that was authorized Thursday in the United Kingdom.
04 Nov 2021 | Health -
Conservatives to form ‘mini caucus’ to review impacts of COVID-19 vaccine mandates
Conservative MP Marilyn Gladu says she and other colleagues are forming what she calls a “mini-caucus” within the existing Tory caucus to advocate for those concern…
04 Nov 2021 | Health -
COVID-19: N.S. reports 50 new cases, record 1-day total in Western zone
Nova Scotia is reporting a jump in its daily COVID-19 infection numbers, and the province’s public health team is now investigating these new cases to “understand t…
04 Nov 2021 | Health -
COVID-19: Middlesex-London Health Unit reports 8 cases Thursday
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04 Nov 2021 | Health -
U.K. approves Merck antiviral pill to treat COVID-19
Britain on Thursday became the first country in the world to approve a potentially game-changing COVID-19 antiviral pill jointly developed by U.S.-based Merck and R…
04 Nov 2021 | Health -
Moderna struggles with COVID-19 vaccine ramp-up, cuts 2021 sales forecast
Moderna Inc on Thursday cut its 2021 sales forecast for its COVID-19 vaccine by as much as $5 billion, as it struggles to ramp up production of its two-dose inocula…
04 Nov 2021 | Health -
Ontario reports 438 new COVID-19 cases, 5 more deaths
Ontario is reporting 438 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, a slight uptick from a week ago. The provincial case total now stands at 601,524.
04 Nov 2021 | Health -
AstraZeneca vaccine recipients have ‘mixed emotions’ over getting mRNA boosters early
The announcement in some provinces that Canadians fully inoculated with AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine will be among the first to get a booster dose has been welcom…
04 Nov 2021 | Health -
Canadian parents ‘on the edge of their seats’ waiting for COVID-19 vaccine approval for kids
The first U.S. children under the age of 12 were vaccinated against COVID-19 on Wednesday, following approval of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine for children aged 5-11 Tu…
03 Nov 2021 | Health -
From pandemic to endemic: Global experts seeing ‘gradual evolution’ of COVID-19
As the devastating Delta variant surge eases in many regions of the world, scientists are charting when, and where, COVID-19 will transition to an endemic disease i…
03 Nov 2021 | Health -
Labour lawyers in demand as Canadian companies fire thousands of unvaccinated workers
Canadian employers are firing or putting on unpaid leave thousands of workers who refused to get<br/>COVID-19 shots, squeezing an already tight labour market and raising…
03 Nov 2021 | Health -
COVID-19: Quebec drops vaccination mandate for health-care workers
Quebec is dropping its enforced COVID-19 vaccination mandate among health-care workers, government officials announced Wednesday.
03 Nov 2021 | Health -
Ontario reports 378 new COVID-19 cases, 5 more deaths
Ontario is reporting 378 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, a slight uptick from a week ago. The provincial case total now stands at 601,086.
03 Nov 2021 | Health -
WHO grants emergency approval to India’s Covaxin COVID-19 vaccine
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday said it had approved Indian drugmaker Bharat Biotech’s COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use, paving the way for the h…
03 Nov 2021 | Health -
Ontario physicians’ watchdog takes 4 doctors to court over COVID-19 vaccine, testing exemptions
The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (CPSO) says it has been forced to take four doctors to court in order to get them to cooperate with investigations…
03 Nov 2021 | Health -
Pandemic recovery could be opportunity for greener health-care system, advocates say
As delegates gather in Glasgow for the COP26 environmental summit, they’re not just looking at reducing emissions from the oil sector or manufacturing – they’re als…
03 Nov 2021 | Health -
U.S. CDC panel backs Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine for kids 5-11
An advisory committee to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has recommended the use of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine for children aged five to 11 Tues…
02 Nov 2021 | Health -
COVID-19: Quebec records 490 new cases, 6 more deaths
Quebec is reporting 490 new COVID-19 infections on Tuesday and six new deaths attributed to the virus.
02 Nov 2021 | Health -
Ottawa to lift COVID-19 restrictions on international arrivals at 8 more Canadian airports
Transport Minister Omar Alghabra said eight more airports across Canada will open to international travel at the end of November.
02 Nov 2021 | Health -
Quebec to remove mask mandate in high schools, lift ban on dancing, karaoke
Quebec Health Minister Christian Dubé announced some relief of COVID-19 measures across the board on Tuesday.
02 Nov 2021 | Health -
COVID-19: Middlesex-London Health Unit reports 4 cases, 1 death
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02 Nov 2021 | Health -
CDC to vote on Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for kids aged 5-11
The United States could begin administering Pfizer and BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine to children ages 5 to 11 as soon as Wednesday after a panel of outside experts vo…
02 Nov 2021 | Health -
Pfizer expects $29B in COVID-19 vaccine sales next year
Pfizer Inc on Tuesday forecast better-than-expected $29 billion in sales from its COVID-19 vaccine for 2022 and said it was seeking to sign more deals with countrie…
02 Nov 2021 | Health