The Government of Nunavut is giving people a new reason to quit smoking this year: it could help lessen the risk of contracting COVID-19.
“Having lung problems from smoking might increase the risk of getting COVID-19 and may make some symptoms of the illness worse,” the Government of Nunavut said...
More British Columbians can start registering to get their COVID-19 vaccine as of Monday. People aged 55 and older can register online and by phone, according to Health Minister Adrian Dix.
By Wednesday, people 50 and older will be eligible, and those 45 years and up can register starting Friday....
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...
Four new cases of COVID-19 are being reported in Nova Scotia today, April 3.
Two cases are in Central Zone. One is related to travel outside of Atlantic Canada. The person is self-isolating, as required. The other is a close contact of a previously reported case.
There are also two cases...
People aged 45 or over in England can now get a Covid jab, as the vaccination programme enters the next phase.
Appointments can be booked on the NHS England website, which temporarily crashed on Tuesday morning when it opened up to the new age group.
It comes after all over-50s and those in...
The Saskatchewan government is set to unveil its COVID-19 vaccination plan next week, relying in part on the province’s experience delivering the H1N1 vaccine.
On Wednesday, Saskatchewan Health Minister Paul Merriman said the government developed a “very robust” plan more than a decade ago in response to the H1N1 (or...
Another Manitoban has died with COVID-19. The male, in his 60s, lived in the Winnipeg Health region.
Public health officials have confirmed 35 new cases of COVID-19 in Manitoba. This brings the total number of lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba to 31,894. The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 3.9...
Dr. Theresa Tam, Canada's chief public health officer, says the government will ensure that people can get their second doses of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine and Health Canada will continue to review studies on mixing vaccines.
- B.C. reports 515 new cases, two more deaths
British Columbia reported 515 new cases...
The BC Ministry of Health reported 1,005 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday, April 16th.
There have been 117,080 cases since the pandemic began.
New cases were reported in these health regions:
Vancouver Coastal Health: 259
Fraser Health: 536
Island Health: 49
Interior Health: 110
Northern Health: 51
Active cases in BC have increased from 10,052 to...
Dr. Ben Chan remembers hearing the preliminary reports back in March of blood clots appearing in a handful of European recipients of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine.
The global health expert with the University of Toronto followed the developments closely over ensuing weeks as researchers went from examining what was going...
