Newly announced results of a Phase I dose-escalation study show CureVac’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate, CVnCoV, generates noticeable immune responses in healthy volunteers. CureVac formulated CVnCoV based on state-of-the-art lipid nanoparticle (LNP) technology which was licensed from the company’s long-term partner Acuitas Therapeutics. The vaccine candidate’s mode of action mimics the...
Ada Trieber, 83, died after she went searching for her husband Grant Trieber, 90. Provincial police say extreme cold weather played a factor in the death of an elderly couple in Huron County. Police officers were called to a residence on Airport Line in Bluewater, Ont. at about 9 a.m. on...
The following is the full text of an op-ed written and released by Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry on Nov. 16 2020. British Columbians have been nimble in adapting their individual actions to slow the spread of COVID-19 in our communities over the last ten months, and it...
Reports from Britain and South Africa of new coronavirus strains that seem to spread more easily are causing alarm, but virus experts say it’s unclear if that’s the case or whether they pose any concern for vaccines or cause more severe disease. Viruses naturally evolve as they move through the...
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,”...
The province is reporting 254 new cases of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan with one new death. The latest person to die is someone in their 50’s in the Southcentral zone. The new cases are located in the Far North West (14), Far North East (9), North West (18), North Central...
People in an Australian state are being urged to avoid eggs with two specific identifying stamps because they may be contaminated with Salmonella. The New South Wales (NSW) Food Authority said the affected product has stamp BEC or BEC115 on the shell of individual eggs and not the carton. Affected eggs...
Ottawa has surpassed 4,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases since the start of the pandemic, with public health officials reporting 45 new cases on Saturday. In all, 4,005 cases have now been confirmed in the nation's capital since the pandemic was declared earlier this year, with approximately 79 per cent of those...
Dutch law to make everyone organ donors unless they opt out. The Netherlands has passed a controversial new law making everyone a potential organ donor unless they specifically opt out. Similar donation laws already exist in Spain, Belgium and France. The Netherlands narrowly passed new legislation on Tuesday that will register...
More retail pharmacy locations are offering appointments to receive COVID-19 vaccines in Rhode Island and Massachusetts. Friday morning, CVS Health added 14 new locations in Rhode Island for eligible individuals to make appointments. New locations in Rhode Island include Bristol, Charlestown, Cumberland, East Providence, Narragansett, Pascoag, Portsmouth, Riverside, Rumford, Smithfield, Tiverton,...