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COVID-19 kills 2 more in N.B., child and youth hospitalized
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COVID-19 has killed two more New Brunswickers, while a child under four and a youth aged five to 19 are among the 19 people hospitalized for or with the virus, data released by the province Tuesday shows.COVID activity remains moderate, and most indicators remained stable during the reporting period, April 21 to April 27, the Respiratory Watch report says.The report comes just days after the National Advisory Committee on Immunization, known as NACI, issued its latest guidance on fall COVID-19 v
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Toronto fire chief who played key role in COVID-19 response announces retirement
Toronto Fire Chief Matthew Pegg, who was a key figure in the city's COVID-19 response, has announced his retirement. After 32 years in active service and eight years as chief, Pegg says he will officially step down on Oct. 4. Pegg was one of the prominent faces of the city's pandemic response and helped steer the immunization program as Toronto's COVID-19 incident commander, a role he held until 2022. In a statement posted to social media, he says there has not been a single day when he has not
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AstraZeneca pulls its COVID-19 vaccine from the European market
LONDON (AP) — The pharma giant AstraZeneca has requested that the European authorization for its COVID-19 vaccine be pulled, according to the EU medicines regulator. In an update on the European Medicines Agency's website Wednesday, the regulator said that the approval for AstraZeneca's Vaxzevria had been withdrawn “at the request of the marketing authorization holder.” AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine was first given the nod by the EMA in January 2021. Within weeks, however, concerns grew about t
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AstraZeneca withdraws its vaccine to protect against COVID-19 worldwide
AstraZeneca says it is withdrawing Vaxzevria, its vaccine to protect against COVID-19, from global markets. The vaccine was used early on in the pandemic in many countries, including Canada. In an update on the European Medicines Agency's website on Wednesday, the regulator said that the approval for Vaxzevria had been withdrawn "at the request of the marketing authorization holder." More than three billion doses of the vaccine have been supplied since it first was administered in the United Kin
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Saint John, N.B., airport offers new regional routes after COVID-19 disruption
SAINT JOHN, N.B. — Regional air service in New Brunswick will get a boost in September when Saint John Airport adds new weekday flights to Halifax, reviving a route that was cancelled because of the pandemic. A news release says Quebec-based PASCAN Aviation will offer two daily return flights between Saint John and Halifax from Monday to Friday, as well as one return flight between Bathurst and Saint John every weekday. The airline will fly 30-passenger SAAB 340B planes on the routes, beginning
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Will withdrawal of AstraZeneca vaccine affect your next COVID booster jab?
The withdrawal comes as the government invites people to take part in the spring booster.
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COVID-19 kills 2 more in N.B., child and youth hospitalized
COVID-19 has killed two more New Brunswickers, while a child under four and a youth aged five to 19 are among the 19 people hospitalized for or with the virus, data released by the province Tuesday shows.COVID activity remains moderate, and most indicators remained stable during the reporting period, April 21 to April 27, the Respiratory Watch report says.The report comes just days after the National Advisory Committee on Immunization, known as NACI, issued its latest guidance on fall COVID-19 v
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A doctor whose views on COVID-19 vaccinations drew complaints has her medical license reinstated
An Ohio doctor who drew national attention when she told state legislators that COVID-19 vaccines made people magnetic has had her medical license reinstated after it was suspended for failing to cooperate with an investigation. The Ohio State Medical Board recently voted to restore Sherri Tenpenny’s license after she agreed to pay a $3,000 fine and cooperate with investigators. Tenpenny, an osteopathic doctor, has been licensed in Ohio since 1984. She drew national attention in 2021 when she te
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High-risk Albertans urged to get another vaccine dose as COVID-19 cases ticking up
After trending downward for several months, COVID-19 is on the upswing in Alberta once again.The province's respiratory virus dashboard shows a number of key indicators, including case counts, hospitalization numbers and positivity rates, are ticking up."Many jurisdictions in Canada have seen a slight bump in late April in the number of COVID cases, the positivity rate and also in their wastewater monitoring," said Dr. Dan Gregson, an infectious diseases specialist in the Cumming School of Medic
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Ottawa will stop providing COVID-19 rapid tests to regions
The Government of Canada plans to stop supplying provinces and territories with free COVID-19 rapid tests, which has an infection control epidemiologist worried about two-tiered health care, increased spread and increased health-care costs."The federal government continues to support Canada's rapid testing needs while the federal inventory remains," Health Canada spokesperson Nicholas Janveau told CBC News."That said, rapid test programming was and continues to be a provincial/territorial respon
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Judge rules arrest of Diagolon founder on COVID-19 protest charges not politically motivated
A Nova Scotia judge has ruled the 2022 arrest of the founder an anti-government group who protested COVID-19 restrictions outside the home of the province's chief medical officer of health was not politically motivated.Judge Jill Hartlen of the Nova Scotia provincial court made the decision last week in the case of prolific podcaster Jeremy MacKenzie, 37, and his partner, Morgan Guptill, 33, who are arguing harassment and mischief-related charges against them should be tossed due to alleged viol
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