The Ontario government, in consultation with the Chief Medical Officer of Health, local medical officers of health, and other health experts, is moving seven public health regions to new levels with stronger public health measures, including Windsor-Essex County Health Unit and York Region Public Health moving into Grey-Lockdown. These...
Alberta is to start distributing the COVID-19 vaccine next week to front-line health workers and caregivers.
Health Minister Tyler Shandro says the first round of the vaccine will be administered on Dec. 16.
The 3,900 doses will be given to intensive care unit doctors and nurses, respiratory therapists and long-term care...
Alberta’s government is investing $20 million to accelerate world-class science to help combat COVID-19 and related diseases.
The Li Ka Shing Applied Virology Institute (AVI) at the University of Alberta will receive $20 million in funding over four years. Provincial officials say the funding will accelerate leading-edge research and commercialization...
The remains of a two-year-old Neanderthal who died some 41,000 years ago had been lain carefully in a grave that was covered with fresh soil, a study has concluded.
Dozens of buried Neandertal skeletons have been discovered in Eurasia, leading some scientists to deduce that, like us, Neandertals buried their...
Ever since it was confirmed by wildlife officials and scientists that the Asian Giant Hornets — known as “Murder Hornets” because they’re, well, pretty dangerous — were present in the United States, there’s been a great concern for the fate of native honeybees. Honeybees are a prime target for...
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,...
Long before we had Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon Prime Video to keep us occupied at night, humans used to delight in another form of relaxing entertainment: stargazing. And in just a few days, you’ll be able to catch a celestial show that humanity hasn’t seen in nearly 800 years.
On...
The Ford government is extending all COVID-19 orders currently in force under the ‘Reopening Ontario Act‘ (ROA) until January 20.
In a release issued Thursday, the province says the extension will support the safe delivery of health care and critical services until vaccines are approved and widely available.
“Safeguarding the health...
On the heels of the news that the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine has been granted approval for use in Canada, the question now becomes what’s next in the approval pipeline?
Health officials believe the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine could be approved for use within weeks.
The country is already set to receive two...
Eighteen astronauts — nine men and nine women — have been selected to begin training for upcoming Artemis missions to the moon, NASA announced Wednesday. The list includes the as-yet-unnamed next man and first woman who will set foot on the lunar surface later this decade.
The announcement came at...
