Tag: pandemic
Alcohol-related deaths and hospitalizations spiked during the pandemic. Could policy have...
The COVID-19 pandemic threw a wrench in Dr. Peter Butt's retirement plans. Not because of an influx in patients infected with the new virus...
WHO marks 5 years since COVID-19 came on its radar —...
On Dec. 31, 2019, the World Health Organization first learned about what ended up becoming the worst pandemic in over a century.That day,...
Jobless rate reaches 6.8 % in November, highest since 2017, excluding...
Canada's unemployment rate jumped to 6.8 per cent last month as more people looked for work in a weakening job market. The jobless rate...
Bank of Canada makes a chunkier rate cut, lowering by half...
The Bank of Canada has lowered its key interest rate to 3.75 per cent, making a 50-basis-point cut for the first time since...
Canada must act now to be prepared for the next health...
Canada needs to learn from the COVID-19 pandemic and take action before the next health emergency strikes, an expert panel of doctors and researchers...
Ottawa launches pandemic preparedness agency, seeks faster vaccine development
The federal government is creating a new agency to improve Canada's ability to handle rapidly spreading infectious diseases and protect Canadians from future...
Cause of next pandemic with 50% death rate among infected predicted...
The former chief of the US Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has issued a chilling forecast warning that bird flu could be the...
Americans arrested in alleged multi-million mask swindle of Canadians during pandemic
Fraudsters in the U.S. swindled funds that were supposed to buy 12 million face masks for Canadians in the frantic early days of the COVID-19 pandemic,...