Ontario health guidance downplays aerosol spread of COVID-19. Critics say this puts lives at risk
More than a year since she nearly died of COVID-19, registered nurse Rubina Khan is still not sure how she got infected, but she suspects it could…
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Canada hesitates to update public health guidelines on risk from coronavirus variants
The rapid spread of more contagious coronavirus variants across Canada has led some hard-hit regions to question whether national public health guidelines go far enough to protect…
Justin Trudeau contends with the uncertainty of Canada’s vaccine supply
In his last two appearances before reporters, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau asserted that the unpredictable messiness of vaccinating the globe against a novel coronavirus should have been…
Canada building facilities to make vaccines for COVID-19 and other viruses here
In the initial sprint to create a vaccine for COVID-19, Pfizer and Moderna crossed the finish line first. But for Canadian researchers who continue to work away…
Military medical intelligence warnings gathered dust as public health struggled to define COVID-19
Public health officials failed to cite early warnings about the threat of COVID-19 gathered through classified military intelligence as the pandemic crisis emerged a year ago, CBC…
RCMP launch criminal probe into COVID-19 death tied to massive Alberta meat plant outbreak
Ariana Quesada, 16, walked into the RCMP detachment in High River, Alta., on Friday and filed a formal complaint asking police to investigate potential criminal negligence in…
Why Canada’s vaccine rollout is slower than other countries — and what can be done to fix it
Canada is falling behind in its initial rollout of COVID-19 vaccines at a critical time in the pandemic, and experts say our most vulnerable populations are being…
How the health system is addressing vaccine hesitancy, a looming hurdle in race to end pandemic
Tanya Hayles is not an anti-vaxxer. The Torontonian has made sure her eight-year-old son Jackson is up to date with the standard vaccines, and she, too, has…
Nigeria news : Buhari ended SARS, not IG of Police – Senate President, Lawan
The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, on Sunday assured Nigerians that the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, unit of the Nigeria Police Force, NPF, has ended. Lawan made the…
Nigeria news : Pro-Biafra group kicks against scrapping of SARS, says Nigeria should break up
Biafra Nations Youth League, BNYL, has faulted the disbandment of the Special Anti Robbery Squad, SARS, by the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Mohammed Adamu. The BNYL said…
Nigeria news : CSO coalition demand deployment of disbanded SARS officers to Maiduguri
A coalition of Civil Society Groups has called on the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government to apply the political will used to end SARS in the country to…