Tag Archives: Health

VANCOUVER - Getting vaccinated for the flu may have prevented about six out of 10 people from becoming infected in an early Canadian flu season, says a study involving a netwo...

TORONTO - The first person in Canada to test positive for the novel coronavirus has now been completely cleared of the virus. Ontario health officials say the man in his 50s has now had two negative t...

OTTAWA - Veterans ombudsman Craig Dalton says the federal government should clearly explain how it plans to eliminate a backlog that is keeping thousands of former service members waiting to find out ...

TORONTO - An Ontario court has extended an order suspending legal proceedings against three major tobacco companies as they try to negotiate a settlement with their creditors.  Ontario Super...

TOKYO - A test event for the Tokyo Olympics scheduled for later this month that would have involved some non-Japanese athletes is being revamped because of fear of the spreading virus from China. It's...

BANGKOK - Thailand's government is scrambling to cope with new travel restrictions after Israel banned the citizens of Thailand and three other Asian countries and territories from entering over conce...

BOSTON - Did an artificial-intelligence system beat human doctors in warning the world of a severe coronavirus outbreak in China? In a narrow sense, yes. But what the humans lacked in sheer speed, the...

BEIJING - New virus cases in China have again declined, up just 394, after authorities on Thursday again changed how they count new daily infections. They are now discounting cases that came back nega...

PORT HURON, Mich. - U.S. border officials say they've seized a human brain that was found in a Canadian mail truck originating in Toronto. The U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency said ...

A Weyburn couple is in self-isolation in their home after a month-long cruise that went off the rails over fears of the coronavirus. In mid-January Marilyn and Tom Schuck left Weyburn and headed to Si...