With a fourth dose of vaccine only available across the province to those deemed at higher risk for severe COVID-19 outcomes, some infectious disease experts are calling for expanded eligibility due … [+5973 chars]
In a recent study published in The Lancet journal, researchers at Imperial College London quantified the impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination programs in 185 countries and te… [+6449 chars]
Through most of recorded history, human life expectancy was around 30 years. This was an average, so for every person who died as a newborn, there might be someone who lived to 60, or two people who … [+6994 chars]
New Delhi, June 27 (IANSlife) Anyone who’s ever had a pet knows how important it is to get them vaccinated on time to protect them against all known diseases, whether minor or major one. When it come… [+3474 chars]
Our 11 News Call For Action team pens a weekly column for our news partner The Gazette. Previous columns can be found here. COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KKTV) - The final age group waiting for approval … [+3087 chars]
Peel Region has its first confirmed case of monkeypox. According to Peel Public Health, the person infected is an adult male in his 30s who lives in Mississauga. The heath unit said the risk to the… [+1238 chars]
Nobody likes to get an itchy fly bite, but ravenous flying insects are an inevitable part of summer. When five-year-old Mary Eddy of Conception Bay South, N.L. gets bitten by blackflies, she has a f… [+9014 chars]
Overweight is defined as having a body mass index of 30 or greater; a BMI of 25 to 29.9 is considered overweight.Tibor Kolley/The Globe and Mail Make small diet tweaks to prevent adult weight gain … [+4715 chars]
A new branch of COVID-19’s Omicron variant, BA.5, is poised to become dominant in Ontario, and experts are watching closely, as it’s much better at getting around immunity, whether that immunity is f… [+5951 chars]
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