Roman Catholic leaders in St. Louis and New Orleans are advising Catholics that the COVID-19 vaccine from Johnson & Johnson, newly approved for use in the U.S., is "morally compromised" because it is produced using a cell line derived from an aborted fetus.
The New Orleans archdiocese says the decision...
University Medical Center closed registration for 4,000 first doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine.
The website appeared to be overwhelmed by online traffic early onto the launch of the registration page.
KTSM 9 News has reached out to the hospital to ask if members of the public were able to register...
Airdrie has reported 66 active cases of COVID-19 as of March 2, the day after the Alberta government entered Stage 2 of its 'A Path Forward' plan to ease public health restrictions.
On March 2, Premier Jason Kenney announced some additional indoor fitness restrictions would be eased, along with the...
The vaccines are coming. After a long wait, B.C. is gearing up for one of its largest mass immunization efforts in history.
On March 1, Premier John Horgan unveiled Phase 2 of the province’s COVID-19 rollout plan and announced that seniors over 80 and Indigenous people over 65 will start...
Those next in line to get a COVID-19 vaccine in B.C. were given a timeline Monday for when they can book their appointment.
Dr. Bonnie Henry, Health Minister Adrian Dix and Premier John Horgan all spoke in a news conference at the start of the week to outline the province's...
The first doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine are set to arrive in Canada today as confusion persists over who should get it.
Canada is to receive 500,000 doses of the vaccine, the third approved for use in Canada, from the Serum Institute of India.
But questions about who should receive...
Sunnybrook is accepting pre-registration for the COVID-19 vaccine from City of Toronto residents who meet the Government of Ontario’s eligibility criteria during the current phase of Ontario’s vaccine rollout.
Eligible City of Toronto residents who may pre-register for a COVID-19 vaccine during this phase of the Government of Ontario's vaccine rollout include:
Any...
Canada's National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) is not recommending the use of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine in individuals aged 65 years and older, due to “the insufficiency of evidence of efficacy in this age group at this time.”
However, Health Canada stressed that "there were no safety concerns in this...
Antarctica's Brunt Ice Shelf is replete with giant cracks.
Scientists have been keeping tabs on the capricious ice for years, and the event they'd been watching out for finally happened on Friday: An iceberg more than 490 square miles (1,270 square kilometers) in size splintered off the shelf. It's...
Another Manitoban has died with COVID-19. The male, in his 60s, lived in the Winnipeg Health region.
Public health officials have confirmed 35 new cases of COVID-19 in Manitoba. This brings the total number of lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba to 31,894. The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 3.9...
