Stroke and heart attack survivors can reduce multiple causes of death and prevent further cardiovascular events by drinking green tea, according to new research published today in Stroke, a journal of the American Stroke Association, a division of the American Heart Association. The study also found daily coffee consumption...
Dog missing for 5 days is found alive in a snowbank in Maine. When the Silver family went out to remove piles of snow from their Bryant Pond, Maine, home nearly a week ago, their family dog joined them. While the family shoveled, Sophie ambled around them. But when they...
Public health officials are reporting no new deaths today from Manitobans with COVID-19. Manitoba has expanded its eligibility to be immunized with a COVID-19 vaccine. Anyone aged 54 or older and First Nation people aged 34 or older can now receive the vaccine. And, all Manitobans aged 40 and over...
The puzzling findings of a telescope designed and built by researchers at the University of British Columbia are being shared with the astronomical community for further analysis. The CHIME telescope detected 535 new fast radio bursts during its first year of operation – from 2018 to 2019 – quadrupling the...
The COVID Alert app is now available in Nova Scotia, the province announced Thursday. The phone app will allow users who test positive for COVID-19 to enter a code supplied by the Nova Scotia Health Authority. An alert will then be sent to any phone that has come into close contact...
The release of the new James Bond film has been delayed again. The premiere of No Time To Die had already been moved from April to November because of the pandemic. The film has now been further delayed until 2 April 2021 "in order to be seen by a worldwide theatrical...
Chris Pratt is starting off the New Year with an unusual weight loss regime, revealing to followers that he has embarked on the Bible-inspired Daniel Fast. The 39-year-old actor told fans that he will spend three weeks praying and fasting as part of a diet inspired by the life of...
Children who do not consume peanut during their first year of life are more likely to be allergic to peanut at age three, according to new findings from the CHILD Cohort Study. The study, published in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice, found that infants who did...
Fans have been impersonating Billie Eilish lately, and she is not here for it. Eilish took to her Instagram story on Thursday night to respond to people who have been impersonating her in public. These people don Eilish’s signature, and highly identifiable hairstyle, try to imitate her trademark look, and...
Health Canada has approved the use of an antibody drug developed by Vancouver company AbCellera Biologics to help treat mild to moderate cases of COVID-19. The move comes as AbCellera — which has formed a partnership with U.S. pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly to produce and distribute the drug — revealed...