Tag Archives: Health

CARBIS BAY, United Kingdom - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau pledged 13 million surplus vaccines to help the world get immunized against COVID-19 as he and other G7 leaders wrapped up a weekend summit i...

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 4:00 a.m. ET on Sunday June 13, 2021. There are 1,401,006 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Canada: 1,401,006 confirmed cases (17,599 active, ...

The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 4:00 a.m. ET on Sunday June 13, 2021. In Canada, the provinces are reporting 398,766 new vaccinations administered for a total of 28,624,871...

EDMONTON - Alberta is launching a multimillion-dollar lottery in a bid to encourage more residents to get a COVID-19 vaccine. Premier Jason Kenney unveiled some details of the "Open for Summer Vaccine...

CHICAGO (AP) - A Chicago bus driver looking for a way to relieve stress during the coronavirus pandemic jumped into Lake Michigan for a 365th straight day on Saturday. Dan O'Conor said he started jump...

OTTAWA - Canada paid a premium to get more than 250,000 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine delivered last December, weeks earlier than planned. The detail is contained in heavily redacted contracts ...

The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times Eastern): 2:30 p.m. Manitoba is reporting five new deaths among people with COVID-19 and 294 new cases of the virus. All of those who died...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Saudi Arabia says this year's hajj pilgrimage will be limited to no more than 60,000 people, all of them from within the kingdom, due to the ongoing coronavirus pand...

OTTAWA - Almost three dozen Canadian pharmaceutical companies made a direct appeal to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau last month to delay the new drug pricing regulations for a third time. The companies...

CARBIS BAY, CORNWALL, ENGLAND - The thorny issue of how to handle increasing competition and aggression from China came up as leaders of the world's wealthiest countries gathered Saturday in an Englis...