U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Friday that the government would accelerate its COVID-19 vaccination program to try to contain another fast-spreading variant that could knock the reopening of the British economy off track. The U.K. has delivered one of the world’s fastest…
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Ontario is investigating two Toronto long-term care homes where the Canadian military reported residents died of neglect, not COVID-19, during outbreaks last year. Minister of Long-Term Care Merrilee Fullerton said multiple inspectors are working with the coroner’s office at Downsview Long Term Care…
The Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine generated antibody responses three-and-a-half times larger in older people when a second dose was delayed to 12 weeks after the first, a British study says. The study, released on Friday, is the first to directly compare immune responses of…
The Doc Project49:04Revolution Mbira Chaka Zinyemba never considered himself the counter-culture type, but his friends and family did. “When I think back, I was kind of frustrated that a lot of the activities we were doing as kids had shifted…
Louie Lingard is a sneakerhead. He’s been one, he says, for years — New Balance, Reebok, Adidas, he likes them all, though Nike is his favourite. But despite his interest, there’s one thing missing for the 19-year-old: access. “That’s really the…
Axel Hefer, CEO of Trivago Trivago It’s been said there’s no gain without pain and that what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger. Online travel search firm Trivago seem to have taken the sentiment to heart amid an ongoing pandemic…
Stop cleaning and start ventilating — that’s the message from Michael Brauer, a professor in the School of Population and Public Health at UBC. Given the scientific consensus that the coronavirus is airborne, Brauer is calling for a shift in…
Aerial images of Kea island also known as Gia or Tzia, Zea, and, in antiquity, Keos, is a Greek island in the Cyclades archipelago in the Aegean Sea. Kea is part of the Kea-Kythnos regional unit. NurPhoto | NurPhoto |…
In a striking move to send the country back toward pre-pandemic life, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has eased indoor mask-wearing guidance for fully vaccinated people, allowing them to safely stop wearing masks inside in most…
After distributing more than 2.3 million AstraZeneca vaccine doses nationwide, public health officials have so far identified 28 suspected cases of a rare but serious condition called vaccine-induced thrombotic thrombocytopenia (VITT). Dr. Howard Njoo, Canada’s deputy chief public health officer, said…