COVID News
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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 placesHealthMay 8
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COVID-19 no longer a global health emergency – but ‘battle is not over’: WHOCOVID-19 first emerged in Wuhan, China in 2019 before spreading across the world, leading to lockdowns and other public health measures for more than three years.WorldMay 5
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WHO experts meet to decide if COVID-19 is still a global health emergencyA panel of global health experts are meeting on Thursday to decide if COVID-19 is still an emergency under the WHO's rules.HealthMay 4
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Plans for the next pandemic should be tabled in House, Liberal MP urgesThe Public Health Agency of Canada should table its plans to prevent and prepare for future pandemics in the House of Commons, a Liberal MP suggests.HealthApr 20
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Joe Biden ends COVID-19 national emergency after U.S. Congress actsMore than 1.13 million people in the U.S. have died from COVID-19 over the last three years, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.U.S. NewsApr 11
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WHO presses China on COVID origins info: ‘All hypotheses are on the table’"Without full access to the information that China has, you cannot say this or that," said WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus about the origin of COVID-19.HealthApr 7
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WHO now recommends high-risk people get COVID booster 12 months after last doseThe WHO on Tuesday changed its recommendations for COVID vaccines, suggesting that high-risk populations should receive an additional dose 12 months after their last booster.HealthMar 28
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New COVID data links virus origins to animals, but findings not definitive: WHOThe analysis of the new COVID origins data has not appeared so far in a peer-reviewed journal. How the coronavirus first started sickening people remains uncertain.HealthMar 17
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Canada’s once booming PPE industry is now ‘running on fumes.’ Why?The scramble for PPE began in the spring of 2020, when governments around the world rushed to procure masks, gowns, gloves and other protective gear as COVID-19 spread.EconomyMar 16
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Study shows COVID had little impact on mental health. The same isn’t true for kidsA new study found that emergency department visits for suicide attempts among youth across the world increased by 22 per cent during the COVID-19 pandemic.HealthMar 15
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