The first Albertan to die of a rare blood clot disease linked to a COVID-19 vaccine was discharged from an Edmonton hospital two days before her death, a family friend said. Lisa Stonehouse, 52, died in hospital at the University of Alberta on Saturday. Dr Deena Hinshaw, Alberta’s chief medical officer of health, said Tuesday that a woman in her […]
Throughout the pandemic, Toronto emergency physician Dr. Lisa Salamon has seen a certain type of patient come in time and time again – younger adults with COVID-19 who are not out of breath and appear to be breathing good. In other words, until the medical teams check their oxygen levels. “When they arrive their oxygen saturations are really low, but […]
Expert teams predict that the toll of COVID-19 in the United States will decline sharply by the end of July, according to a study released by the government on Wednesday. But they also warn that a “substantial increase” in hospitalizations and deaths is possible if unvaccinated people do not adhere to basic precautions, such as wearing a mask and keeping […]
Travel across the Canada-U.S. Border could resume in late summer or fall, some experts cautiously estimate, but they say the process will be complicated. The border has been closed to non-essential travel like tourism and recreation since March 2020, and the closure agreement between Ottawa and Washington is expected to be renewed on May 21. The agreement provides for exceptions, […]
The last: Alberta Premier Jason Kenney and key cabinet members are expected to answer questions on Wednesday about new COVID-19 health restrictions – which include a temporary suspension of classroom learning from the Kindergarten to Grade 12 across the province. The prime minister, who introduced the tighter restrictions on Tuesday evening, said the rules were needed to stop a growing […]
One of the people behind the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine says he has yet to see any evidence that emerging variants of the disease have found a way to beat it. Dr Ugur Sahin, who founded BioNTech with his wife, Dr Özlem Türeci, told CBC News Network Power and politics today, scientists have two main concerns when it comes to variants […]
The Johnson & Johnson vaccine is now recommended for all Canadians over the age of 30, but officials say weigh the risk of rare but potentially serious blood clots that can occur from the vaccine with the levels of COVID-19 in their lives. community – or wait for another vaccine altogether. The National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) said on […]
Even after more than a year of devastating coronavirus outbreaks across the globe, the intensity and scale of the current crisis in India is standing out, with patients desperate for oxygen starvation pleading for help overwhelmed hospitals and images of body bags and funeral pyres. While the number of daily cases far exceeds what other countries have reported, experts warn […]
It was a Friday in February and the COVID-19 situation in Canada appeared to be improving. The second wave had reached its peak. Just over 3,000 cases were reported nationwide that day, Feb. 19, up from a peak of 8,766 six weeks earlier. Dr Theresa Tam, however, came to a virtual press conference with a warning. New variants of the […]
Health Canada is delaying the distribution of Johnson & Johnson’s first shipment of COVID-19 vaccine after it became clear that the doses that arrived Wednesday were processed at the same U.S. plant that was mired in quality control issues. Reports first appeared in the New York Times earlier this month, problems at a plant in Baltimore, Md., run by Emergent […]
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