The city of Toronto is adding more than 60,000 appointments for the next three weeks after the province expanded eligibility for the second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.
In a news release issued Thursday evening, the city said the new appointments will be available at eight of its mass immunization...
Officials with Big White Ski Resort say they will "act quickly and decisively to address the living conditions of our staff residing outside of our managed residences."
Senior vice-president Michael J. Ballingall made the statement after Interior Health revealed a cluster of 60 COVID-19 cases at the ski hill.
"Big White...
Britain’s health chief said Wednesday that a new study suggesting that a single dose of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine provides a high level of protection for 12 weeks supports the government’s strategy of delaying the second shot so more people can quickly be protected by the first dose.
Britain’s decision...
The province is inviting all adults in British Columbia to register for their COVID-19 vaccination this coming week.
B.C. has been rolling out the majority of its vaccination based on age, and currently, residents 63 and older are booking their vaccine appointments. Those between 55 and 65 can also receive...
Moderna announced Thursday that it has started testing its coronavirus vaccine candidate in adolescents.
The company, which made one of two vaccines expected to be approved soon for adult use in the U.S., said it plans to enroll 3,000 U.S. kids as young as 12 in the trial.
So far,...
The province is putting new measures in place it hopes will avoid the issues many people ran into earlier this week when they tried to book their appointments to get a COVID-19 vaccine.
The appointments are for 10 community based clinics being held this month to get Nova Scotians aged...
Some health experts are questioning Canada's decision to accept thousands of doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine from a global vaccine-sharing alliance, only to have them sit in freezers in an Ontario warehouse.
More than 655,000 doses of AstraZeneca, which most provinces have now decided against using first doses, arrived in...
Manitoba is reporting the lowest COVID-19 case count it has seen since mid-October.
On Monday, the province announced 53 new cases had been identified – the lowest single-day case count since October 18 – when 44 cases were reported.
While COVID-19 case counts are dropping to October levels, hospitalizations remain much...
Calling it a “big step forward” in the province’s vaccine rollout program, the UCP government says front line health care workers and associated staff are now eligible to get their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine.
According to Premier Jason Kenney, that opens the door for close to 250,000 people to...
U.S. government researchers found that two masks are better than one in slowing coronavirus spread, but health officials stopped short of recommending that everyone double up.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Wednesday reported the results of a lab experiment that spaced two artificial heads 6 feet from...
