Category: Health

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said today his government is working with the U.S. and other international partners to ensure that AstraZeneca vaccine recipients face few barriers when they travel abroad. Trudeau’s commitment comes at a time when some U.S. venues are already suggesting they will only allow people who’ve been fully vaccinated with a United States…

Last July, Sarah Frazer learned she had two years at most before she would need to replace her failing kidneys. “I was 23 at the time — a 23-year-old girl sitting in a physician’s office in Toronto General, being told, like, ‘You need to find a new kidney,’” recalled the law student. “It’s not like, ‘You…

Toronto General Hospital says its medical surgical intensive care unit is free of infectious COVID-19 patients for the first time since March 26, 2020, and its managers and nurses are celebrating. Denise Morris, a nurse manager in the unit, told CBC News on Wednesday that today is an emotional day. She said the ICU nurses have showed up every…

People who wear makeup such as lipstick or mascara may be absorbing or licking up potentially harmful ingredients that hang around for decades in the environment, according to a new study by researchers in the U.S., Canada and Switzerland. Those ingredients, known as polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), are rarely disclosed on labels, making them hard to…

Ontario reported 296 additional cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, the fewest on a single day since last September, as well as the deaths of 13 more people with the illness. The rolling seven-day average of daily cases, one of the most critical indicators of the pandemic’s growth or decline, is down to 479, its lowest point…

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has wrapped up a mini-summit with leaders of the European Union that was part business, part thank-you for co-operation in securing Canada a share of European-manufactured coronavirus vaccines. There has been a lot of discussion between Canada and the EU over vaccine supply, which in the early stages proceeded in fits and starts. Charles…

COVID-19 is bringing the James Bay community of Kashechewan in northeastern Ontario to the breaking point.  As of Tuesday morning, there were 216 active cases, most of them children. About half a dozen people are so sick that they were airlifted to a hospital in Kingston for treatment.  They include Celina Wynne’s parents, who arrived in Kingston late last week….

Vaccine maker Novavax said Monday its shot is highly effective against COVID-19 and also protected against variants in a large, late-stage study in the U.S. and Mexico. The vaccine was about 90 per cent effective overall and preliminary data showed it was safe, the company said. Novavax also said vaccine efficacy appeared to be preserved in those…

For months now, noted American cardiologist and researcher Eric Topol has been keenly following the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines around the world. And he can’t say enough good things about his northern neighbour’s fast and sudden rise to the top. His frequent praise for Canada can be found on Twitter, including a recent tweet lauding the country for “pulling away,…

Ever since Metro Vancouver resident Craig Spanza was infected with COVID-19 at work this past March, he has fought myriad long-term after-effects that include debilitating brain fog, exhaustion and shortness of breath.   But Spanza, 49, has also been dealing with a new diagnosis that came rather unexpectedly since he got sick: rapid-onset, Type 2 diabetes.  “It sure…