-
Federal COVID-19 briefings stopped during election, sources say. Experts concerned
The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) hasn’t held a single COVID-19 briefing since the announcement of the federal election on Aug. 15 and doesn’t plan to provi…
25 Aug 2021 | Health -
Pfizer seeks full U.S. approval for COVID-19 booster shot despite WHO pushback
Pfizer Inc on Wednesday began the process for full approval of its COVID-19 booster dose in the United States even as the World Health Organization said data on its…
25 Aug 2021 | Health -
Montreal should expect COVID-19 cases to jump as kids head back to class: public health
Montreal public health authorities warned COVID-19 cases will likely continue to climb in the city as students head back to class, asking people to get vaccinated a…
25 Aug 2021 | Health -
Ontario reports 660 new COVID-19 cases, 1 death
Ontario is reporting 660 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, a jump in daily cases from the previous day which saw 486 but more tests were processed. The provincial ca…
25 Aug 2021 | Health -
Interior Health administers hundreds of ‘invalid doses’ of COVID-19 vaccine
Interior Health is asking hundreds of Revelstoke residents to come back in and redo their COVID-19 jab.
24 Aug 2021 | Health -
Quebec set to release more details of COVID-19 vaccine passport system
Quebec Health Minister Christian Dubé is expected to provide an update on the province’s COVID-19 immunization campaign on Tuesday afternoon, including additional d…
24 Aug 2021 | Health -
‘Breakthrough’ COVID-19 infections rising among fully vaccinated in U.S., CDC data shows
Some 25 per cent of COVID-19 infections among Los Angeles County residents occurred in fully vaccinated residents from May through July 25, a period that includes t…
24 Aug 2021 | Health -
Ontario reports 486 new COVID-19 cases, 18 deaths with most from historic data
Ontario is reporting 486 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, a dip in the count after the past several days saw case counts above 600. The provincial case total now stan…
24 Aug 2021 | Health -
Hawaii governor says non-essential travel to state ‘risky’ as COVID-19 surges
Hawaii’s governor asked Monday that visitors and residents reduce travel to the islands to essential business only while the state struggles to control COVID-19 as …
24 Aug 2021 | Health -
Low mental health reported among Canadians compared to pre-pandemic: survey
Canadians have reported negative levels of mental health for the 16th consecutive month since April 2020 in comparison to their overall pre-pandemic benchmark, acco…
24 Aug 2021 | Health -
Montreal to lift COVID-19 state of emergency after almost year and a half
After 17 months, Montreal will be lifting the local state of emergency on Friday first put in place on March 27, 2020 in response to COVID-19.
23 Aug 2021 | Health -
Staff, students have questions about vaccine mandates on Atlantic Canadian campuses
As universities in Atlantic Canada issue vaccination mandates, students and staff are raising questions about how the health orders will be implemented once classes…
23 Aug 2021 | Health -
‘We’re in big trouble’: Doctors worry Canada’s 4th wave of COVID-19 could be biggest yet
With case numbers shooting up in Ontario, Alberta and B.C., health experts worry that Canada could be going into its worst wave of COVID-19 yet, unless governments …
23 Aug 2021 | Health -
COVID-19 vaccine policy for City of London staff in the works
City of London staff have been directed to draft a potential COVID-19 vaccination policy for municipal employees by the end of the week, Deputy Mayor Josh Morgan co…
23 Aug 2021 | Health -
Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine given full approval by U.S. regulators
The U.S. gave full approval to Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine on Monday, a milestone that may help lift public confidence in the shots as the nation battles the most con…
23 Aug 2021 | Health -
Ontario reports 639 new COVID-19 cases, 0 deaths
Ontario is reporting 639 new COVID-19 cases on Monday, the fourth straight day daily case counts are above 600. The provincial case total now stands at 560,151.
23 Aug 2021 | Health -
3rd dose of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine lowers infection risk, Israel study finds
A third dose of Pfizer ‘s COVID-19 vaccine has significantly improved protection from infection and serious illness among people aged 60 and older in Israel compare…
22 Aug 2021 | Health -
O’Toole to allow safe injection sites, fund opioid recovery centres
Federal Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole says he will approach the opioid epidemic as an “urgent health crisis” rather than a criminal scourge, and that he would co…
22 Aug 2021 | Health -
Military deployed to help Northwest Territories amid surge in COVID-19 cases
Public Safety Canada says it has approved a request for help from the Northwest Territories as the territory deals with a surge in COVID-19 cases.
22 Aug 2021 | Health -
Expert says campus vaccine plans overdue — and here’s what they should look like
The Université de Moncton is the most recent post-secondary school in New Brunswick to announce students and staff on campus will need to be fully vaccinated or sub…
21 Aug 2021 | Health -
Ontario reports largest increase in COVID-19 cases since early June, 1 additional death
Ontario reported 689 COVID-19 cases on Saturday, bringing the total number of cases in the province to 558,790.
21 Aug 2021 | Health -
O’Toole reverses campaign pledge on conscience rights, says doctors must refer patients
Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole says he believes doctors must refer patients seeking services like abortion or medical assistance in dying to another provider if t…
21 Aug 2021 | Health -
WHO calls on experts to join new advisory group probing COVID-19 origins
The World Health Organization has issued a call for experts to join a new advisory group it’s forming, in part to address the agency’s fraught attempts to investiga…
20 Aug 2021 | Health -
Ontario reports more than 600 new COVID-19 cases for 1st time since early June
Ontario is reporting 650 new COVID-19 cases on Friday, the largest one-day increase since June 6 when it was at 663. The provincial case total now stands at 558,101.
20 Aug 2021 | Health -
What is ‘conscientious objection’? Here’s why major parties are talking about it
As the campaign for the 2021 federal election continues, one controversial topic looks to be coming right to the forefront — whether health-care professionals are o…
20 Aug 2021 | Health -
More than 30 COVID-19 cases associated with 2 outbreaks at downtown London, Ont. bars
The Middlesex-London Health Unit says at least 34 COVID-19 cases are associated with two outbreaks connected with bars off Richmond Row in downtown London, Ont.
19 Aug 2021 | Health -
62% of small and medium sized businesses support COVID vaccine mandates, survey says
When the fourth wave of COVID-19 started to intensify, Toronto-based tech company Staffy decided it was time to implement a vaccination mandate.
19 Aug 2021 | Health -
COVID-19: MLHU reports 23 more cases, test positivity rate rises to 1.8%
strong>Jump to:</strong> Hospitalizations<strong> – Outbreaks – Vaccinations and testing – Ontario – Elgin and Oxford – Huron and Perth – Sarnia and Lambton </strong
19 Aug 2021 | Health -
Ontario reports more than 500 new COVID-19 cases, 17 more deaths
Ontario is reporting 531 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, up from the previous day of 485. The provincial case total now stands at 557,451.
19 Aug 2021 | Health -
Most Canadians unsympathetic to unvaccinated who get sick with COVID-19, poll finds
The majority of Canadians vaccinated against COVID-19 say they don’t sympathize towards unvaccinated Canadians that become sick with COVID-19, according to the resu…
19 Aug 2021 | Health -
Nearly 95,000 COVID-19 cases reported among health-care workers in Canada
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to take a toll on Canada’s health-care workers, with nearly 95,000 cases and 43 deaths reported since the start of the pandemic.
19 Aug 2021 | Health -
Trudeau doubles down on mandatory COVID-19 vaccines for domestic travel
Mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policies for some sectors and public spaces are quickly emerging as one of the key proposals being put to Canadian voters during the …
18 Aug 2021 | Health -
Post-secondary schools react to Quebec’s mask mandate: ‘the right thing to do’
Quebec’s move to tighten COVID-19 restrictions in post-secondary institutions is prompting mixed reactions, ranging from relief about the new measures to concerns t…
18 Aug 2021 | Health -
COVID-19 booster shots shouldn’t be Canada’s priority, experts say
Although the U.S. will soon offer COVID-19 vaccine booster shots to the general population, Canadian experts aren’t sure that Canada should follow suit.
18 Aug 2021 | Health -
Quebec pulls plug on 2 concerts meant to test COVID-19 safety protocols
Quebec will not go ahead with its planned test to hold two concerts to examine the impact of COVID-19 on large gatherings.
18 Aug 2021 | Health