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Dr. Deborah Money, senior author of the paper published Monday in JAMA, said having such a large study "robustly" confirms the benefit of COVID-19 vaccination for pregnant women.

Many celebrities' homes were directly in the path of the multiple fires ravaging Los Angeles.

Police said in a statement Friday the victim had saved the money while working at a local fast food restaurant for six months. 

After pausing the release of testing data during the holidays, some provinces and the northern territories at last helped provide a full view of the national surge in cases.

A U.S. congressman announced the news ahead of its anticipated announcement by the White House on Wednesday, which will be expanded to include essential travellers in January.

The study found a single dose of either Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna produced short-term antibody levels more than one-and-a-half times greater than those produced by AstraZeneca.

The seven-day average for new cases now sits at 1,305, according to a Global News analysis of nationwide data -- the lowest average since Sept. 27, 2020.

The past three days brought the seven-day average down to 1,795, a number not seen since early October and a nearly 80 per cent drop from April.

Caroline Proulx, the province's tourism minister, announced the decision Wednesday, citing a rise in new novel coronavirus cases and the presence of the Delta variant.

The latest update comes as the province is dealing with an uptick in novel coronavirus infections.

New Zealand's COVID-19 response minister, Chris Hipkins, put his foot in his mouth during a press conference this past weekend.

Every new infection offers a chance for the coronavirus to mutate, and the virus is spreading rapidly in China as the country has largely abandoned its "zero-COVID" policy.

Beginning Jan. 5, all travelers to the U.S. from China will be required to get tested no more than two days before travel and provide a negative test before boarding their flight.

WHO's weekly epidemiological report, released late Tuesday, showed that case counts fell 17 per cent worldwide over the last week while deaths globally declined 7 per cent.

Blood and some nasal swab samples from 131 deer captured on New York's Staten Island revealed that nearly 15% had virus antibodies.

Global News spoke with a pair of infectious disease specialists to check their claims.

A study from the U.S. suggests that children younger than five who are infected with Omicron have less risk of severe health outcomes than those infected with the Delta variant.

Kenney said in a video on Sunday he will be introducing a motion later this week to call on the federal government to drop "pointless" COVID-19 travel restrictions.

Dr. Kieran Moore said officials are trying to ascertain what factors are causing so many Ontarians to die, including whether Delta or Omicron or a combination of the two.

Dr. Gerald Evans, an infectious diseases physician and member of Ontario's science advisory table, said three doses should now be the definition of fully vaccinated.