Health

Researchers examining the threat of emerging COVID-19 strains predict Omicron BA.5 will account for nearly 70 per cent of cases in much of the country by Canada Day. Modelling expert Sarah Otto of the Coronavirus Variants Rapid Response Network says the fast-spreading subvariant is on track to dominate infections across the country. The University of British […]

Federal health officials are urging Canadians to get booster doses of the COVID-19 vaccine in advance of a possible resurgence of the virus in the fall. While case counts and other indicators are stable or declining in most parts of Canada, the virus remains in circulation and could begin spreading further during the fall respiratory […]

North Korea claimed on Friday the country’s first COVID-19 outbreak began with patients touching “alien things” near the border with South Korea, apparently shifting blame to the neighbor for the wave of infections that hit the isolated country. Announcing its probe results, the North ordered its people to “vigilantly deal with alien things coming by […]

Moderna has submitted an application to Health Canada for approval of its new COVID-19 vaccine, designed to protect against both the original strain and Omicron variant of the virus. Patricia Gauthier, president and general manager for Moderna Canada, says the application for its combination shot, known as a bivalent vaccine, was submitted to the Canadian […]

By Staff The Canadian Press Posted June 30, 2022 2:32 pm     Updated June 30, 2022 3:49 pm Smaller font Descrease article font size –A Larger font Increase article font size A+ The suspension of a Université Laval professor for comments he made criticizing COVID-19 vaccines is raising concerns about academic freedom in the […]

Doctors across the U.S. are reporting a surge in requests for vasectomies following the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn the Roe v. Wade legal precedent that once guaranteed the federal right to an abortion, according to The Washington Post. Doug Stein, a urologist from Florida, a state that recently banned abortion past 15 weeks’ gestation, […]

Canada will require that companies add nutrition warnings to the front of pre-packaged food with high levels of saturated fat, sugar or sodium, starting in 2026. But ground meat will be exempt from the labels, after ranchers groups objected to Health Canada’s proposal earlier this month. The government says the labels are meant to help […]

An upcoming provincial tax on soft drinks and other sugary beverages, in Newfoundland and Labrador, has some people applauding and others complaining. In September, the province will become the first in Canada to introduce a special tax on sugary drinks, raising a projected $9 million in annual revenue. At the historic Caines Grocery & Deli, […]