Those next in line to get a COVID-19 vaccine in B.C. were given a timeline Monday for when they can book their appointment. Dr. Bonnie Henry, Health Minister Adrian Dix and Premier John Horgan all spoke in a news conference at the start of the week to outline the province's...
Sunnybrook is accepting pre-registration for the COVID-19 vaccine from City of Toronto residents who meet the Government of Ontario’s eligibility criteria during the current phase of Ontario’s vaccine rollout. Eligible City of Toronto residents who may pre-register for a COVID-19 vaccine during this phase of the Government of Ontario's vaccine rollout include: Any...
Data from the COVID Symptom Study has revealed six distinct ‘types’ of COVID-19, which has major implications for treatment and monitoring. Analysis of data from the COVID Symptom Study app reveals that there are six distinct ‘types’ of COVID-19, each distinguished by a particular cluster of symptoms. Moreover, the team...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has withdrawn its warning that people who suspect they might have caught the coronavirus should not take the popular drug ibuprofen. The UN agency clarified on Thursday that it is not aware of published scientific data on this topic. The WHO added that it had not...
Rite Aid has added four days this month when educators, school employees and childcare workers will be given priority to book coronavirus vaccine appointments. Rite Aid offered COVID-19 vaccine appointments only to teachers, school staff and child care workers for two days last week in seven states, including New Jersey,...
Losing weight is an effective treatment for Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA), but why exactly this is the case has remained unclear. Now, researchers in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania have discovered that improvements in sleep apnea symptoms appear to be linked to the reduction...
Saskatchewan reported 37 new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday. There are 612 cases currently considered active in the province, with 75 more recoveries. The new cases are located in the Far North West (one), North West (two), North Central (five), Saskatoon (nine), Central East (four), Regina (10), South West (one), South...
All New Brunswickers will be able to book their COVID-19 second dose appointments tomorrow, so long as 28 days have passed since their first dose. Appointments can be made through a participating pharmacy or at a Vitalité or Horizon health network clinic. As of right now, 76.3 per cent of eligible New Brunswickers have...
The number of novel coronavirus cases in Canada has climbed to 67 as patients in Alberta doubled to four and B.C. officials declared an outbreak at a long-term care facility. Several of Canada’s cases stem from a trip on the Grand Princess cruise ship to Mexico in mid-February. The close...
The coronavirus patient was so sick, so deeply sedated that she could not speak, could not squeeze a hand or even flutter her eyelids — let alone give permission for the 10-hour surgery she endured last week. So doctors at Northwestern Memorial Hospital took the unusual step of asking the...