COVID-19: No new deaths as Quebec sees dip in hospitalizations

COVID-19 Saturday, with 107 patients in intensive care.The latest number of hospitalizations is a slight rise of two patients from Friday’s data. However, this is a drop of 10 patients in intensive care.This is also a significant drop of 194 hospitalizations in comparison to last Saturday’s hospitalizations which stood at 865.Of the 671 people hospitalized, around 41 per cent of them were admitted because of the virus, while about 59 per cent were admitted for other reasons but then tested positive for COVID-19.

COVID-19 pandemic, the return of the RCMP Musical Ride is coinciding with the Platinum Jubilee of a monarch with whom members share a “very special” bond, says the force’s riding master.It’s a bond that dates back to 1969, when the RCMP presented Queen Elizabeth II with the jet-black horse that would go on to become her favourite — Burmese.Though the Queen took in the Platinum Jubilee parade from her balcony this year after suffering recent health issues, for years she led the Horse Guard Parade as part of Trooping the Colour from atop the steady mare gifted to her by the Canadian police force.“I would also say that it’s very personal and that we have had immediately a bond and an understanding revolved around horses,” said Sgt.-Maj. Scott Williamson, the RCMP’s riding master.

Covid-19. These types of viruses do not end quickly and fluctuations will keep happening. We should move toward normalcy," said Dr Sanjay Rai, senior epidemiologist at AIIMS.

lungs. So in case, the patient contracts severe infections, the walls and linings of the air sacs in the lungs are affected.  Symptoms: Excessive sputum production, coughing, chest congestion and difficulty in breathing. COVID can cause acute coronary syndrome, congestive heart failure, myocarditis, and arrhythmias.

Biological E cuts price of its Covid vaccine to ₹250 per dose Biological E had earlier said the price of Corbevax has been reduced to ₹250 from ₹840 a dose, inclusive of GST, for private vaccination centres. It would result in end users paying a price of ₹400 a dose, including taxes and administration charges, the company had said in a statement.

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ANI, “The long-term impact might not be much right now. The number of cases might increase which doesn't matter much as RNA virus keeps mutating. Increased severity & death toll matters, which is unlikely." Speaking about the current COVID situation, he said that in the view of the second and third waves, the situation in our country can be considered great right now.

The Maharashtra government on Saturday made the use of face masks mandatory in the state as the Covid-19 spike continues. According to a public order, masks have been made compulsory in closed public spaces such as trains, buses, cinemas, auditorium, offices, hospitals, colleges, and schools.

A Lanarkshire MSP has welcomed funding for people with Long Covid in South Lanarkshire.

A new yoga class has been launched at a Rutherglen community centre with the aim of ending mental health stigma.

COVID-19 rapid tests — a tool that experts consider vital to fighting the pandemic — will not be shipped to Canadian provinces and territories come year’s end, and some fear “it may be too soon” for such a decision.“Rapid tests are an amazing tool. So if not those, then what,” Colin Furness, infection control epidemiologist and assistant professor at the University of Toronto’s faculty of information, questioned while speaking to Global News Friday.

Theresa Tam, chief public health officer of Canada, said that the risk of exposure to monkeypox “isn’t exclusive to any group or setting.”“Anyone, no matter their gender or sexual orientation, could get infected and spread the virus if they come into close contact, including intimate sexual contact with an infected person or a contaminated object,” she added.Outbreaks of diseases like monkeypox becoming more frequent, WHO warnsAccording to the World Health Organization (WHO) website, monkeypox is a disease that is transmitted from animals to humans and it comes from the same family of viruses that causes smallpox, which was declared to be eradicated in 1980.Monkeypox symptoms consist primarily of skin lesions on the mouth and genitals, and they can also include fever and headaches, as well as joint and muscle pain, according to the WHO.Globally, there are 550 confirmed cases in 30 non-endemic countries where the virus has not usually been found.Canada confirmed its first two cases of monkeypox on May 19 when two individuals in Quebec tested positive for the rare disease.Monkeypox cases in Canada are suspected to have originated from a local sauna in Montreal, doctors have told Global News.However, government officials have so far stayed clear of confirming the origin of monkeypox in Canada citing concerns of privacy and stigmatization. Montreal sauna suspected origin of Canada’s monkeypox outbreak: doctors Despite the growing number of cases since then, deputy chief public health officer Dr.

Novavax Inc’s NVAX.OCOVID-19 vaccine, even as the company’s data showed it could reduce the chances of mild-to-severe disease.In Novavax’s nearly 30,000 patient trial, conducted between December 2020 and September 2021, there were four cases of a type of heart inflammation calledmyocarditis detected within 20 days of taking the protein-based shot.“These events raise the concern for a causal association with this vaccine, similar to the association documented with mRNA COVID-19 vaccines,” FDA staff wrote in briefing documents released on Friday. COVID vaccine-related heart inflammation lower for kids than teens: U.S.

Covid-19 cases reporting 4,041 new infections, the highest daily tally in nearly three months.

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Today we are reporting 6,291 community cases, 369 current hospitalisations, and 11 deaths. 

NEW YORK - Genetic analysis of recent monkeypox cases suggests there are two distinct strains in the U.S., health officials said Friday, raising the possibility that the virus has been circulating undetected for some time.Many of the U.S. cases were caused by the same strain as recent cases in Europe, but a few samples show a different strain, federal health officials said. Each strain had been seen in U.S.

LOS ANGELES - At least three people are fighting for their lives after being stabbed at a hospital in the Encino neighborhood of Los Angeles Friday evening.The Los Angeles Police Department responded to a call a little after 3:45 p.m. at the Encino Hospital Medical Center on Ventura Boulevard.

near-death experience battling COVID and cancer. In an interview set to air on CBS “Sunday Morning” this Sunday, the 72-year-old recounted how serious his fight with lymphoma became after getting diagnosed with COVID and spending five weeks in the ICU. “Oh, man — what a journey,” Bridges recounted before admitting he “couldn’t breathe” and went through “amazing pain” during the ordeal.When interviewer Ben Mankiewicz asked whether he had moments where he thought, “Well, this might be it,” the “Big Lebowski” star responded, “Oh, the doctors, yeah – my wife would ask, ‘Is he gonna die?’ And they say, ‘We’re doing the best we can.’ They wouldn’t reassure her that it was all gonna be fine.”  Bridges, who this year is celebrating 45 years of marriage to Susan Geston, also pondered that it was interesting how different people deal with mortality.

Brad Johnson, best known for his work on Melrose Place, has sadly passed away at the age of 62.

ideal time to work out? Is it best to hit the gym in the morning? Or, should you wait until the evening to pump some iron?Well, according to new research, it depends. In a new study, published Tuesday in "Frontiers in Physiology," 36 women and 26 men were randomized to workouts in the morning or evening for 12 weeks. Participants were nonsmoking, healthy, trained women and men with no known cardiovascular or metabolic diseases as assessed by a medical history and a comprehensive medical examination. In addition, all participants were highly active, middle-aged (25–55 years old) and had a lean body mass index and stable weight for at least 6 months prior to the beginning of the study.People run on treadmills at a New York Sports Club in Brooklyn, New York (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) The men and women were required to do multimodal workouts — a combination of physical exercises requiring different components, such as cardiorespiratory, muscular strength and flexibility — for a total of four training sessions per week.RELATED: Exercise after COVID-19 vaccine may increase antibodies, study findsThe people were then analyzed for their muscular strength, endurance, power, body composition, respiratory exchange ratio, behavioral mood changes and dietary intake.

In a detailed review ahead of next week's advisory committee meeting, Food and Drug Administration (FDA) staff today said the Novavax COVID-19 vaccine will likely provide meaningful protection against the Omicron variant, but they raised concerns about the potential for rare cardiac conditions after vaccination.

HARRISBURG, PA - JANUARY 15: Lieutenant Governor John Fetterman (D - PA) delivers an introduction for Governor Tom Wolf during an inaugural ceremony on January 15, 2019 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Wolf won by more than 17 percent in November to clai HARRISBURG - The cardiologist for John Fetterman, the Democratic nominee for U.S.

A US survey study published today in JAMA Network Open reveals that screenings for breast cancer and cervical cancer fell 6% and 11%, respectively, in the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic.

A study of 4,737 COVID-19 patients in Israel conducted during the Omicron surge concludes that Pfizer's antiviral drug Paxlovid roughly halves the risk of severe COVID-19 or death, according to findings published yesterday in Clinical Infectious Diseases.For the retrospective cohort study, researchers analyzed data on

TULSA, Okla. - Hospitals, like schools, are not typically designed to guard against the threat of a determined gunman entering the building to take lives.The vulnerability of health care facilities was highlighted by a shooter who killed four people and then himself Wednesday at a hospital in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The assailant got inside a building on the Saint Francis Hospital campus with little trouble, just hours after buying an AR-style rifle, authorities said.Here’s a look at what's known about security at the Tulsa facility and other American hospitals:No, the 45-year-old man identified as the shooter, Michael Louis, of Muskogee, Oklahoma, parked his car in an adjoining garage, then went through unlocked doors into the medical building, authorities said.Police guard the entrance to the Natalie Building at the Saint Francis Hospital on June 2, 2022 in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

One of the biggest obstacles to ending COVID-19 has been the misinformation that leads people to reject vaccinations. WHO’s donors are supporting work to bring accurate health information to all corners of the world so that people can protect themselves from COVID-19, polio and other diseases.

Booster COVID-19 vaccination was tied to a 57% reduction in cases among 2,613 National Basketball Association (NBA) players and staff who were regularly screened for infection during the Omicron variant surge, according to a research letter published yesterday in JAMA.

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poisonings in children involving the sleep aid melatonin — including a big jump during the pandemic.Last year, U.S. poison control centers received more than 52,000 calls about children consuming worrisome amounts of the dietary supplement — a six-fold increase from about a decade earlier.

A fried chicken shop boss has been disqualified after wrongly claiming more than £50,000 in covid support cash. Ifraz Nabi, 41, has been banned from running companies for seven years after he abused the Eat Out to Help Out and covid furlough schemes for his takeaway New York Krispy Fried Chicken in Levenshulme.

COVID-19 pandemic as hospitalizations continued to fall Friday.There were 1,067 patients hospitalized with the disease, a net drop of 38. In the last day, there were 63 admissions and 101 discharges.Intensive care unit cases related to the health crisis came to a total of 28, a rise of four.The daily tally includes 542 new novel coronavirus cases based on PCR screening, which only certain high-risk groups can access.On that note, 12,095 PCR tests were administered in the latest roundup.Officials say 219 additional rapid test results were reported by Quebecers in the last day.

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UFC star Paulo Costa is reported to have been questioned by police after he allegedly hit a nurse over his Covid-19 vaccination certificate in his native Brazil.The middleweight fighter is reported to have been questioned in his hometown of Contagem for allegedly hitting a nurse with his elbow over his vaccination certificate, as reported by a number of local news outlets. The nurse who claims the UFC star hit her spoke to local radio station Itatiaia and said that the fighter attended a vaccination centre, walked around for a few minutes before then saying that he had already been vaccinated.

COVID on Friday, with 117 in intensive care.This is down by one for hospitalizations and a decrease of two for ICUs since the previous day.Last Friday, there were 948 hospitalizations with 154 in ICU indicating a drop in figures week-over-week.According to latest data for hospitalizations, 58 per cent were admitted for other reasons but tested positive for COVID-19. For those in ICUs, 38 per cent were admitted for other reasons.

Bloomberg reported adding “The forecast is particularly bleak in developing countries like India. " Currently, the employment gap between men and women is about 58 percent point. And closing that gap could expand India’s GDP by close to a third by 2050, as per an analysis from Bloomberg Economics.

MENDOCINO, Calif. - Each week, the price of gas across the country – but especially in California – gets impossibly higher.Just before Memorial Day, the Chevron on Alameda de las Pulgas in Menlo Park hit $7.25 a gallon.Then, this week, one Chevron in Los Angeles was selling gas for more than $8 a gallon. And now, we've spotted gasoline costing $9.50 a gallon at a gas station in Mendocino. These prices are well over the average price of gas in the Golden State, which last weekend surpassed $6 a gallon for the first time ever, according to the AAA. This is an all-time high for the state.Breaking it down by cities, on Friday, the average price in Oakland is $6.37 a gallon, San Jose is $6.38 a gallon and San Francisco is $6.50 a gallon. The prices are curbing drivers' plans. Laura Dena and her sons would have typically go to Southern California around Memorial Day weekend to escape Arizona’s scorching heat.

ALBANY, N.Y. - New York is set to ban the purchase or possession of a semi-automatic rifle for people under 21 years old, a major change to state firearm laws pushed through less than three weeks after an 18-year-old used one of the guns to kill 10 people at a supermarket in Buffalo.The Legislature spent Thursday evening debating the bill raising the age limit, which passed the Senate 43-20 along party lines. The legislation, which also launches a licensing requirement, is the centerpiece of a package of gun control bills announced earlier this week by Democratic legislative leaders and Gov.

NEW DELHI : Even as newer variants of the contagious SARS-CoV-2 continue to emerge, experts stress on the need to formulate newer composition for covid-19 booster doses.  Hinting at the fact that to be completely secure and something close to that, one will have to have at least three to four Covid-19 booster shots. The vaccines that are being administered now protect against severe Covid-19, hospitalizations and deaths.

A woman who spent more than 40 years working at Paisley's hospital has returned to give up her time as a volunteer.

Covid-19 protocols. DGCA’s advocate Anjana Gosain, who herself is inflicted with Covid-19 and appeared through video conferencing, said the authorities are seriously implementing norms regarding masking at airports and in aircraft by all concerned.

India on Friday recorded another surge in the number of fresh cases of Covid-19 as 4,041 new infections were reported in the last 24 hours. This is the highest daily tally in nearly three months. Earlier, India had recorded as many as 4,194 COVID-19 cases on March 11.

Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Thursday said people should use face masks, vaccinate themselves and follow discipline if they don't wish to experience Covid-19 restrictions again. Speaking at the state Covid-19 task force meeting amid a rise in the number of cases over the past few days, Thackeray said the government will keep a watch over the situation for a fortnight. Maharashtra on Thursday recorded 1,045 new coronavirus infections and one death, taking the active tally to 4,559.  The state's caseload stands at 78,89,212, and death toll is 1,47,861.

LANGHORNE, Pa. - After the brutal cold of a long winter and the gradual warm-up through spring, it's around this time when people are eager to hit the road for summer travel. But not so fast. The average cost for a gallon of regular fuel reached a new national high on Thursday of $4.71, according to AAA. Closer to home, Pennsylvania's average price at the pump rose to $4.80 per gallon. Motorists in New Jersey are paying an average of $4.79 per gallon, although south jersey skews slightly cheaper at $4.75.