A Yukon judge has dismissed a legal challenge of the territory’s Civil Emergency Measures Act (CEMA), the legislation used to create and enforce public health rules and restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Seven plaintiffs sued the territorial government in 2020, arguing that CEMA was unconstitutional and gave politicians too much power without sufficient oversight. They wanted the legislation struck down.
Comments closedCOVID hasn’t just colonized billions of humans. The virus has entered North America’s white-tailed deer populations, transforming one of the largest remaining wild mammal populations on Earth into another rapidly evolving reservoir for COVID.
Comments closedThe number of people with COVID-19 in B.C. hospitals rose this week, while other data released Thursday by the B.C. Centre for Disease Control was a mixed bag.
There were 263 test-positive COVID patients in provincial hospitals Thursday, up from 244 last week, an increase of 7.7 per cent.
Comments closedHospitals continue to deal with multiple COVID‑19 outbreaks in Ottawa as rising case counts, outbreaks and wastewater data indicate the city is headed into an anticipated fall viral triple-demic.
For the first time this season, there are signs that Influenza A is beginning to circulate widely in Ottawa, wastewater surveillance shows. For now, though, COVID‑19 remains the dominant and most destructive respiratory illness circulating, along with RSV (respiratory syncytial virus) to a lesser extent.
Comments closedThe right-wing godfather’s Alberta government report promotes politicians over scientists and doctors.
Comments closedSouth Muskoka Memorial Hospital (SMMH) has closed its doors to visitors following a facility-wide COVID-19 outbreak.
In collaboration with the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit, the COVID-19 outbreak was declared at the Bracebridge site after eight patients and six staff across four inpatient units tested positive.
Comments closedEleven patients in two different units have contracted COVID-19 while receiving care at the hospital.
Comments closedOn Wednesday, Quebec’s National Director of Public Health, Dr. Luc Boileau, issued a new call for vaccination, due to a “serious” circulation of COVID-19 and an imminent wave of influenza in Quebec. Here are seven questions to understand why vaccination remains an important tool in the fight against these infectious diseases.
Comments closedOttawa Public Health on Wednesday reported three more deaths due to COVID-19, as well as 207 new cases over the seven days ending Monday.
The new data collected Tuesday brings the total number of deaths to 1,136, while 94,917 cases of COVID-19 have been registered since the pandemic began.
Comments closedThe COVID-19 outbreak at Olds Hospital and Care Centre has grown since first being declared, according to Alberta Health Services (AHS).
Comments closedCiting a serial circulation of COVID-19 and an imminent wave of influenza in Quebec, National Director of Public Health, Dr. Luc Boileau, invites those at…
Comments closedCompared to the 3 years prior to the pandemic, children with medically complex conditions and otherwise healthy children saw decreases in severe non-COVID respiratory illnesses in 2020 and 2021, the authors of a study yesterday note in JAMA Network Open.
The cross-sectional study, based on 139,078 respiratory hospitalizations in Canada, shows that the mitigation efforts used during the first several months of COVID-19 likely prevented serious outcomes from respiratory illness complications, including hospitalizations, intensive care unit (ICU) admissions, and death.
Comments closedA panel reviewing Alberta’s COVID-19 response is calling for rule changes to ensure the province’s premier and cabinet have the last word in future crises, with help from a new senior science officer.
Comments closedA new report from Statistics Canada has found that more women died of COVID-19 than men did during the earliest months of the pandemic.
Comments closedAt least two more New Brunswickers have died from COVID-19, including one aged 20 to 44, while a child under four is among the 52 people hospitalized for or with the virus, the latest weekly figures released by the province Wednesday show.
Comments closedInfectious disease researcher, Tara Moriarty, has an update on Covid activity in New Brunswick and beyond, and its implications this time of year.
Comments closedSouth Muskoka Memorial Hospital in Bracebridge (SMMH) has closed its doors throughout the hospital, including the emergency department, to the public.
Comments closedA new COVID-19 subvariant called HV.1 is gaining traction across Canada, but whether or not it is more contagious than past variants remains to be seen, according to health experts.
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