Type 2 poliovirus detected in wastewater in the Gaza Strip
A poliovirus variant has been detected in six wastewater samples in Khan Younis and Deir Al Balah, two cities in southern and central Gaza. In a Facebook post on Friday, …
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The Bank of Canada’s growing list of worries
For months, the Bank of Canada has been trying to thread a needle: slow the economy just enough to get inflation back under control but not so much that it causes …
TVS iQube: TVS Motor launches new variant of iQube priced at Rs 94,999
TVS Motor Company launched a new variant of the TVS iQube with a 2.2 kWh battery at Rs 94,999 (Bengaluru ex-showroom), the company said in a press release on Monday. …
B.C. launches spring COVID-19 vaccine booster program
B.C.’s health minister has announced a spring COVID-19 booster campaign, with shots recommended for seniors, Indigenous people over 55 and long-term care home residents in particular. Invitations to book a …
Left with few options, major U.S. airlines are using Boeing’s safety crisis as leverage
Airline executives are frustrated with Boeing as its safety crisis has upended their business plans. But in a tight market for large aircraft supplied by two companies, they have little …
Homeless people in Toronto more likely to get COVID again compared to housed population: study
People who are homeless have high rates of COVID-19 reinfection, putting the health of an already vulnerable population at further risk, a study published Friday in the BMC Infectious Diseases …
Boeing jetliner that suffered inflight blowout was restricted because of concern over warning light
The Boeing jetliner that suffered an inflight blowout over Oregon was not being used for flights to Hawaii after a warning light that could have indicated a pressurization problem lit …
COVID-19 variant JN.1 leading cause of infection in US- CDC
The Omicron coronavirus subvariant JN.1 now makes up about 44.2 per cent of COVID-19 cases in the United States, according to the US Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). …
Just 15% of Canadians got updated COVID vaccines this fall, new figures show
Canadians raced to get vaccinated against COVID-19 in the first years of the pandemic, but data suggests there’s far less of a rush to get the latest shots available this …
New Brunswick’s rapid journey from 1st to worst in preventing COVID deaths comes with few explanations
A year after New Brunswick residents set a dubious Canadian record for COVID-19 deaths, provincial health officials remain reluctant to speak about what went wrong in the province, or even acknowledge that things …