World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic five years ago today
Five years ago, the World Health Organization declared a global pandemic of the novel coronavirus, setting off a series of ...
Ottawa marks 5 years since 1st COVID-19 case, start of global pandemic
The first confirmed COVID-19 case in the Ottawa region was announced five years ago on Tuesday, the same day the World Health ...
'A time of effort and sacrifice': 5 years since COVID-19 declared a global pandemic
The WHO's declaration five years ago followed months of warning signs about the dangers of COVID-19, including mass lockdowns ...
B.C.’s kids are not meeting Canada’s movement guidelines or getting enough sleep: study
Researchers at UBC conducted a survey of more than 26,000 children in Grades 6 to 8 and found that only four per cent are meeting Canada's recommendations for daily movement.
Masks, tests and empty shelves: York University photo exhibit captures the COVID-19 pandemic, 5 years on
A new exhibit at York University aims to show the challenges that people faced during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, ...
You Cannot Run a Country This Way
Our markets will have a nervous breakdown from uncertainty, our entrepreneurs will have a nervous breakdown, our ...
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B.C. takes advantage of U.S. ‘chaos,’ trade war to attract more doctors and nurses
British Columbia’s health minister says “now is the time” for American doctors and nurses to move to the province as it fast ...
‘Pandemic babies’ turn 5: Here’s what research tells us about their development and remarkable resilience
Our research has found that most pandemic-born children have been remarkably resilient to the disruptions caused by COVID.
Morning Update: How COVID shaped and shattered public health
It is, somehow, the fifth anniversary of the COVID pandemic – more on that below, along with new violence in Syria and Loblaw ...
Health unit urges vaccinations amid Windsor area measles outbreak
“Vaccination is the most effective way to prevent measles,” the health unit said. “For those who are unvaccinated, the risks ...
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Alcohol and cancer risk: what you need to know
On the basis of such syntheses, researchers agree that alcohol increases the risk of at least seven types of cancer: mouth, ...