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Proof of COVID-19 vaccination needed for N.B. hospital visitation, with some exceptions
People across New Brunswick are now required to show proof of vaccination before they can visit hospitals or health-care facilities.
23 Sep 2021 | Health -
COVID-19 vaccine boosters recommended for 65+, at-risk people: U.S. CDC advisers
A U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) advisory panel on Thursday recommended a booster shot of the Pfizer and BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for Americ…
23 Sep 2021 | Health -
‘We need you’: Quebec to give up to $18K in bonuses to full-time nurses amid critical shortage
Quebec will offer bonuses as high as $18,000 to nurses who choose to work full time in the public health system as the province grapples with an urgent shortage of …
23 Sep 2021 | Health -
Ottawa offers military aid as Alberta battles brutal COVID-19 surge
The federal government is ready to help Alberta in its fight against COVID-19, Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Bill Blair says.
23 Sep 2021 | Health -
Ontario reports 677 new COVID-19 cases as 7-day average continues to drop
Ontario is reporting 677 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, as the seven-day average continues to decline. The provincial case total now stands at 581,908.
23 Sep 2021 | Health -
Poll workers say COVID-19 safety measures missing during federal election
A polling station officer was scared of contracting COVID-19 on Monday because Elections Canada didn’t require workers to be fully vaccinated or allow them to reque…
22 Sep 2021 | Health -
COVID-19: 140 unvaccinated staff at Windsor, Ont. hospital placed on leave
More than 100 staff members at a Windsor, Ont., hospital are being placed on unpaid leave for not receiving their first COVID-19 vaccine doses by a set deadline.
22 Sep 2021 | Health -
CDC grapples with who should get a COVID-19 booster shot
An influential panel of advisers to the Centers for the Disease Control and Prevention grappled Wednesday with the question of which Americans should get COVID-19 b…
22 Sep 2021 | Health -
Quebec to table bill banning anti-vaccine protests outside hospitals, schools
Quebec’s premier will table a bill to clamp down on anti-COVID-19 vaccine protests in front of hospitals and schools.
22 Sep 2021 | Health -
Bloc leader calls on Justin Trudeau to hold summit on health transfers with premiers
Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet is calling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to convene a summit with his provincial and territorial counterparts to dis…
22 Sep 2021 | Health -
Staffing problems played role in COVID-19 crisis at Residence Herron, manager tells inquiry
The manager of a Montreal long-term care home where 47 residents died during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic told a coroner’s inquiry Wednesday that staffi…
22 Sep 2021 | Health -
Ontario reports 463 new COVID-19 cases, smallest increase in five weeks
Ontario is reporting 463 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, the lowest daily caseload seen in five weeks. The provincial case total now stands at 581,231.
22 Sep 2021 | Health -
WHO says new lower air pollution guidelines could save millions of lives
The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Wednesday issued its first air quality guidelines since 2005 aimed at reducing deaths from key pollutants that cause cardiova…
22 Sep 2021 | Health -
COVID-19: Quebec nurse taken to hospital after assault at pharmacy, police say
Sherbrooke police are asking the public for help in their search for a suspect who assaulted a nurse.
22 Sep 2021 | Health -
U.S. to buy more COVID-19 vaccines to share with the world: Biden
President Joe Biden is set to announce that the United States is doubling its purchase of Pfizer‘s COVID-19 shots to share with the world to 1 billion doses as he e…
22 Sep 2021 | Health -
New global COVID-19 infections continue to fall, WHO reports
The number of new COVID-19 cases continued to fall last week, with 3.6 million new cases reported globally, down from four million new infections the previous week,…
22 Sep 2021 | Health -
N.B. event planner who got AstraZeneca vaccine unable to work in U.S. without 3rd dose
A New Brunswick event planner says the province is refusing to give him a third round of a U.S.-approved COVID-19 vaccine that would allow him to get back to work a…
21 Sep 2021 | Health -
COVID-19: Quebec hopes to begin vaccinating youngsters by year’s end, health minister says
Quebec’s health minister hopes young children between the ages of five and 11 will be able to get a first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine as early as this fall.
21 Sep 2021 | Health -
Quebec coroner questions why more wasn’t done to help neglected Herron residents
The Quebec coroner overseeing an inquiry into long-term care deaths is questioning why more wasn’t done to help residents at a Montreal-area home where dozens died.
21 Sep 2021 | Health -
27 N.B. schools ‘currently impacted’ by COVID-19 cases, department says
About two weeks into the new school year, some new rules are now in effect for staff and students across New Brunswick in an effort to slow the spread of COVID-19.
21 Sep 2021 | Health -
Ontario reports 574 new COVID-19 cases, 8 deaths
Ontario is reporting 574 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, bringing the provincial total to 580,768.
21 Sep 2021 | Health -
Pfizer Canada eyeing urgent COVID-19 vaccine approval for children aged 5 to 11
Pfizer Canada says it plans to provide Health Canada with data showing its COVID-19 vaccine works for children in a bid to seek authorization “as early as possible.”
20 Sep 2021 | Health -
COVID-19 has killed as many Americans as the Spanish flu
COVID-19 has now killed about as many Americans as the 1918-19 Spanish flu pandemic did: approximately 675,000.
20 Sep 2021 | Health -
COVID-19 outbreak prompts temporary closure of Quebec elementary school
A Quebec elementary school east of Montreal is shuttered after an outbreak of COVID-19 cases, officials said Monday.
20 Sep 2021 | Health -
Rural schools close as Alberta’s COVID 19 vaccine passport system launches
Two schools in rural Alberta closed their classrooms Monday over the number of students not attending because of COVID-19 infections as Edmonton police introduced t…
20 Sep 2021 | Health -
COVID-19: Quebec delays bringing civil servants back to office
Civil servants in Quebec will not be returning to the office next month amid an evolving fourth wave of COVID-19.
20 Sep 2021 | Health -
COVID-19 vaccine effective in children ages 5 to 11, Pfizer says
Pfizer said Monday its COVID-19 vaccine works for children ages 5 to 11 and that it will seek U.S. authorization for this age group soon — a key step toward beginni…
20 Sep 2021 | Health -
Ontario reports 610 new COVID-19 cases, 2 deaths
Ontario is reporting 610 new COVID-19 cases on Monday, bringing the provincial total to 580,194.
20 Sep 2021 | Health -
Alberta’s vaccine passport starts today amid growing fourth wave
Alberta’s COVID-19 vaccine passport system comes into force today.
20 Sep 2021 | Health -
COVID-19 hospitalizations among Canada’s children remain low despite Delta surge: experts
As children return to classrooms across Canada, there has been a surge in COVID-19 cases, but this is not causing a rise in hospitalizations, Canadian pediatricians…
19 Sep 2021 | Health -
Why did Pfizer, Moderna COVID-19 vaccines get new names after approval? Experts explain
Months after emergency use approval, both the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines were given their full stamp by Health Canada — a stamp that came with new names f…
19 Sep 2021 | Health -
What does waning COVID-19 vaccine immunity mean? Experts say term is misleading
The idea of waning immunity has picked up steam in recent weeks, with some countries using it to justify rolling out third-dose COVID-19 vaccine boosters to their p…
19 Sep 2021 | Health -
Ontario reports 715 new COVID-19 cases, 6 deaths
Ontario is reporting 715 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, bringing the provincial total to 579,584.
19 Sep 2021 | Health -
Alberta health-worker unions call on Kenney to request military help with COVID-19 crisis
A letter from the leaders of several unions that represent health-care workers in Alberta is calling on Premier Jason Kenney to request assistance from both the mil…
19 Sep 2021 | Health -
Quebec reports 837 new COVID-19 cases, 75% of which are inadequately vaccinated
Quebec reported 837 new COVID-19 infections and three more deaths on Saturday.
18 Sep 2021 | Health