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06/23/2021

Blockade between N.S. and N.B. border delayed doctors, other medical staff from getting to work

Halifax–Nova Scotia's premier says he and provincial health officials are considering information about New Brunswick's border measures as his province looks to reopen to travellers from across Canada next Wednesday.
06/23/2021

17 Canadians per day died from opioids in 2020: Public Health Agency of Canada

Ottawa–Canada's public health agency says the COVID-19 pandemic drove an increasingly deadly overdose crisis last year that continues to take lives and corrode communities.
06/22/2021

Houston hospital workers fired, resign over COVID-19 vaccine

Dallas—More than 150 employees at a Houston hospital system who refused to get the COVID-19 vaccine have been fired or resigned after a judge dismissed an employee lawsuit over the vaccine requirement.
06/21/2021

Moderna's president talks COVID-19 and vaccine technology

Soon after a new coronavirus began spreading around the world, little-known vaccine developer Moderna began working with the U.S. National Institutes of Health to create a vaccine using a new technology.
06/21/2021

10% of Ontario youth admit to having smoked cannabis before driving: study

A new University of Ottawa study indicates 10% of young people in Ontario say they have driven a car within an hour of consuming cannabis.
06/21/2021

PHAC president rebuked, still doesn't produce documents on fired scientists

Ottawa—The Conservatives are asking that the Public Health Agency of Canada's offices be searched after a public shaming of the agency's president failed to persuade him to turn over unredacted documents related to the firing of two scientists at the country's highest-security laboratory.
06/20/2021

Border quarantine to soon lift for fully vaccinated Canadians

Ottawa–Fully vaccinated Canadians and permanent residents will soon be able to return to Canada without a mandatory quarantine. The first stage in loosening the border restrictions that have been in place for 15 months will begin at 11:59 p.m. eastern time on July 5.
06/22/2021

Here we go again

Quebec FP Dr. Vincent Demers argues that now that the pandemic finally seems to be under control, some media and politicians have resumed their favorite topic which attracts clicks and votes: doctor bashing.
06/16/2021

Pfizer, Moderna vaccines now preferred second dose for AstraZeneca recipients: NACI

Previously, NACI had said AstraZeneca recipients could choose whether to get a second dose of the same vaccine, or an mRNA vaccine.
06/08/2021

Doctor demands apology after COVID-related charge dropped

A doctor who faced a barrage of hate and racism after being accused of violating COVID-19 measures in New Brunswick is calling on the premier to apologize after a charge was dropped.