Tag Archives: health

TORONTO - The decisions of several top-tier universities to make COVID-19 vaccination a requirement to return to campus is putting added pressure on holdouts to follow suit, with some professors hopin...

Ottawa will require federal employees, workers in federally regulated industries and many travellers to be vaccinated against COVID-19, marking a shift in the federal government's position on vaccine ...

OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole is seeking to intervene in a Federal Court case where the Liberal government is trying to shield documents related to the firing of two scientists from Canada...

The Alberta government is walking back its decision to eliminate isolation requirements for people who test positive for COVID-19 after weeks of pressure from local leaders, physicians and families. D...

DYERSVILLE, Iowa (AP) - As the bus carried the New York Yankees through the cornfields blanketing this serene, rolling farmland of northeast Iowa, Aaron Judge noticed a difference from the usual arriv...

VICTORIA - A surge in COVID-19 cases spurred by the Delta variant is prompting British Columbia health officials to enact mandatory vaccine requirements for all staff and volunteers at long-term care ...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - San Francisco will require proof of full vaccination against COVID-19 for a number of indoor activities such as visiting restaurants, bars and gyms. A city supervisor confirmed th...

The U.S. became more diverse and more urban over the past decade, and the non-Hispanic white population dropped for the first time on record, the Census Bureau reported Thursday as it released a trove...

OTTAWA - Canada's chief public health officer says the country is now in the midst of a fourth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Theresa Tam's assessment follows a troubling surge in new cases over t...

VANCOUVER - Researchers in Vancouver are working to unleash a new weapon they hope will defeat the spread of the virus that causes COVID-19. The canine scent detection program at Vancouver Coastal Hea...