Ontario is reporting 1,058 new coronavirus cases on Monday, bringing the provincial total to 294,144. Monday’s case count is slightly lower than Sunday’s which saw 1,087 new infections. On Saturday, 1,228 new cases were recorded and 1,150 on Friday. It is also the fifth day in a row cases are above...
Several front-office employees for the Texas Rangers baseball team have tested positive for COVID-19, leaving some staff “terrified,” according to reports. No players, coaches or operations personnel have tested positive for the virus, according to ESPN and the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, which reported on the cases late Friday. The organization...
While the majority of patients who have died from COVID-19 have had at least one comorbidity, or chronic condition, Alberta's top doctor says it doesn't mean that when a compromised individual catches the disease they could die. Dr. Deena Hinshaw, Alberta's chief medical officer of health, said Thursday that Alberta...
With vaccinations surging across Canada, and confirmed COVID case counts and hospitalizations at a national level declining, the other side of the pandemic is drawing tantalizingly, mercifully closer and experts are beginning to offer glimpses of the future. There are still many unknowns, and only speculations as to “what next,”...
As 1 million new cases of coronavirus are confirmed worldwide per week, the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that hospitals are facing a shortage in oxygen concentrators needed to support the breathing of Covid-19 patients suffering from respiratory distress. “Many countries are now experiencing difficulties obtaining oxygen concentrators,” WHO...
Ottawa's COVID-19 numbers are on a "good trajectory," the COVID-19 vaccine rollout continues and new rules for short-term rentals in the capital. CTVNewsOttawa.ca looks at five stories to watch in Ottawa this week. COVID-19 IN OTTAWA All eyes will be on the COVID-19 numbers in Ottawa this week, after some positive signs...
(Reuters Health) - With the same health insurance and access to the same medical providers, black trauma patients may be no more likely to die than their white counterparts, a U.S. study suggests. Even though all U.S. hospitals are required to treat trauma patients regardless of their...