Quebec announces 8 new COVID-19 deaths as hospitalizations rise slightly

COVID on Wednesday, with 114 in intensive care.This is down by four for hospitalizations and unchanged for ICUs since the previous day.Last Wednesday, there were 722 hospitalizations with 127 in ICU.According to latest data for hospitalizations, 59 per cent were admitted for other reasons but tested positive for COVID-19. For those in ICUs, 31 per cent were admitted for other reasons.

Nurses draw vaccine doses from a vial as Maryland residents receive their second dose of the Moderna coronavirus vaccine on March 25, 2021 in Bowie, Maryland. (Win McNamee/Getty Images) NEW YORK - Moderna's experimental COVID-19 vaccine that combines its original shot with protection against the omicron variant appears to work, the company announced Wednesday.COVID-19 vaccine makers are studying updated boosters that might be offered in the fall to better protect people against future coronavirus surges.Moderna's preliminary study results show people given the combination shot experienced an eight-fold increase in virus-fighting antibodies capable of targeting the omicron mutant, the company announced.RELATED: Moderna asks FDA to approve COVID-19 vaccine for kids under 6Today’s COVID-19 vaccines all are based on the original version of the coronavirus.

A deer tick; also called a blacklegged tick; Ixodes scapularis. (CDC Photo) The Connecticut Department of Public Health has reported a second Powassan virus infection case this year.The elderly New London County woman, in her 90s, died.  She is the third known death ever in the state from the tick-borne disease.She became ill in early May and was admitted to a hospital with fever, altered mental status, headache, chills, rigors, chest pain, and nausea.

COVID lockdowns and police operations against supply chains has led to a sharp and potentially harmful increase in fake MDMA, the study published in the Drug Science, Policy and Law journal claimed.Festival goers are therefore being warned about an “unprecedented shift” in the UK MDMA drug market, which has seen huge changes between 2019 and 2021 when Brexit was enacted and COVID lockdowns came into force.The Loop is testing @Parklifefest again this weekend & we are very keen to see what is in circulation this summer. We envisage it is more like 2019 but there are still some cathinones in circulation & a few sock drawer & old stock legacy pills from last year doing the rounds.

$116M in top prizing up for grabs in Tuesday’s Lotto Max draw Winning Maxmillion tickets were sold in Quebec, Ontario, Alberta and B.C.The jackpot for the next draw on June 10 will be $43 million.

Maharashtra had seen 1,881 new Covid cases a day ago  As many as 2,701 more people tested positive for Covid-19 in the last 24 hours across Maharashtra, said the state health department on Wednesday.  Out of the total, 1,765 cases were detected from state capital Mumbai. 

WASHINGTON - A college student from New York City rode a bus to Washington, D.C. on May 1 and, aside from a mysterious phone call for help, hasn't been heard from since. Now, more than a month later, her family is desperate to find her. TiJae Baker, 23, an artist and art student, had gone down to D.C.

Provisional figures from the Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HSPC) show that there were 63 Covid-19 deaths in Ireland last month.

enforcing the rules.  “Airline shall ensure that all passengers are wearing face mask properly and continue to wear the mask throughout the journey. The face masks can be removed under exceptional circumstances and for permitted reasons only," said the DGCA in its new order.  “In case, any passenger on board an aircraft refuses to wear mask or violates the ‘Covid Protocol for passengers’ even after repeated warnings, during the course of the flight, such passenger may be treated as ‘Unruly Passenger’," it added.  This follows an order by the Delhi High Court, which stated that strict actions should be taken against those passengers who are found violating Covid-19 safety norms at airports and inside aircraft.

Coronation Street beauty Sophie Webster hasn’t been so lucky when it comes to love.The cobbles favourite, played by Brooke Vincent, came out as a lesbian shortly after converting to Christianity as a teenager, and quickly found herself in a series of whirlwind relationships.From a runaway bride storyline to a relationship with an older woman, Sophie really has seen it all.But where are the actors who played her girlfriends now? Battling health conditions, dramatic makeovers and a spate of cheeky sex confessions, Daily Star has taken a look.Sophie’s first ever partner and later fiancée Sian Powers ended in a tragic ditching at the altar storyline, while for actress Sacha Parkinson it’s only been onwards and upwards.The star, instantly recognisable by her stunning blonde locks, recently underwent a dramatic hair transformation and turned into a brunette.The star showed off her new ‘do in a glam bathroom selfie alongside pals, wearing her sleek hair down past her shoulder and donning a V-neck leopard-print top for the occasion.For Sophie actress Brooke, her on-screen relationship was her first ever kiss in real life, aged just 16.It was also the soap’s first ever on-air lesbian kiss.Brooke said of the kiss: “I remember we had a tea break beforehand.

NEW DELHI: India reported 5,233 fresh covid infections in the last 24 hours, taking the tally of active cases to 28,857, according to the Union health ministry's updated data on Wednesday. On Tuesday, the country had reported 3,714 new cases. Active cases now make for 0.07% of total infections, while the national recovery rate was at 98.72%, the ministry said.

COVID-19 recovery rate of 98.72 percent. In the last 24 hours, the active COVID-19 caseload has grown by 1,881 cases. According to the ministry, the daily positivity rate was 1.67 percent, and the weekly positivity rate was 1.12 percent.

Maharashtra logged 1,881 new Covid-19 infections and 8,432 active cases on Tuesday. Of the 1,881 Covid cases, Mumbai added 1,242 Covid infections--almost double the previous day's count. India's financial capital had recorded 676 cases but no deaths on Monday.

COATESVILLE, Pa. - Tower Health announces Western Chester County will lose Medic 93 EMS services.Months after losing two hospitals, Tower Health announced Tuesday that some of those same communities will lose their EMS services come September.The medical group said in a statement that they are consolidating Medic 93 EMS from four locations down to two in September. The new locations will focus on a service area around Reading, Northern Chester and Montgomery counties, and the 422 corridor.This change in service means TowerDIRECT will no longer work out of three units in Western Chester County that provide Advanced Life Support to about ten different municipalities: the former Brandywine Hospital, the Washington Hose Fire Department (FD) and Keystone Valley FD in Parkesburg.The Chester County EMS Council says that leaves those municipalities, like Coatesville, in a scramble to find a new agency in 90 days, mid-budget cycle.MORE HEADLINESPolice: 34-year-old man dead after being shot multiple times inside his vehicle in CrescentvilleDepartment of Homeland Security bulletin warns of heightened extremist threatFired Philadelphia man threatens shooting at former job, police sayIf Coatesville cannot find a new agency by the fall, if someone calls 911 with a medical emergency, paramedics will have to come from other municipalities that are already stretched too thin."That would be coming from a distance from what they are used to receiving when there was a paramedic unit stationed at Brandywine Hospital, says Chester County EMS Council Vice President, Matthew Eick.

WASHINGTON - More than 82 million COVID-19 vaccine doses have reportedly gone to waste since the beginning of the pandemic, according to media reports. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shared the data with NBC News, meaning that just over 11% of doses the federal government distributed between December 202 through mid-May were discarded. That's nearly 20 million more doses wasted than the 65 million The Associated Press reported wasted in February. CVS and Walmart were responsible for the largest amount – over a quarter – of doses thrown away during the 1.5-year time period. Other chains like Rite Aid, Costco and a dialysis center each wasted more than a quarter of the doses they received, the report said. COVID SCHOOL CLOSURES CAUSED RISE IN MENTAL HEALTH ER ADMISSIONS, SUICIDAL IDEAS, TABLET MAGAZINE ARTICLE SAYSThe vaccines come in a vial and have a short shelf life.

Today we are reporting 7,050 community cases, 361 current hospitalisations, and 24 deaths. 

Police say a 34-year-old man was found dead after he was shot multiple times inside his vehicle Tuesday evening in Crescentville. PHILADELPHIA - Police are investigating a fatal shooting that happened Tuesday evening in Crescentville. Just before 5:30 p.m., police say they received multiple 911 calls about a shooting on the 6200 block of Oxford Avenue.Upon arrival, authorities say they found a 34-year-old man, who had been struck multiple times by gunfire, slumped in the driver's seat of a Toyota Camry. Responding officers say they got the victim out of the car and rushed him to Einstein Hospital where he was pronounced dead at 5:36 p.m. According to authorities, the man had been shot in the face, chest, and torso at least 12 times.Thirty-two spent shell casings were found along Oxford Avenue and officials say that two separate semiautomatic guns were fired in the victim's vehicle. MORE HEADLINESPolice: Man, 42, dies after being shot in the head multiple times in North PhiladelphiaBoy, 15, chased down and shot in North Philadelphia triple shooting, police sayFired Philadelphia man threatens shooting at former job, police sayThe multiple gunshots caused the victim to spin out of control as the hood, driver's side door, and driver's side window were struck by gunfire, according to police.

UNSPECIFIED - CIRCA 1970: Photo of Seals & Crofts Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images NEW YORK (AP) - Jim Seals, who teamed with fellow musician "Dash" Crofts on such 1970s soft-rock hits as "Summer Breeze," "Diamond Girl" and "We May Never Pass This Way Again," has died at age 80.His death was announced Tuesday by several people including John Ford Coley, who had formed the ‘70s duo England Dan and John Ford Coley with Seals’ older brother Dan. Further details were not immediately available."This is a hard one on so many levels as this is a musical era passing for me," Coley wrote.

Beanie Feldstein announced on Instagram this Tuesday that she will have to miss a string of upcoming Funny Girl performances because she has COVID-19.Although she has tested positive, she clarified that she is 'vaxxed and I'm boosted and I'm very grateful to not be feeling too bad.'While the 28-year-old temporarily withdraws from the show 'to keep everybody safe,' her standby Julie Benko will take her place. Uh oh:Beanie Feldstein announced on Instagram this Tuesday that she will have to miss a string of upcoming Funny Girl performances because she has COVID-19Julie's Broadway experience includes understudying Cosette in Les Miserables and multiple roles in Fiddler On The Roof.'I'm just really bummed to miss seeing you all at the theater and I can't wait to get back onstage very soon,' said Beanie in her Instagram video, blowing a kiss.

The Ministry’s Chief Science Advisor, Dr Ian Town will host a media briefing at 1.30pm today to provide updates on the COVID-19 response – specifically, on the surveillance measures for monitoring new variants of the virus in Aotearoa.

Vogue Editor in Chief and Global Content Officer Anna Wintour, who is a founding committee member, hosted the initiative's festivities alongside Brent Saunders and Tory Burch at Saint Theo's in New York City. This year's NewYork-Presbyterian Youth Anxiety Center Dinner marks the 11th anniversary of the program, aiming to de-stigmatize conversations around mental illness and help vulnerable youth seek treatment. Over the pandemic, depression rates have skyrocketed, leading teenagers to report record rates of feeling unwell.

With nearly 22% of the nation yet to receive a single COVID-19 vaccine dose, federal vaccine advisers today recommended that the Novavax COVID-19 vaccine be approved under an emergency use authorization (EUA).

Nick Jonas is reassuring fans that he’s doing fine.

COVID-19 caused 62% of duty-related deaths of US police officers in the first year of the pandemic—a rate that rose to 77% to 82% among minority officers—according to a new study published in Policing: An International Journal.

Comedian Dave Chappelle speaks onstage during the 90th Annual Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center on March 4, 2018, in Hollywood, California. (Kevin Winter/Getty Images) BUFFALO, N.Y. - In the aftermath of the deadly shooting at a Buffalo supermarket last month, sports teams, charities, and others are providing support to the community, and comedian Dave Chappelle is now stepping in to help.Chappelle hosted relatives of the Buffalo shooting victims at his show Sunday at Shea’s Performing Arts Center in Buffalo, according to multiple media reports. The entertainer announced that he would donate ticket sales from his show to the families of the victims killed in the shooting at Tops Supermarket.

People who believe in conspiracies about the COVID-19 pandemic are at an increased risk of experiencing anxiety and depression, according to new research presented at the European Congress of Psychiatry and published in Frontiers in Psychiatry.The research was based on survey results of 700 volunteers who answer

NEW YORK - In a brazen daytime attack, a man shoved a woman onto the train tracks at an outdoor subway station in the Bronx on Sunday afternoon. The NYPD released a video from a security camera at the Jackson Avenue station in the Melrose section showing the disturbing attack. A person wearing a white tank top, red backpack, and backward baseball cap grabs someone standing on the platform and hurls her onto the tracks, the video shows.

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Ontario government’s last-remaining COVID-19 mask mandates are set to expire later this week.The mandate for settings deemed high-risk was previously set to be lifted on April 27, but was extended to June 11, which is this Saturday.It applies to public transit, health-care settings, long-term care and retirement homes, as well as shelters and other congregate care settings that provide services to “medically and socially vulnerable individuals,” the province previously said. Ontario extends remaining COVID mask mandates A full list of the settings where masking is still required is available here.The Ministry of Health told Global News on Tuesday that chief medical officer of health Dr.

WILMINGTON, Del. - Police say two teens have been charged in connection to the shooting of another teen in Wilmington.A 14-year-old gunshot victim was reportedly found on the 600 block of South Union Street in Canby Park around 6:44 p.m. Monday.

coronavirus variant can dodge antibodies from earlier infection well enough to trigger a new wave.

File: A member of the National Guard patrols the grounds of the US Capitol on March 4, 2021, in Washington, DC. (Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images) WASHINGTON - A looming Supreme Court decision on abortion, an increase of migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border and the midterm elections are potential triggers for extremist violence over the next six months, the Department of Homeland Security said Tuesday.The U.S.

Justin Trudeau isn’t saying whether he supports President Joe Biden’s decision to exclude Venezuela, Nicaragua and Cuba from this week’s Summit of the Americas.Trudeau acknowledges that some of the countries in the Western Hemisphere are “less like-minded” than others.But he says they all share a number of urgent issues, such as migration pressures, climate change and recovering fully from the COVID-19 pandemic. Trudeau says world leaders should ‘keep up with changes’ as Chile undergoes mining reform All three are expected to be on the agenda at the weeklong summit as the prime minister departs for Los Angeles later Tuesday.On the way, he and Defence Minister Anita Anand are stopping in Colorado Springs, Colo., for meetings with commanders and officials from NORAD, the joint-command continental defence system slated for upgrade.Also accompanying Trudeau are Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault and Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly, who is scheduled to meet with U.S.

TRENTON, N.J. - Summer travel is in full swing, but drivers still won't find any relief at the pump across the Delaware Valley.New Jersey gas hit another record high Tuesday with prices averaging $5.01 a gallon, up 3 cents overnight and 24 cents from last week.In Philadelphia, gas prices have been sitting above $5 since last week as the average surged to $5.08 overnight.However, Pennsylvania prices barely remain below the $5 mark at $4.98 a gallon.

COVID on Tuesday, with 114 in intensive care.This is up by 96 for hospitalizations and a decrease of two for ICUs since the previous day, as hospitals report updated figures following the weekend.Last Tuesday, there were 808 hospitalizations with 140 in ICU.According to latest data for hospitalizations from the weekend, 62 per cent were admitted for other reasons but tested positive for COVID-19. For those in ICUs, 34 per cent were admitted for other reasons.

Mumbai on Tuesday reported 1,242 new COVID cases pushing the active tally to nearly 6,000.  

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COVID-19 pandemic.“University of Guelph graduates from 2020 and 2021 are getting a do-over — a chance to cross the stage with their peers and enjoy an enhanced graduation experience like no other,” a release from the school read. New charitable space beer launched in Guelph, Ont.

Maharashtra on Tuesday recorded 1,881 fresh Covid-19 cases but no pandemic-related deaths, the state health department said. The caseload in the state rose to 78,96,114, while death toll remained unchanged at 1,47,866. Maharashtra also saw 878 recoveries in a span of 24 hours.

Finland is the latest EU nation to extend Covid entry restrictions for travellers from the UK until next month.

long COVID. One of the most common symptoms of COVID-19 is loss of sense of smell and taste. And, a quarter of the patients, who have lost their smell because of Covid, do not get it back for months after the initial recovery.

In this photo provided by Regal Air, musher Sebastien Dos Santos Borges, of France, and sled dog Leon arrive in Anchorage, Alaska, Saturday, June 4, 2022, after being reunited. (Credit: Regal Air) An Iditarod sled dog was found safe after disappearing from a checkpoint in the race three months ago and covering nearly 150 miles, the Iditarod Trail Committee said Saturday.Musher Sebastien Dos Santos Borges of France was picking Leon up and returning with him to France, the trail committee said in a statement.Leon went missing in March after what the trail committee said was his "escape" from the Ruby checkpoint.

₹5,850. This led to revenue per available room (RevPAR) rising 5% from April 2019 to ₹3,804.

People taller than 5'9 could be at a higher risk of more than 100 health conditions, a new study claims.