The head of Ontario's vaccine distribution plan says a call centre and online reservation system will be up and running in the next few weeks to help coordinate appointments as the province moves to inoculate those next in line to get the COVID-19 vaccine.
Retired general Rick Hillier, chair of...
While the COVID-19 vaccine isn't currently widely available across Illinois, Walgreens is encouraging those who are eligible to search and sign up for appointments at its more than 500 vaccination sites across the state.
Currently, vaccinations in Illinois, including at Walgreens locations, are available by appointment only.
More than 3.2 million...
CVS Health plans to contact Americans living in underserved communities to help them schedule COVID-19 vaccine appointments amid signs that white people are getting the free vaccine at higher rates than Black Americans.
The drugstore chain said Friday that it will call, email and text-message people living in what the...
Drugstore chain Walgreens, and healthcare company Aegis Sciences Corp. are extending their relationship to perform fast and accurate COVID-19 diagnostic testing as Walgreens further expands COVID-19 drive-thru testing nationwide.
The drive-thru locations are part of Walgreens' collaboration with the administration, federal health agencies, as well as state and local authorities...
Saskatchewan reported 146 new COVID-19 cases on Friday, along with three more deaths and 227 recoveries.
There are 172 people in hospital, 19 are in the ICU.
There were 2,403 doses of COVID-19 vaccine given across the province on Thursday.
The province continues to recommend against all non-essential travel. The government said...
Three more cases of the B117 coronavirus variant first detected in the U.K. have been identified in Manitoba.
All three are linked to international travel and have since recovered, deputy chief provincial public health officer Dr. Jazz Atwal said at a Friday afternoon news conference.
Their close contacts ranged from four...
Shipments of the COVID-19 vaccine are hitting major pharmacies across the nation as the government works to inoculate more Americans.
Earlier this month, the Biden administration announced it was moving to expand access to COVID-19 vaccines, freeing up more doses for states and beginning to distribute them to retail pharmacies.
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Prince Markie Dee, the rapper of the Brooklyn hip-hop trio Fat Boys, has died. The group’s manager Louis Gregory confirmed the news. “Prince Markie Dee was more than a rapper; he was one of my very best and closest friends,” Gregory wrote. “My heart breaks today because I lost...
A potent arctic weather system chilled much of the United States with frigid weather in mid-February 2021, shattering low-temperature records in the middle of the country. The extreme cold combined with several snow and ice storms to leave millions of people without power.
Texas was hit particularly hard. According to...
Pop icon Rihanna has been accused of mocking a Hindu god after she was pictured topless with a pendant of Ganesha around her neck, sparking a furore in India.
Images of the lingerie photoshoot come just weeks after she upset the Indian government by commenting on huge farmers' protests that...
