Category Archives: COVID-19 Coronavirus
J&J suspends COVID-19 vaccine sales forecast
Johnson & Johnson is suspending sales forecasts for its COVID-19 vaccine only a few months after saying the shot could bring in as much as $3.5 billion this year. The health care giant said Tuesda...
Apr 19, 2022
Rise in COVID hospitalizations, Buy American challenges : In The News for April 19
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of April 19 ... What we are watching in Canada .....
Apr 19, 2022
One-quarter of Canadians have been infected with COVID-19, poll suggests
OTTAWA - Almost one in four Canadian respondents to a new online survey said they had been infected with COVID-19, while about three in four had not. As the country grapples with its sixth wave of the...
Apr 19, 2022
'We should be able to manage:' Provinces experiencing rise in COVID hospitalizations
REGINA, SK - Hospitals across Canada are facing a resurgence of patients with COVID-19 that some health officials say will likely continue for another month. Latest data from the Public Health Agency ...
Apr 19, 2022
California delays coronavirus vaccine mandate for schools
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - California is delaying a coronavirus vaccine mandate for schoolchildren until at least the summer of 2023. Gov. Gavin Newsom's administration announced the change on Thursday...
Apr 14, 2022
Canada's emissions plummet during first year of COVID-19 pandemic
OTTAWA - Canada's greenhouse gas emissions plummeted to their lowest level in almost three decades in 2020 as pandemic restrictions kept cars off the road and left airplanes grounded on tarmacs. The l...
Apr 14, 2022
Make access to COVID-19 booster shots ‘ultraconvenient,’ experts say
Easier access to COVID-19 vaccine boosters could be a way of addressing the plateauing rates of Canadians getting the shot, public health and immunology experts say. Matthew Miller, professor at McMas...
Apr 14, 2022
COVID hospitalizations rise to over 1,000 in Alberta
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The province has released its latest weekly report on COVID-19.The numbers reported in this update reflect data from April 5-11, 2022.6,181 cases were confirmed in the province over t...
Apr 13, 2022
COVID-19 vaccines in national stockpile starting to expire as uptake slows
OTTAWA - Health Canada says almost 1.5 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines held in a national inventory have expired since January. That includes more than 420,000 doses of Moderna's vaccine that expir...
Apr 13, 2022
Quebec Halloween night sword attack trial suspended because of COVID-19 outbreak
QUEBEC - The trial of a man charged in Quebec's Halloween night sword attack has been postponed until next week after a second juror tested positive for COVID-19. Carl Girouard, 26, is charged with tw...
Apr 13, 2022