Even mild Covid-19 can cause your brain to shrink
Recent brain imaging shows the disease can cause physical changes equivalent to a decade of aging and trigger problems with attention…
Recent brain imaging shows the disease can cause physical changes equivalent to a decade of aging and trigger problems with attention…
Public health promised more transparency when it started asking Manitobans to assess their own COVID safety risk. Weeks later, there is less COVID data to assess.On March 2, Manitoba deputy provincial public health officer Dr. Jazz Atwal said ‘information about COVID will continue to be transparent and publicly available.’ Three and a half weeks later,…
Two years of the COVID-19 pandemic has pulled Canadians further apart, brought out the worst in people and weakened their compassion for one another, according to the findings of a new survey.Two years of the COVID-19 pandemic has pulled Canadians further apart, brought out the worst in people and weakened their compassion for one another, according to the findings…
BySharon Guynup Photographs ByMaggie Shannon Published February 22, 2022 • 14 min read Lisa O’Brien fell ill just after arriving home in…
Novavax’s COVID-19 vaccine has been approved for use in Canadian adults, some 18 months after the federal government had announced a deal to produce the doses in Montreal.A worker moves boxes carrying Novavax Inc.’s COVID-19 vaccine, Nuvaxovid, in Andong, South Korea on Feb. 9. South Korea is among several countries who have been administering the…
B.C. will lift most COVID-19 restrictions Wednesday at 11:59 p.m., B.C. health officials announced Tuesday.Restrictions on gatherings, restaurants, bars and nightclubs will be lifted in B.C., on Wednesday night. (Maggie MacPherson/CBC)B.C. will lift most COVID-19 restrictions Wednesday at 11:59 p.m., B.C. health officials announced Tuesday. Indoor personal gatherings, indoor and outdoor organized gatherings and indoor…
Alberta reported 22 more deaths on Thursday, one day after the province began lifting its COVID-19 restrictions. Health Minister Jason Copping and Dr. Deena Hinshaw, the province’s chief medical officer of health, updated Albertans on COVID-19. (Chris Schwarz/Government of Alberta, Jason Franson/The Canadian Press)The number of new admissions of COVID-positive patients to hospitals in the province peaked more than…
Have you been wondering how Pfizer’s COVID-19 antiviral pill works? Or when it will be available? We asked health experts those questions and more.Pfizer’s COVID-19 pill is seen being manufactured in Ascoli, Italy, on Nov. 16, 2021, in this handout photo. (Pfizer/Reuters)This story idea came from audience members, like you, who got in touch with…
Though vaccines have restored some semblance of pre-pandemic life for most people in the United States, one group is still waiting: kids…
Some jurisdictions are now breaking down hospital data into patients admitted directly for COVID-19, and those admitted for other health issues who also test positive. But clinicians say those buckets don’t capture the reality on the ground: major pressure on hospitals, and poorer outcomes for patients.Some jurisdictions are now breaking down hospital data a little differently,…