A World Health Organization spokeswoman said on Friday (Sep 4) it does not expect widespread vaccinations against COVID-19 until the middle of next year, stressing the importance of rigorous checks on their effectiveness and safety.
None of the candidate vaccines in advanced clinical trials so far has demonstrated a...
Dr. Theresa Tam told Canadians to consider wearing face masks while doing the dirty to protect oneself from catching the coronavirus.
Tam told media on Wednesday that while there is low chance of being infected (by coronavirus) from vaginal fluid or sperm, hot hookups should skip kissing all together, and...
In July, most British Columbians were caught a bit off guard by the suggestion that they should utilize glory holes to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
That came from the BC Centre for Disease Control, but now Canada’s Chief Public Health Officer has made an equally interesting suggestion.
In a written...
Just hours after President Donald Trump announced emergency authorization to treat COVID-19 patients with convalescent plasma, a move he called "a breakthrough," Seattle researchers voiced skepticism about its effectiveness to treat the deadly virus.
"This is just a gigantic exaggeration. I've been using this for my patients in ICUs across...
A pregnant mother who tested positive for COVID-19 transmitted the virus causing the disease to her prematurely born baby, UT Southwestern physicians report. Both were treated and recovered.
The case, detailed in an article published last month in The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, adds to a growing body of evidence...
The province reported 51 new COVID-19 cases in Manitoba over the weekend—16 on Saturday and 35 on Sunday—including a total of 32 in the Prairie Mountain Health region.
The 35 new overall cases revealed on Sunday marks the second-highest one-day jump since the start of the pandemic.
Of the 20 new...
A man from Rio Arriba County has died of septicemic plague, according to the New Mexico Department of Health. NMDOH says this is the first human plague death in New Mexico this year and the second human plague case overall. NMDOH also says this is the first human plague-related...
After a bit of a lull in Sarnia-Lambton’s COVID-19 caseload, two more cases have been confirmed by health officials.
There are now 321 in the area, according to Lambton public health’s latest report released late Friday night. Three more people have also recovered from the disease caused by the novel...
Mosquitoes carrying the West Nile virus have been found in Markham, Ont., public health officials confirm.
York Region confirmed the positive tests in a news release issued late Friday afternoon, saying the mosquitoes were found in a trap near the intersection of Warden Avenue and Highway 7.
“Although the chance of...
Provincial health officials have announced 17 new cases of COVID-19 in Manitoba.
Dr. Brent Roussin, the province's chief public health officer, made the announcement on Friday afternoon.
Roussin said this brings the province's total number of lab-confirmed and probable positive cases to 491 since early March.
Of the new cases, 10 are...
