Pandemic

The top US health agency on Thursday said it was lifting mask-wearing guidance for people who are fully vaccinated against Covid-19, a watershed moment that President Joe Biden called "a great day" in the long pandemic fight. The announcement by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) marked an…

Coronavirus LM Otero / AP, File WASHINGTON (AP) — In a major step toward returning to pre-pandemic life, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention eased mask-wearing guidance for fully vaccinated people on Thursday, allowing them to stop wearing masks outdoors in crowds and in most indoor settings. “Today is…

President Muhammadu Buhari will leave Nigeria on Saturday for an official trip to Paris, the France capital. SaharaReporters learnt from top sources that the President would be in Paris for at least four days, where he has also been scheduled to meet his doctor. "Buhari will be heading to Paris…

Date: Wednesday, May 12, 2021 Throughout the afternoon caregivers will place paper bags containing LED candles along the garden path outside PeaceHealth Southwest’s Firstenburg Tower PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center caregivers will create a luminary lighting display Thursday evening May 13 to honor the healthcare heroes who have courageously served patients…

Michael Woods/Associated Press It's been nearly two years since the last College World Series as the 2020 season was canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic. But soon, the top programs in the country will be battling it out to try to win the national championship as the 2021 campaign nears…

Retired nurse Teresa Meierhofer at her home in Pritchard, B.C., on May 5, 2021. Kathryn Learie/The Globe and Mail As the COVID-19 pandemic is forcing a redeployment of health resources, nurses are upset that doctors are getting paid up to five times as much as them for doing the same…

Food safety professionals were already “in the belly of the beast” before the coronavirus pandemic hit and they continue to be in the hot seat, according to Craig Wilson of Costco. Wilson gave the keynote address this morning at the 2021 Food Safety Summit. The virtual session today, May 11,…

France has recorded a historic decrease in acute gastroenteritis that public health officials have linked to measures in place during the COVID-19 pandemic. Following the first lockdown because of coronavirus very low levels were recorded from March 2020 in the 2019 and 2020 winter monitoring season that ran from mid-November…

SEATTLE -- Washington state’s Department of Health says preliminary data shows more people died of drug overdoses in 2020 than any other year in at least the last decade. Authorities say the effects of the coronavirus pandemic likely led to a drug use surge. The Seattle Times reports fatal drug…

May 10, 2021Updated: May 10, 2021 1:13 p.m. 1of3In this aerial photo released by Xinhua News Agency, the Mount Qomolangma, also known as Mount Everest, base camp is seen on May 25, 2020. China will draw a “separation line” atop Mount Everest to prevent the coronavirus from being spread by climbers…