Successive premiers have promised to expand the list of cancers that are deemed a workplace injury for firefighters in Nova Scotia, but those changes still haven’t been made. Some firefighters want to know why.
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Human trials are set to begin early next year for two next-generation COVID-19 vaccines developed by scientists at McMaster University in Hamilton, researchers said Tuesday.
Faced with the task of ramping up ICU capacity to ensure no patient will ever be transferred out of province again, Manitoba has been unable to manage even a diminished patient load.
A Lac La Ronge Indian Band councillor drove nearly seven hours to Regina from Sucker River Reserve in Northern Saskatchewan to raise the alarm about the worsening suicide crisis in his community.
As Alberta’s omicron case count ticks up, scientists at the province’s public health lab are working to identify cases and preparing for the possibility the new variant could take hold in the province.
Canada’s first homegrown COVID-19 vaccine has shown high efficacy against infection during Phase 3 clinical trials, the drugmakers behind the plant-based shot reported Tuesday, fuelling hopes it could soon get a stamp of approval for use.
The Toronto Board of Health has voted to ask the federal government to decriminalize the possession of small amounts of illegal drugs in the city to help tackle the worsening opioid overdose crisis.
The World Health Organization on Monday advised against using the blood plasma of patients who have recovered from COVID-19 to treat those who are ill, saying current evidence shows it neither improves survival nor reduces the need for ventilators.
Infectious disease experts say holiday plans can go ahead — with precautions.
The World Health Organization said Monday that the global response to the longtime threat of malaria has taken a hit as the coronavirus pandemic disrupted health services in many countries, leading to tens of thousands more deaths worldwide last year.
Some travel restrictions have been temporarily eased for Canadians currently stranded in South Africa, but the wider travel ban on foreign nationals is still being criticized by countries in southern Africa.
Higher hospital admissions among children during a fourth wave of COVID-19 infections in South Africa that is driven by the omicron variant should prompt vigilance but not panic, as infections have been mild, a health official said on Saturday.
There is a backlog of hundreds of thousands of surgical procedures, and it will take at least $1.3 billion in additional funding to get wait times back to what they were before the COVID-19 pandemic, Canadian Medical Association says.
Federal Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos sought today to clarify complicated new COVID-19-related travel requirements, saying that all passengers coming from non-U.S. foreign destinations will soon have to undergo mandatory testing on arrival.
An expert on the psychological and social impacts of disasters on families is encouraging people affected by devastating floods in British Columbia to take care of their mental health while focusing on rebuilding.
In a new report issued today, the National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) is now strongly recommending all Canadians over the age of 50 and other vulnerable groups, such as health-care workers, Indigenous people and those living in congregate care settings, get a third dose of an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine.
Children in Ottawa were tested for COVID-19 almost 20,000 times last month, more than three times the number tested in November 2020.
For 25-year-old Eden Janzen, the resumption of Saskatchewan’s organ donation program is bittersweet, as the Regina woman says her hope of getting a kidney transplant is becoming more distant.
A survey on primary care done by the New Brunswick Health Council found a gradual decrease in residents’ ability to get an appointment with their family doctor within five days. Only 51 per cent of New Brunswickers surveyed were able to, down from 56 per cent in 2011.
Canada has funded several initiatives designed to achieve global vaccine equity throughout the pandemic. But some doctors and a human rights advocate told CBC the Canadian government could do more.
Before the pandemic, about one in seven women would experience postpartum depression or anxiety. A new paper’s researchers say that number has increased to one in three. New local solutions have cropped up as a result.
The U.S. will be requiring Canadians and other foreign visitors who arrive by air to get a COVID-19 test no later than 24 hours before their departure, down from a 72-hour window.
The increased availability of take home drug checking strips is a step in the right direction and will prevent overdoses, says Jason Mercredi, the executive director of Prairie Harm Reduction in Saskatoon.
U.S. President Joe Biden is set to kick off a more urgent campaign for Americans to get COVID-19 booster shots Thursday as he unveils his winter plans for combating the coronavirus and its omicron variant with enhanced availability of shots and vaccines but without major new restrictions.
The virus that causes COVID-19 has for the first time been found in wildlife in Canada.
The virus that causes COVID-19 has for the first time been found in wildlife in Canada.
A person in California has become the first in the U.S. to have an identified case of the omicron variant of the virus that causes COVID-19.
Nigeria has detected its first case of the omicron coronavirus variant in a sample it collected in October, weeks before South Africa alerted the world about the variant last week, the country’s national public health institute said Wednesday.
The omicron variant, now reported in multiple Canadian provinces and a growing number of countries worldwide, could threaten hard-won immunity to the virus behind COVID-19. But there’s hope the highly mutated variant won’t bring the world back to “square one” in this pandemic.
“I’m reporting we have now one confirmed case of the omicron variant in Alberta,” Dr. Deena Hinshaw, Alberta’s chief medical officer of health, told a news conference Tuesday.
B.C. has identified its first case of the COVID-19 omicron variant, health officials confirmed Tuesday.
Incoming air travellers from all countries except the United States will be required to take COVID-19 tests when arriving in Canada, the federal government announced today.
The omicron variant was already in the Netherlands when South Africa alerted the World Health Organization about it last week, Dutch health authorities said Tuesday, adding to fear and confusion over the new version of the coronavirus in a weary world hoping it had left the worst of the pandemic behind.
Yukon now has the highest rate of deaths due to opioids in the country at 48.4 deaths per 100,000 people, more than double the Canada-wide rate of 19.4. “This is shocking,” said Heather Jones, the territory’s chief coroner.
Ontario’s chief medical officer of health says the province is investigating two potential cases of a new COVID-19 variant in Hamilton.
The World Health Organization on Monday pushed for an international accord to help prevent and fight future pandemics amid the emergence of the worrying new omicron coronavirus variant.
With the emergence of the omicron variant, the holidays rapidly approaching and COVID-19 case levels still elevated in much of the country, should Canada wait for more proof of waning immunity before expanding eligibility of boosters?
Dr. Adina Weinerman is on a mission to get her fellow health-care workers at Toronto’s Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre Hospital vaccinated against COVID-19. The idea behind her work is that while vaccine mandates by themselves can generate angry compliance, some friendly persuasion can change minds.
U.S. federal health regulators say an experimental COVID-19 pill from Merck is effective against the virus, but they will seek input from outside experts on risks of birth defects and other potential problems during pregnancy.
The Liberal government has introduced legislation to provide workers in federally regulated sectors with 10 days of sick pay — while also making it an offence to intimidate or prevent patients from seeking care, or to interfere with health professionals trying to deliver it.
A new coronavirus variant that was identified this week in South Africa has been named a variant of concern and given the name omicron by the World Health Organization.
As scientists race to find out more about a coronavirus variant detected in South Africa, here’s what we know about where and when it was identified, why it is causing concern and what countries have done in response.
There were smiles, some tears and hundreds of Band-Aids plastered on little arms as Alberta’s COVID-19 vaccination clinics opened their doors to children Friday.
A new coronavirus variant that was identified this week in South Africa has been named a variant of concern and given the name Omicron by the World Health Organization.
A slew of nations moved to stop air travel from southern Africa on Friday in reaction to news of a new, potentially more transmissible coronavirus variant.
Nunavut’s chief public health officer declared a tuberculosis outbreak in Pangnirtung Thursday. The government said enhanced public health ‘follow-up of the situation is necessary.’
Health Minister Audrey Gordon acknowledged nurses are feeling “COVID fatigue,” as the health-care system remains strained by the pandemic. “Individuals are looking at other opportunities, but what we are saying to them is stick with us.”
While many parents signed their kids up to be first in line for a COVID-19 vaccine, others have more questions. The drive to vaccinate Canadians 5-11 against COVID-19 could prove tougher and perhaps take longer than earlier age groups.
After hearing Rebecca Billard’s story, Dr. Christopher Levesque got in touch with Ensemble Moncton, a harm reduction organization, to offer his help.
Expectant moms respond to the N.W.T.’s plan to send them to Alberta to deliver their babies due to a staffing shortage at Stanton Territorial Hospital.