Category: Health & Medicine

https://i.cbc.ca/1.5929786.1614367883!/cpImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/nurse-prepares-a-dose-of-the-astrazeneca-covid-19-vaccine-in-goyang-south-korea-on-feb-26-2021.jpg The National Advisory Committee on Immunizations (NACI) has recommended against using the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine in people aged 65 and older, although Health Canada has authorized it to be used in adults of all ages. The committee, which makes recommendations to governments Read more …

https://i.cbc.ca/1.5931807.1614614155!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/1231455706.jpg Ivory Coast has begun giving shots to inoculate against COVID-19 with vaccines delivered last week by the global COVAX initiative, which was created to ensure that low- and middle-income countries have fair access to doses. The West African country’s Read more …

https://i.cbc.ca/1.5578403.1597773010!/cumulusImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/covid-19-drive-thru-assessment-centre-william-osler-health-syst.jpg Ontario reported another 1,023 cases of COVID-19 on Monday as nine public health units moved to different tiers of the province’s colour-coded restrictions system, including two that are headed back into lockdown. Among the new cases are 280 in Read more …

https://i.cbc.ca/1.5929786.1614367883!/cpImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/nurse-prepares-a-dose-of-the-astrazeneca-covid-19-vaccine-in-goyang-south-korea-on-feb-26-2021.jpg The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations says it submitted a letter of intent to obtain at least six million doses of the newly-approved Oxford University-AstraZeneca vaccine. “Our First Nations leaders decided that we should take advantage of our international relationships Read more …

https://i.cbc.ca/1.5932213.1614626646!/cumulusImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/covid-19-vaccine.jpg Every eligible adult in British Columbia should be able to receive a first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine by late July after the approval of a new vaccine and a decision to delay second doses. Health officials announced the Read more …

https://i.cbc.ca/1.5931234.1614535329!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/covid-cda-20210226.jpg Health Canada on Saturday received additional data required to inform its decision on Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine — the same day the shot was approved in the United States. “We were waiting on some manufacturing data, and that Read more …

https://i.cbc.ca/1.5911210.1613082750!/cumulusImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/cold-weather.jpg This is an excerpt from Second Opinion, a weekly roundup of health and medical science news emailed to subscribers every Saturday morning. If you haven’t subscribed yet, you can do that by clicking here. It’s been almost a year of “Stay Read more …

https://i.cbc.ca/1.5928594.1614293217!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/1229653990.jpg U.S. health advisers endorsed a one-dose COVID-19 vaccine from Johnson & Johnson on Friday, putting the nation on the cusp of adding an easier-to-use option to fight the pandemic. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is expected to Read more …

https://i.cbc.ca/1.4123359.1522099687!/cpImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/heroin-study-20160406.jpg An emergency court injunction that would have maintained a last-resort treatment for Albertans suffering from the most severe forms of opioid addiction has been rejected.  The application for an injunction was filed by 11 Albertans struggling with severe substance abuse. If Read more …

https://i.cbc.ca/1.5505454.1585922849!/fileImage/httpImage/image.JPG_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/health-coronavirus-3m.JPG Ontario’s health ministry said Friday a number of N95 respirators were sent to health care providers were in fact counterfeits and that it’s now investigating how the products wound up in the provincial stockpile. A spokesperson for Health Minister Christine Elliott said Read more …