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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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
Nigeria news : Aisha Yesufu #EndSARS Is Governor Wike okay
An activist, Aisha Yesufu, has condemned the ban on EndSARS protest by Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State. recalls that Wike in a...
Nigeria news : SARS: Naira Marley is a coward – Deji Adeyanju
Popular human rights activists, Deji Adeyanju, have actually stated that Singer, Naira Marley is a coward for aborting completion SARS Protest that was...
Controversy over airborne transmission of COVID-19 ‘a tempest in a teapot,’ Dr. Bonnie Henry says
B.C.’s provincial health officer says the controversy over airborne transmission of COVID-19 has been overblown, after hundreds of scientists signed a letter calling...
Military confirms 40 per cent of COVID-positive troops deployed to long-term care homes were asymptomatic
Up to 40 per cent of Canadian troops infected with the novel coronavirus may have been carrying the virus symptom-free while they were deployed to...
Some countries reconsider 2-metre rule for physical distancing, but not here
Dr. Theresa Tam, Canada’s chief public health officer, continues to recommend people stay two metres apart from others to curb COVID-19 as the...
