Tag Archives: health

OTTAWA - The federal government has increased border-screening measures for travellers arriving in Canada from Iran in light of the growing number of novel coronavirus cases linked to that countr...

TORONTO - Ontario reported three new cases of the novel coronavirus Monday, bringing the total in the province to 18, though officials say the virus is not spreading locally. A spate of new cases...

MONTREAL - A Quebec court has given the federal government more time to amend its assisted-dying legislation. Ottawa was facing a March 11 deadline imposed last September by Quebec Superior Court...

TORONTO - Ontario health officials announced four more cases of the new coronavirus in the province on Sunday, bringing the total diagnoses in Canada to 24. All four of the patients had recently trave...

MONTREAL - A Quebec couple who contracted the novel coronavirus aboard the Diamond Princess cruise ship in Japan will soon be on their way home after testing negative for the virus, their daughte...

Public health officials say 19 confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus have been diagnosed in Canada so far, with 11 cases reported in Ontario and eight in British Columbia. ...

Health officials in two provinces confirmed four new cases of the novel coronavirus in Canada on Saturday, but insisted the disease is not widely circulating in this country&n...

OTTAWA - Renowned Canadian epidemiologist Dr. Bruce Aylward led a team of researchers into China earlier this month to study the novel coronavirus on behalf of the World Health Organization....

OTTAWA - The Public Health Agency of Canada says it will consult with the Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions on its next set of guidelines for protecting health-care workers against the novel corona...

Courtney McCann was used to giving lectures in her classroom, not receiving them at her local convenience store. But the sight of her ill-fitting mask turned the tables as she was browsing the near-de...