New Brunswick has lost another resident to underlying complications related to COVID-19, Dr. Jennifer Russell reported Tuesday.
The individual was a resident of Edmundston's Manoir Belle Vue, which has seen 86 cases of COVID-19, and was between the ages of 80 and 89, Russell said at a live-streamed update.
There have...
Ontario on Sunday reported 981 new COVID-19 cases and 42 new deaths, bringing those totals to 285,868 and 6,693, respectively, since January 2020.
Peel, York and Toronto remained the province’s worst-hit areas, with 209, 171 and 122 new cases, respectively, reported in the 24-hour period ending Saturday afternoon.
The province also...
Manitoba public health officials advise five additional deaths in people with COVID-19 have been reported Sunday.
The deaths include:
A man in his 70s from the Interlake-Eastern health region linked to the outbreak at Kin Place Personal Care Home
A woman in her 80s from the Winnipeg health region
A woman in her...
U.S. government researchers found that two masks are better than one in slowing coronavirus spread, but health officials stopped short of recommending that everyone double up.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Wednesday reported the results of a lab experiment that spaced two artificial heads 6 feet from...
One third (35%) of people who took a new drug for treating obesity lost more than one-fifth (greater than or equal to 20%) of their total body weight, according to a major global study involving UCL researchers.
The findings from the large-scale international trial, published today in the New England...
Beginning Thursday, it will be mandatory for health-care workers deployed in any COVID-19 “hot zone” in Quebec to wear an N95 face mask or equipment that offers even superior protection.
Quebec’s work health safety board (CNESST) announced Tuesday that the regulation was based on a new scientific understanding of the...
Manitoba is reporting the lowest COVID-19 case count it has seen since mid-October.
On Monday, the province announced 53 new cases had been identified – the lowest single-day case count since October 18 – when 44 cases were reported.
While COVID-19 case counts are dropping to October levels, hospitalizations remain much...
Community organizers in British Columbia are being credited with helping to bring down the spread of COVID-19 within the South Asian community.
"There's been a huge amount of commitment from our partners ranging from Gurdwaras, schools, community agencies, businesses media outlets to really support and come together to ensure...
Stroke and heart attack survivors can reduce multiple causes of death and prevent further cardiovascular events by drinking green tea, according to new research published today in Stroke, a journal of the American Stroke Association, a division of the American Heart Association. The study also found daily coffee consumption...
The Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit confirmed 44 new novel coronavirus cases and three additional COVID-19 deaths on Friday, bringing the regional case count up to 5,646, including 167 deaths.
The health unit also confirmed one new case of the COVID-19 B.1.1.7. variant, which was originally discovered in the U.K.,...
