Covid-19 News

• Your ‘summer cold’ could likely be COVID-19, doctors say amid surge

  Gayle Robin was surprised when her sister in California told her in early July she had tested positive for COVID-19, which is rising in Canada, health experts say.

  Health

  Aug 3, 2024
  
• COVID came with career setbacks for many 2020 postsecondary grads: StatCan

  The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic came with career setbacks for many Canadians who graduated from postsecondary schools that year, new data shows.

  Canada

  Mar 22, 2024
  
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• Most countries bouncing back from COVID-19, but poorest are not: UN

  Many countries are bouncing back from the COVID-19 pandemic, but the poorest are not and a significant number are seeing their conditions deteriorate, the UN says.

  World

  Mar 14, 2024
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• New Canadian Covid Society aims to address long-term effects

  The Canadian Covid Society launched on Wednesday, with co-founders saying the organization is needed as public health agencies have pulled back on COVID-19 prevention measures.

  Health

  Mar 6, 2024
• Nicotine patches and long COVID? Why some are trying it out

  While long COVID treatments are still being studied, some unapproved remedies are being touted on social media, including the latest idea to catch trend: nicotine patches.

  Health

  Feb 9, 2024
• 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
• 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
• Got COVID with no symptoms? A mutated gene may explain why

  Scientists have identified a genetic mutation that is linked to a higher likelihood of a person avoiding COVID-19 symptoms despite being infected.

  Health

  Jul 20, 2023
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• Masking could be a ‘positive legacy’ of the COVID-19 pandemic. Will it?

  Infectious diseases specialists are hoping the practice of masking, which emerged as a response to the pandemic, will continue at certain times and in certain places

  Health

  May 8, 2023
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• COVID-19 ‘here to stay,’ but emergency phase is easing, WHO says

  The UN agency plans to soon publish a guide for countries on how to move from an emergency response to the long-term management of COVID-19.

  Health

  Apr 26, 2023