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Hospitalizations continue to drop as Quebec sees 428 new COVID-19 cases, 3 more deaths
Quebec reported 428 new infections and three additional deaths linked to COVID-19 as hospital numbers remained on the downswing Thursday.
21 Oct 2021 | Health -
Canada getting 2.9M COVID-19 shots for kids ‘shortly’ after approval
Canadian kids will be able to get their first doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine soon after the shots are approved by Health Canada, says Prime Minister Justin Tr…
21 Oct 2021 | Health -
Ontario reports 413 new COVID-19 cases, 4 more deaths
Ontario is reporting 413 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, the eleventh day in a row the count is fewer than 500. The provincial case total now stands at 596,280.
21 Oct 2021 | Health -
Trudeau unveils Canada’s international proof-of-vaccination for COVID-19
Canada is launching a standard federal proof of COVID-19 vaccination system, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on Thursday.
21 Oct 2021 | Health -
‘Code red’: Health problems tied to climate change getting worse, reports show
Health problems tied to climate change are all getting worse, according to two reports published Wednesday.
21 Oct 2021 | Health -
Pfizer COVID-19 booster effective against virus, Delta strain, company says
Pfizer Inc. and German partner BioNTech SE on Thursday said data from a phase three trial demonstrated high efficacy of a booster dose of their COVID-19 vaccine aga…
21 Oct 2021 | Health -
Pair of COVID-19 vaccination clinics in Montreal’s east end set to close
In Montreal, a pair of COVID-19 vaccination clinics will close their doors this week in the eastern tip of the city.
20 Oct 2021 | Health -
‘No middle ground’: How children’s COVID-19 vaccination is polarizing parents
When the COVID-19 vaccines are approved and made available for young kids in Canada, Ontario mom Alyssa Beauchamp will not be rushing to get her five-year-old son j…
20 Oct 2021 | Health -
Don’t use ivermectin for COVID-19, Health Canada warns as poison control calls increase
Health Canada is warning Canadians against using ivermectin to treat or prevent COVID-19, saying that calls to poison control centres about the drug have increased …
20 Oct 2021 | Health -
COVID-19: Middlesex-London Health Unit reports 14 cases, death of man in his 70s
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20 Oct 2021 | Health -
COVID-19: Nova Scotia reports lowest number of new cases in more than a month
Nova Scotia reported six new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday, the lowest number of single-day cases since Sept. 15.
20 Oct 2021 | Health -
Quebec plans to end pandemic state of emergency in 2022, but some measures could remain longer
Premier François Legault says that while the province plans to lift the pandemic state of emergency after younger children have been vaccinated, some health measure…
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Ontario reports 304 new COVID-19 cases, lowest daily count since early August
Ontario is reporting 304 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, the tenth day in a row the count is fewer than 500. The provincial case total now stands at 595,867.
20 Oct 2021 | Health -
Some fully vaccinated people have died of COVID-19. What you need to know
Colin Powell, the first Black U.S. secretary of state, died Monday from complications from COVID-19, even though he was fully vaccinated.
20 Oct 2021 | Health -
Prince Edward Island delays moving to last stage of COVID-19 recovery plan
Prince Edward Island is once again holding off on moving into the last stage of its COVID-19 recovery plan based on the epidemiology of the pandemic, chief medical …
19 Oct 2021 | Health -
B.C. to end capacity limits for indoor events in most regions
When the Vancouver Canucks hit the ice at Rogers Arena on Oct. 26, the team will be greeted by a full house.
19 Oct 2021 | Health -
Saskatchewan premier says province could have acted sooner on renewed COVID-19 rules
On the day Saskatchewan asked the federal government for help to deal with surging COVID-19 hospitalizations, Premier Scott Moe granted the province could have acte…
19 Oct 2021 | Health -
Ontario reports 328 new COVID-19 cases, 4 more deaths
Ontario is reporting 328 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, the ninth day in a row the count is fewer than 500. The provincial case total now stands at 595,563.
19 Oct 2021 | Health -
Feds sending 10 Canadian Red Cross specialists to NWT amid COVID-19 surge
The federal government is sending more help to the Northwest Territories to deal with a spike in COVID-19 cases.
19 Oct 2021 | Health -
Pfizer asks Health Canada to approve COVID-19 vaccines for children aged 5-11
Pfizer has asked Health Canada to approve the first COVID-19 vaccine for children aged five to 11 years old.
18 Oct 2021 | Health -
COVID-19 outbreak inside Moncton hospital, including cancer unit
While the number of active COVID-19 cases dropped in New Brunswick on Monday, health-care facilities are still grappling with the effects of the virus — including T…
18 Oct 2021 | Health -
COVID-19: MLHU reports 2 new cases, lowest daily case count since Aug. 3
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18 Oct 2021 | Health -
Ontario reports under 400 new COVID-19 cases, 2 more deaths
Ontario is reporting 373 new COVID-19 cases on Monday, the eighth day in a row the count is fewer than 500. The provincial case total now stands at 595,235.
18 Oct 2021 | Health -
COVID-19: How 4th wave has hit N.B. and N.S. differently and the lessons to learn from it
The fourth wave of COVID-19 has hit neighbouring provinces Nova Scotia and New Brunswick in starkly different ways.
18 Oct 2021 | Health -
All vaccinated Ontarians can now download enhanced, scannable COVID certificates
TORONTO — All Ontarians vaccinated against COVID-19 can now download their enhanced certificates, which include a QR code.
18 Oct 2021 | Health -
Quebec reports 532 new COVID-19 cases, 4 more deaths
Quebec reported 532 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday and four more deaths related to the virus.
17 Oct 2021 | Health -
Restaurant workers dealing with anger, abuse and racism as they try to enforce vaccine mandates
When a proof-of-vaccine policy was announced, Juliana Murphy knew it would be another burden she’d face at work.
17 Oct 2021 | Health -
Most past vaccine reactions don’t warrant exemptions to COVID-19 shots: experts
Dr. Mariam Hanna noticed an uptick in requests for allergy assessments in her Burlington, Ont., clinic after the province began implementing COVID-19 vaccine certif…
17 Oct 2021 | Health -
Ontario reports under 500 new COVID-19 cases for 7th straight day
Ontario reported 443 COVID-19 cases on Sunday, bringing the total number of cases in the province to 594,862.
17 Oct 2021 | Health -
‘We’re not prepared’: What it takes to recover from long COVID
Cindy McLean was living a normal life, working in a small-town Saskatchewan pharmacy, taking care of her family, and even going to the pool and occasional Zumba cla…
17 Oct 2021 | Health -
Done with doomscrolling? Why people choose to quit social media
Do you often find yourself doomscrolling on Facebook, spending excessive amount of time on Instagram and watching TikTok videos for endless hours? You’re not alone.
16 Oct 2021 | Health -
Religious exemptions to COVID-19 vaccine mandate: Here’s what we know, what we don’t
With the final deadlines for federal COVID-19 vaccine mandates looming, many who haven’t yet received the jab are scrambling to take their shot, preparing to face c…
16 Oct 2021 | Health -
Russia surpasses 1,000 COVID-19 daily deaths for the first time
Russia‘s daily death toll from COVID-19 has exceeded 1,000 for the first time as the country faces a sustained wave of rising infections.
16 Oct 2021 | Health -
Ontario reports less than 500 COVID-19 cases as 7-day average continues to fall
Ontario reported 486 COVID-19 cases on Saturday, bringing the total number of cases in the province to 594,419.
16 Oct 2021 | Health -
Blair ‘very confident’ federal vaccine passport coming by U.S. border reopening on Nov. 8
Public Safety Minister Bill Blair says he’s ‘very confident’ that Canadians will have a national vaccine passport in place by the time the U.S. border reopens for n…
16 Oct 2021 | Health