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Doctors say claim that Beijing’s 1st Omicron case came from Canada isn’t based on science

Health minister calls it ‘an extraordinary view’ Catharine Tunney · CBC News · Posted: Jan 17, 2022 4:25 PM ET  Doctors say an allegation out of China that Beijing’s first Omicron case may be linked to mail received from Toronto should be treated with deep skepticism. Chinese health authorities said earlier Monday that a case of Omicron in Beijing may have […]

Experts examine how COVID-19 testing fits into Canada’s present and future

While Omicron has hurt access to PCR testing, we could still see expanded capacity, one expert says Priscilla Ki Sun Hwang · CBC News · Posted: Jan 17, 2022 4:00 AM ET Since the earliest days of the pandemic, COVID-19 testing has never been less accessible for the general public — and one expert says the testing tides have […]

Pfizer Covid pill approved by Health Canada

By Joel Goldenberg The Suburban Health Canada has approved Pfizer’s antiviral Covid pill Paxlovid Monday morning. “Health Canada has authorized the combination of two antiviral drugs, nirmatrelvir and ritonavir (brand name PAXLOVIDTM), to treat adults with mild to moderate COVID-19 who are at high risk of progressing to serious disease, including hospitalization or death,” says […]

Canada in for ‘intense’ weeks of Omicron infections, hospitalization surges: data

By Aaron D’Andrea  Global News Posted January 14, 2022 10:29 am Updated January 14, 2022 1:07 pm Canada is set for several “intense” weeks of COVID-19 activity as Omicron will continue to drive record infections and hospitalizations, new federal data suggests. The projections, made by Canadian health officials on Friday, indicate the Omicron wave could peak at 170,000 cases a day […]

Canada’s growing bio-economy facing skilled labour shortage: report

By Mark Neufeld Posted Dec 7, 2021, 6:48PM MST. Last Updated Dec 8, 2021, 8:39AM MST. The bio-economy in Canada is one of the few sectors that has grown during the pandemic, however a new report indicates Canada is facing a serious talent shortage when it comes to hiring skilled workers in the field. The bio-economy […]

City workers slam Health Department for unsafe return-to-work policies

By Julia Marsh (Tue, October 19, 2021) About 1,000 New York City Health Department employees have signed a letter blasting the agency’s return-to-office guidelines, accusing it of failing to communicate internal COVID-19 cases and not following a “science-informed” approach, including masking and social distancing. “It’s a huge contradiction because we’re the Health Department,” one agency worker […]

Health experts dismayed at Texas Gov. Abbott’s ban on vaccine mandates as state nears 70,000 COVID deaths, and U.K. government slammed for mismanaging pandemic in new report

By Ciara Linnane (Tue, October 12, 2021) Public health experts reacted with dismay Tuesday to the news of Texas Gov. Greg Abbot’s executive order banning any company or entity, public or private, from enforcing COVID-19 vaccine mandates, which comes as the U.S. government and others step up the use of mandates as they work to […]

Healthcare Leaders Gather to Address World’s Most Widespread Public Health Crisis: Loneliness and Isolation

By PRNewswire (Tue, October 05, 2021) On October 13th, the Foundation for Social Connection, a non-profit dedicated to ensuring the development of evidence-based solutions for a socially engaged society, and Social Health Labs, a social impact organization founded to facilitate innovation in the social health space, will host Connect+Healthcare, the fifth in a unique series of interactive events focused on […]