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How misinformation can kill you
Marcus Gee
canada
Governments seek buyer as Quebec COVID-19 vaccine manufacturer Medicago set to close
Retired nurse Donna Lessard takes part in the Medicago COVID-19 vaccine clinical trials with project co-ordinator Raphael Brochu Friday, Jan. 29, 2021, in Mirabel, Que. The parent company of Medicago Inc. has announced it will shut down the Quebec-based biopharmaceutical company which had developed a vaccine against COVID-19. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
report on business
Canada Goose cuts forecasts after spike in COVID-19 cases in China hits sales
FILE PHOTO: Labels are seen on Canada Goose jackets in a store in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., February 7, 2022. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo
canada
Coronavirus Update: Blood donations suggest 73 per cent of Canadians have had COVID-19
Volunteer Veronica Noland explains the reason for closing of the COVID-19 mass vaccination site that was administering the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine at Elgin's Eastside Recreation Center on Tuesday, April 13, 2021 in Elgin, Ill. The U.S. is recommending a “pause” in using the single-dose Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine to investigate reports of potentially dangerous blood clots The site plans to reopen tomorrow using the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. (Rick West/Daily Herald via AP)
canada
Ottawa caught off guard by Saskatchewan’s ‘unforeseen’ request for COVID-19 help
Paul Merriman, Saskatchewan's health minister, speaks to media after the throne speech at the Legislative Building in Regina on Wednesday Oct. 27, 2021. Documents show employees in the federal departments were surprised when Merriman sent a letter in October 2021 requesting help during the height of the fourth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Michael Bell
world
COVID-zero is gone. Can China get its economy back on track in 2023?
FILE PHOTO: A Chinese flag flutters on a ship in front of a globe in Shanghai, China August 2, 2022. REUTERS/Aly Song
canada
Backlog targeted as Veterans Affairs reports nearly $1B for ex-soldiers was unspent
Minister of Veterans Affairs Lawrence MacAulay participates in an interview in his office in Ottawa, on Thursday, Dec. 15, 2022. The Trudeau government is facing fresh calls to eliminate the backlog of disability claims from ill and injured veterans amid revelations Veterans Affairs Canada failed to spend nearly $1 billion of its budget last year. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
opinion
Is COVID-19 still a global health emergency?
André Picard
opinion
High grocery prices and food insecurity – the system is broken all over the world
Gisèle Yasmeen
asia-pacific business
China’s fiscal revenue growth in 2022 skids as COVID-19 jolts economy
People walk on a street in the Beijing's Central Business District (CBD), during the morning rush hour following the Chinese Lunar New Year holiday, in Beijing, China, January 30, 2023. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang
world
WHO maintains COVID-19′s public health emergency status
Patients, most of them elderly with covid symptoms, are crowded at the Changhai Hospital hall as they receive medical treatment, in Shanghai, China, Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2023. As COVID-19 rips through China, other countries and the World Health Organization are calling on its government to share more comprehensive data on the outbreak. Some even say many of the reported numbers are meaningless. (Chinatopix Via AP)
canada
WHO decision on COVID-19 emergency won’t affect Canada’s response: Tam
Canada's Chief Public Health Officer Theresa Tam is seen during a news conference, Friday, January 20, 2023 in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
canada
Ontario launches fee code for doctors treating patients with long COVID
Ontario has released a billing code for doctors to diagnose long COVID, which doctors and advocates say is a crucial first step to better understanding, treating and destigmatizing a growing problem. Paramedic Jessica Aiken administers a nasal swab at a drive through, pop-up COVID-19 test centre outside a Canadian Tire Centre, in Ottawa, Sunday, Sept. 20, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
european business
EU may pay more for Pfizer COVID-19 shots in return for lower volume
FILE PHOTO: A medical worker prepares a dose of the "Cominarty" Pfizer-Bivalent coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine at a vaccination center in Nice as a new surge in the COVID-19 outbreak starts in France, December 7, 2022. REUTERS/Eric Gaillard
morning update newsletter
Morning Update: Review of billions of COVID-19 wage benefits not worth it, CRA head says
The Canada Revenue Agency sign outside the National Headquarters at the Connaught Building in Ottawa is seen on Monday, March 1, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
politics
Review of billions of COVID-19 wage benefits not worth the effort, CRA head says
The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) headquarters Connaught Building is pictured in Ottawa on Monday, Aug. 17, 2020. The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) has filed an unfair labour practices complaint against the union representing taxation employees, claiming it is not bargaining in good faith. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
canada
As demand for COVID-19 shots wanes, underserved communities face multiple barriers again
A person draws out a vaccine in Kingston, Ont., on Sunday January 2, 2022. A study from the C.D. Howe Institute estimates a six-month delay in the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines in Canada would have led to a loss of $156 billion in economic activity in 2021.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Lars Hagberg
politics
Blood donations suggest 73 per cent of Canadians have had COVID-19
Volunteer Veronica Noland explains the reason for closing of the COVID-19 mass vaccination site that was administering the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine at Elgin's Eastside Recreation Center on Tuesday, April 13, 2021 in Elgin, Ill. The U.S. is recommending a “pause” in using the single-dose Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine to investigate reports of potentially dangerous blood clots The site plans to reopen tomorrow using the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. (Rick West/Daily Herald via AP)
world
FDA advisers back the same COVID-19 vaccine for initial shots, boosters
FILE PHOTO: Vials labelled "VACCINE Coronavirus COVID-19" and a syringe are seen in front of a displayed graph in this illustration taken December 11, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
canada
Ontario through worst of respiratory virus season, chief medical officer says
Dr. Kieran Moore, Ontario's Chief Medical Officer of Health, speaks at a press conference during the COVID-19 pandemic, at Queen’s Park in Toronto on Monday, April 11, 2022. Moore says even though COVID-19 and flu activity is declining, the province "must remain vigilant" as a more transmissible variant gains ground.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
u.s. business
U.S. airlines forecast strong 2023 travel, but costs may dampen outlook
FILE PHOTO: An American Airlines Airbus A321-200 plane takes off from Los Angeles International airport (LAX) in Los Angeles, California, U.S. March 28, 2018. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo
canada
Vaccine hesitancy, COVID conspiracies led to thousands of deaths, high cost for health care system, report finds
Anti-vaccine demonstrators heckle Dr. Joe Vipond, not shown, an emergency room physician, leads a sustained protest against the Alberta government ending COVID testing, tracing, and isolation in Calgary, Alta., Thursday, Aug. 12, 2021. Jeff McIntosh for The Globe and Mail
canada
Coronavirus Update: The impact of COVID-19 infections on the immune system, explained
The head of Ontario's critical care COVID-19 command centre has asked the province’s hospitals that treat adults to accept children 14 and older in need of intensive care to relieve pressure on pediatric hospitals. A paramedic attends to a patient in the hallway due to an at capacity emergency room at the Humber River Hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic in Toronto on Tuesday, January 25, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
canada
Alberta NDP questions fate of premier’s long-promised advisory panel on public health
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith gives an Alberta government update in Calgary on Jan. 10, 2023. Smith’s long-promised public health science advisory panel, which has been beset by slipped deadlines and confusing messaging, has the NDP Opposition questioning whether it exists or ever will. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
world
COVID-19 deaths, severe cases in China have fallen more than 70% since peak early this month: officials
A medical worker in a protective suit checks a thermometer for a patient at the entrance to the fever clinic of the Central Hospital of Wuhan, amid of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Wuhan, Hubei province, China December 31, 2022. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang
alberta
Alberta NDP says it would scrap COVID-19 review panel if party wins election
Opposition Leader Rachel Notley says Premier Danielle Smith has entangled herself in a web of lies and needs to come clean with Albertans over what she has been saying to prosecutors pursuing COVID-19 health violations. Notley speaks in Edmonton on Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
opinion
Preston Manning’s COVID-19 panel appointment is a $253,000 travesty
Gary Mason
international business
Johnson & Johnson expects hit from high inflation, China’s COVID-19 outbreak to carry into 2023
FILE PHOTO: Johnson & Johnson company offices are shown in Irvine, California, U.S., October 14, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo
politics
COVID-19 drove sharp rise in child labour worldwide, as ‘risky’ goods bought by Canadians increase, report says
A Kashmiri boy plucks flowers during saffron harvest in a field in Pampore on the outskirts of Srinagar on November 5, 2022. (Photo by TAUSEEF MUSTAFA / AFP) (Photo by TAUSEEF MUSTAFA/AFP via Getty Images)
world
U.S. proposes once-a-year COVID-19 shots for most Americans
FILE - A nurse prepares a syringe of a COVID-19 vaccine at an inoculation station in Jackson, Miss., July 19, 2022. U.S. health officials are proposing a simplified approach to COVID-19 vaccinations, which would allow most adults and children to get a once-a-year shot to protect against the mutating virus. The new system unveiled Monday, Jan. 23, 2023 would make COVID-19 inoculations more like the annual flu shot. Americans would no longer have to keep track of how many shots they’ve received or how many months it’s been since their last booster. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)
technology
Microsoft and Amazon quarterly results to highlight softening cloud business
(FILES) In this file photo taken on January 18, 2023 a sign outside a building with offices belonging to Microsoft is seen in Chevy Chase, Maryland. - Microsoft on January 23, 2023 said it had extended its partnership with OpenAI, the research lab and creator of ChatGPT, an artificial intelligence chatbot that has sparked widespread fears of cheating in schools and universities. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP) (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)
energy and resources
Physical oil market starts year with a rally on Chinese demand, Russian sanctions
FILE PHOTO: Pumpjacks are seen during sunset at the Daqing oil field in Heilongjiang province, China August 22, 2019. Picture taken August 22, 2019. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo
world
China rings in Lunar New Year with most COVID-19 rules lifted
People aim to burst balloons with toy guns at a stall along the Yangtze River in Wuhan, in China's central Hubei province, on January 22, 2023. - Residents in Wuhan are marking three years since a once-mysterious virus plunged them into a terrifying lockdown, with their city becoming the epicentre of the Covid-19 epidemic that became global. (Photo by Hector RETAMAL / AFP) (Photo by HECTOR RETAMAL/AFP via Getty Images)
world
China reports almost 13,000 new COVID-related deaths
People visit a traditional Spring Festival flower market which reopens after closure due to the spread of the Covid-19 coronavirus in Guangzhou, in China's southern Guangdong province on January 20, 2023, ahead of the Lunar New Year of the Rabbit celebrations which falls on January 22. (Photo by AFP) / China OUT (Photo by STR/AFP via Getty Images)
retirement planning
After COVID and Hurricane Ian, I have come to realize much of what I planned for my retirement ‘are an illusion for the foreseeable future’
Janet Salian in Fort Myers Beach, Florida (hard hit by Hurricane Ian) for the feature “Tales from the Golden Age” in Report on Business.
health & fitness
Does COVID-19 disrupt the immune system?
The head of Ontario's critical care COVID-19 command centre has asked the province’s hospitals that treat adults to accept children 14 and older in need of intensive care to relieve pressure on pediatric hospitals. A paramedic attends to a patient in the hallway due to an at capacity emergency room at the Humber River Hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic in Toronto on Tuesday, January 25, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette