The latest on the coronavirus outbreak for October 14th. Coronavirus tracker: Follow the pace of COVID-19 cases, vaccinations in Canada. Testing, mixed-dose questions remain for would-be border hoppers. Saskatchewan not calling on federal government, Ontario for help at this time in its COVID-19 wave. World roundup: Russia’s brutal toll continues, U.S. regulator to assess Merck’s…
The latest on the coronavirus outbreak for October 6th. Coronavirus tracker: Follow the pace of COVID-19 cases, vaccinations in Canada. B.C. town council meeting shows how COVID-19 misinformation can spread rapidly around social media. Liberal government unveils more details on civil service, domestic travel vaccine mandates. Rapid antigen tests are having their moment in Canada,…
U.S. President Joe Biden received his COVID-19 booster shot on Monday, days after federal regulators recommended a third dose of the Pfizer vaccine for Americans age 65 or older and approved them for others with pre-existing medical conditions and high-risk work environments.U.S. President Joe Biden receives a COVID-19 booster shot after delivering remarks at the…
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is considering employing the U.S. National Guard and out-of-state medical workers to fill hospital staffing shortages — with tens of thousands of workers possibly losing their jobs for not meeting a Monday deadline for mandated COVID-19 vaccination.A U.S. National Guard soldier helps to sign up people for their COVID-19 vaccination…
Portugal is scrapping many of its remaining COVID-19 restrictions, after becoming the world leader in vaccination rollout — though the prime minister cautioned that the pandemic isn’t over and “the risk is still there.”People walk in downtown Lisbon earlier this month. The country, a world leader in vaccination rates, is further easing its COVID-19 restrictions.…
More students in India will be able to step inside a classroom for the first time in nearly 18 months on Wednesday, as authorities gave the green light to partially reopen more schools despite apprehension from some parents and signs that infections are picking up again.Students attend a class at a government school in Hyderabad,…
Science Coronavirus Coverage While people with immune-compromising conditions rejoice over the FDA decision, may questions remain unanswered. ByTara Haelle Published August 13,…
Gov. Gavin Newsom announced California will become the first U.S. state to require all teachers and school staff must be vaccinated or undergo weekly COVID-19 testing amid growing concerns about the highly contagious delta variant.Gov. Gavin Newsom talks with student Dina Kassan during a visit to Carl B. Munck Elementary School in Oakland, Calif., on…
Texas is looking for out-of-state health workers to help fight its third wave of COVID-19 infections.A worker on Monday sets up tents that will be used for an overflow of COVID-19 patients outside Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital in Houston, Texas. (Godofredo A. Vásquez/Houston Chronicle/The Associated Press)The latest: Moderna to sign agreement to build mRNA production…
Chinese authorities have announced mass coronavirus testing in Wuhan as an unusually wide series of COVID-19 outbreaks reached the city where the disease was first detected in late 2019.A health worker performs a COVID-19 test in Wuhan in China’s central Hubei province on Tuesday as part of an initiative to test the city’s entire population.…