More than 455,000 people in the Kingston region have been vaccinated against COVID-19. Now health officials say they are using the summer months, with low infection rates, to look to the future that fall may entail, and are asking those still eligible to be vaccinated to do so. Read more: Kingston Health Sciences Center to …
According to the medical director of health, New Brunswick will be ready to launch COVID-19 vaccines to children under five as soon as they are approved and available. The province is also working on an early flu vaccination campaign in anticipation of a “higher than normal” flu season this year, said Dr. Jennifer Russell. In …
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Bianca Andreescu reached her first final in more than a year after Simona Halep retired before her semi-final match at the Bad Homburg Open in Germany on Friday with a neck injury. In his first turf final, Andreescu will play Caroline Garcia on Saturday. “I’m sorry I had to retire today before my semifinal match,” …
Four crucial pages of Mountie senior notes were missing the first time the Federal Department of Justice sent them to public investigation into the Nova Scotia mass shooting. The key section included allegations that the head of the RCMP promised politicians that the force would publish information on the weapons used during the April 2020 …
Covid vaccines reduced the number of deaths worldwide by 20 million in the first year after they became available, according to the first major analysis. The study, which modeled the spread of the disease in 185 countries and territories between December 2020 and December 2021, found that without the vaccines against Covid, 31.4 million people …
The CDC’s Immunization Practices Advisory Committee (ACIP) voted unanimously on Thursday to recommend that children between the ages of 6 and 17 receive Moderna’s vaccine against COVID-19. With a 15-0 vote, ACIP approved a two-dose primary series of mRNA vaccine for children 6 to 11 years of age (50 mcg per dose) and adolescents 12 …
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Canada’s technology sector has grown rapidly in recent years as local startups and foreign giants engaged in hiring hundreds of thousands of well-educated and talented workers. But this expansion has recently slowed to a rise, as high inflation, rising interest rates and the fall in cryptocurrency have drawn a lot of optimism from the sector. …
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Credit: CC0 Public Domain A group of experts backed a second COVID-19 vaccine option for children ages 6-17 on Thursday. Advisors from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention voted unanimously to recommend Moderna injections as an option for school-age children and teens. This group has been able to get shots fired by Pfizer …
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If you’re tired of receiving spam on your phone, you’re not alone. According to research firm RoboKiller, the United States received nearly 12 billion spam and scam messages during the month of May alone, rounding up about 43 per person in the country. Fortunately, Apple is now hoping to help combat the influx with a …
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The Toronto Raptors have selected Christian Koloko of the University of Arizona with the 33rd overall selection in the NBA Draft, their only selection for the 2022 event. Koloko, a seven-foot center-back who shares the same hometown as Pascal Siakam in Cameroon, averaged 12.6 points, 7.3 rebounds and 2.8 blocks as a junior with the …