Category Archives: COVID-19 Coronavirus
Canada's health spending growth 'modest,' remains below pre-pandemic levels: CIHI
Growth in Canada's health spending increased slightly but has remained below pre-pandemic levels and is expected to reach $344 billion in 2023, new data from the Canadian Institute for Health Informat...
Nov 02, 2023
China's chief epidemiologist Wu Zunyou who helped drive the anti-COVID fight dies at age 60
BEIJING (AP) - Wu Zunyou, an epidemiologist who helped drive anti-COVID-19 measures in China that suspended access to cities and confined millions to their homes has died on Friday. He was 60. An anno...
Oct 27, 2023
CP NewsAlert: Premiers ask Ottawa for COVID-19 small business loan extension
VICTORIA - Canada's premiers have sent a letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau asking the federal government to extend the repayment period for a year for interest-free loans to small businesses and...
Oct 20, 2023
Stark, Meechai take 1st-round lead at LPGA Shanghai in tour's return to China after pandemic
SHANGHAI (AP) - Maja Stark and Wichanee Meechai each shot 6-under 66 on Thursday to take a two-stroke first-round lead at the LPGA Shanghai event in the tour's return to China after the COVID-19 pande...
Oct 12, 2023
Novavax touts non-mRNA COVID vaccine, future of domestic production remains uncertain
OTTAWA - The last remaining manufacturer to offer an alternative to mRNA COVID-19 vaccines in Canada is boasting about the importance of having several available vaccine options - though the company i...
Oct 04, 2023
Health Canada authorizes updated Pfizer-BioNTech COVID vaccine
OTTAWA - Health Canada has authorized Pfizer-BioNTech's updated COVID-19 vaccine for people six months and older. The mRNA vaccine targets the Omicron XBB.1.5 subvariant that is circulating in Canada....
Sep 28, 2023
Up to 10 per cent of Quebec health-care workers have experienced long COVID: study
MONTREAL - A study by Quebec's public health institute has found that between six and 10 per cent of the province's health-care workers have experienced long COVID. The study, whose preliminary result...
Sep 21, 2023
Quebec health-care establishments argue against allowing COVID-19 class action
MONTREAL - A lawyer for Quebec's regional health authorities says a proposed class-action lawsuit on behalf of residents of long-term care homes that had COVID-19 outbreaks should not go forward. Jona...
Sep 21, 2023
Class-action lawsuit application for COVID-19 response in care homes begins in Quebec
MONTREAL - A Quebec Superior Court judge is being asked to authorize a class-action lawsuit on behalf of all residents of public long-term care homes that experienced COVID-19 outbreaks during the pan...
Sep 18, 2023
Health Canada approves updated Moderna vaccine for COVID-19
OTTAWA, ON - Health Canada has authorized the use of an updated Moderna vaccine for COVID-19 for all Canadians over the age of six months. The new vaccine targets the XBB.1.5 variant of the virus that...
Sep 12, 2023