Colds, flu and Covid-19 are caused by different viruses, but can have similar symptoms. It can be hard to judge which one you may have. Most people who feel ill with coronavirus will have at least one of the key…
Read MoreB.C. adds 179 more COVID-19 cases to its total and three new deaths
British Columbia added another 179 cases of COVID-19 to its provincial tally on Friday. Forty of those cases were “historical” diagnoses from the Vancouver Coastal Health region, some dating back to early August, while 139 were reported as new since…
Read MoreWildfires’ toxic air leaves damage long after the smoke clears – The Denver Post
By Katheryn Houghton, Kaiser Health News SEELEY LAKE, Mont. — When researchers arrived in this town tucked in the Northern Rockies three years ago, they could still smell the smoke a day after it cleared from devastating wildfires. Their plan…
Read MoreAnger from London, Ont. mayor amid growing coronavirus outbreak: ‘You are going to kill someone’
A growing outbreak of COVID-19 sparked anger and frustration from Ed Holder, the mayor of London, Ont., on Thursday. Earlier in the day, the Middlesex-London Health Unit (MLHU) said that 28 students at Western University had tested positive for coronavirus…
Read MoreOntario reports 315 new coronavirus cases, 64% under the age of 40
Ontario is reporting 315 new cases of the novel coronavirus on Wednesday, bringing the provincial total to 45,383. Wednesday’s case count is a significant increase from Tuesday, which saw 251 cases and also higher than Monday which saw 313 new cases….
Read MoreU.S. outlines sweeping plan to provide free COVID-19 vaccines
WASHINGTON — The federal government outlined a sweeping plan Wednesday to make vaccines for COVID-19 available for free to all Americans, even as polls show a strong undercurrent of skepticism rippling across the land. In a report to Congress and…
Read MoreCOVID-19 exodus fills vacation towns with new medical pressures
By Markian Hawryluk, Katheryn Houghton and Michelle Andrews The staff at Stony Brook Southampton Hospital is accustomed to the number of patients tripling or even quadrupling each summer when wealthy Manhattanites flee the city for the Hamptons. But this year, the…
Read MoreCoronavirus cases reported at 172 schools in Quebec, education ministry says
There is at least one case of the novel coronavirus in 172 schools across Quebec, the province’s education ministry announced Tuesday. The government’s latest figures, which date from last week, show that there are 283 cases of COVID-19 in preschool, elementary and…
Read MoreSilver diamine fluoride dental treatment helps fill cavities for seniors
By Michelle Crouch, Kaiser Health News Denver dental hygienist Jennifer Geiselhofer often cleans the teeth of senior patients who can’t easily get to a dentist’s office. But until recently, if she found a cavity, there was little she could do….
Read MoreIsrael going back under nationwide lockdown to combat surge in coronavirus cases
JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday announced a new countrywide lockdown will be imposed amid a stubborn surge in coronavirus cases, with schools and parts of the economy expected to shut down in a bid to bring…
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