A Lung doctor here in the Valley is giving us a new look at some of the coronavirus's long-term effects. Chest X-rays of patients he's treated show post-Covid lungs are worse than a long-term smoker. This may even be seen in asymptomatic people.
"Some people don't get sick, but some...
Immunity from Moderna Inc’s COVID-19 vaccine should last at least a year, the company said on Monday at the J.P. Morgan Healthcare conference.
The drugmaker said it was confident that the messenger RNA (mRNA) technology it used was well suited to deploy a vaccine based on the new variant of...
The Government of Nunavut is giving people a new reason to quit smoking this year: it could help lessen the risk of contracting COVID-19.
“Having lung problems from smoking might increase the risk of getting COVID-19 and may make some symptoms of the illness worse,” the Government of Nunavut said...
In a growing consensus, religious leaders at the forefront of the anti-abortion movement in the United States are telling their followers that the leading vaccines available to combat COVID-19 are acceptable to take, given their remote and indirect connection to lines of cells derived from aborted fetuses.
One outspoken foe...
New study suggests Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine can protect against a mutation found in the two more-contagious variants of the coronavirus that have erupted in Britain and South Africa.
The study was preliminary and did not look at the two other major vaccines being used in the West — Moderna’s and...
The Public Health Agency of Canada confirmed late Friday night that the country’s first case of the South African variant of COVID-19 has been detected in Alberta.
On Friday afternoon, Alberta’s chief medical officer of health Dr. Deena Hinshaw announced on Twitter that the province had detected its first case...
Health officials in BC are scheduled to give a written update on COVID-19 in the province on Friday afternoon.
The announcement follows a total of 761 new coronavirus cases on Thursday, bringing the total number of recorded cases in the province to 56,015.
There are currently 6,349 active cases of COVID-19...
Manitoba public health officials say 12 more people have died and the province has recorded 208 new cases of the coronavirus Thursday.
The deaths include:
a man in his 30s from Northern health region;
a man in his 60s from Prairie Mountain Health;
a woman in her 90s from Prairie Mountain Health, linked...
The province's dentists are lobbying for early access to vaccinations against the COVID-19 virus.
The Ontario Dental Association has called on the government to include dentists in the initial groups of vaccine recipients.
The ODA says it sent a letter to Health Minister Christine Elliott weeks ago, requesting that dentists and...
Ontario Health Minister Christine Elliott said there were 206 new cases of COVID-19 in Waterloo Region on Wednesday.
In her daily update on Twitter, she lists public health units that have seen significant case increases. On Wednesday, that list included Waterloo Region.
The increase marks the largest single-day increase ever in...
