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  • Ontario jail inmate numbers spike in last year, now well over capacity, data shows
    An overwhelming 81 per cent of inmates, according to the Ontario government, are being held awaiting trial and presumptively innocent.
    Canada
    Mar 6
  • ‘I’m still mad’: Class action OK’d for COVID-19 outbreaks in Quebec LTC homes
    A Quebec judge authorized a class action suit Monday, allowing long-term care residents and their families to seek damages from the province over its initial response to COVID-19.
    Canada
    Jan 23
  • What’s Disease X? World leaders discuss next possible global health threat
    Disease X, a hypothetical illness with the potential for 20 times more fatalities than the COVID-19 pandemic, will be the focal point of a panel discussion in Davos on Wednesday.
    Health
    Jan 16
  • China hasn’t detected ‘novel’ diseases amid reported spike in pneumonia in kids: WHO
    The WHO says it has made an official request to China for information about a potentially worrying spike in respiratory illnesses and clusters of pneumonia in children.
    Health
    Nov 23, 2023
  • COVID-19 hospitalizations triple in Quebec over the past month, health minister says
    Many of those patients are admitted for other reasons and contract the novel coronavirus during their hospital stay, according to Health Minister Christian Dubé.
    Health
    Sep 8, 2023
  • Quebec health-care establishments argue against allowing COVID-19 class action
    If the case is allowed to go ahead, it would cover all residents of long-term care homes where COVID-19 outbreaks occurred during the first two waves of the pandemic.
    Health
    Sep 21, 2023
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  • Nobel Prize in medicine awarded to 2 scientists for COVID vaccine discoveries
    Hungarian scientist Katalin Kariko and U.S. colleague Drew Weissman made mRNA molecule discoveries together that paved the way for COVID-19 vaccines.
    Health
    Oct 2, 2023
  • Quebec delayed preparation for COVID-19 in care homes, leading to deaths: lawsuit
    A Montreal lawyer says that Quebec's COVID-19 response in long-term care homes was marked by improvisation and that a pre-existing pandemic plan was ignored until it was too late.
    Health
    Sep 18, 2023
  • Man. government signed contract for COVID-19 video and song, then cancelled project
    The video was planned as a "virtual reflection/memorial event'' for early 2021, the provincial Finance Department said in response to a freedom of information request.
    Canada
    Jul 29, 2023
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  • Alberta health minister to decentralize AHS: mandate letter
    Danielle Smith wants to see “a willingness to reform the management and structure of Alberta Health Services to better decentralize decision-making and resources.”
    Health
    Jul 18, 2023
  • What is a raccoon dog and why is it being linked to COVID-19’s origin?
    Raccoon dogs are small, fluffy, rotund creatures — and now some are postulating that they may be involved in the COVID-19 pandemic spread.
    Trending
    Mar 21, 2023
  • Canada’s ventilator supply soared to 27,000 during COVID-19 pandemic
    Public Services and Procurement Canada said the total cost of more than 27,000 ventilators Canada stockpiled was over $807 million.
    Health
    Mar 22, 2023
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  • COVID hospitalizations in Alberta ebb to levels not seen since July
    COVID hospitalizations in Alberta have been coming down through early 2023, to levels not seen since late July 2022.
    Canada
    Feb 1, 2023
  • Holiday travel within China surges 74% after COVID curbs scrapped
    Lunar New Year is the most important holiday of the year in China, when huge numbers of people working in prosperous coastal cities head to their hometowns for family reunions.
    World
    Jan 28, 2023
  • 22 new COVID-19 infections, active cases rising in Ottawa
    Ottawa Public Health says there were 22 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours as city facilities start to feel the impact of the looming fourth wave of the virus.
    Health
    Aug 23, 2021
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  • P.E.I. to maintain border screening for unvaccinated visitors until October
    The top doctor says the border measures help support a safe return to school for children by keeping COVID-19 numbers low in the province.
    Health
    Aug 24, 2021
  • COVID-19: Quebec health minister asks for patience after problems with rapid testing in schools
    The change comes after school administrators criticized the rollout of the program.
    Health
    Sep 14, 2021
  • COVID-19 could be one of the leading causes of death in Alberta in 2020
    If current trends continue, COVID-19 will likely be one of the leading cause of death in Alberta in 2020.
    Health
    Dec 9, 2020
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  • ‘Cruise to nowhere’ returns to Singapore after coronavirus case detected onboard
    Singapore recently began a "safe cruising" program allowing cruise ships to make round trips to Singapore with no port of call in between, along with strict health precautions.
    Health
    Dec 9, 2020
  • Coronavirus: Record 47 new cases reported in London-Middlesex, health unit says
    It marks the sixth time this month that the region has recorded more than 30 new cases in a single day, and the fourth time that more than 40 cases have been reported.
    Health
    Dec 9, 2020
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