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Healthy eating in the pandemic

By: My name is Alisha Shums, and I am certified Nutritionist. I help clients from all over the world be a fitter version of...

Ways To Wake Up Early Even If You’re A Night Owl

By:John H. Ostdick It’s difficult to be a night owl in a world that caters to and honors early risers. The school day begins at...

Leukemia: What You Need to Know?

By:J ohn H. Ostdick Leukemia is a cancer of the blood or bone marrow. Bone marrow produces blood cells. Leukemia can develop due to a...

What is Encephalitis?

By: John H. Ostdick Encephalitis is a type of acute brain inflammation. A viral infection or the immune system wrongly targeting brain tissue are the...

Omicron subvariant BA.2 reported in Canada: PHAC

The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) says it has detected more than 50 cases of a new Omicron subvariant known as BA.2. In...

B.C.’s rapid tests sit in storage as severe testing delays plague...

PRINCE GEORGE The BC Liberals are calling on the NDP to develop a detailed plan to utilize the new rapid tests coming from the federal...

Think you may have Omicron? Here are things you can do

By: Andrea Bellemare and Vik Adhopia Symptoms to watch for and when to seek hospital care. Some symptoms of Omicron infection include fever, dry cough, runny...

Pakistani’s research leads to first pig-to-human heart transplant

WASHINGTON: Dow graduate Dr Mohammad Mohiuddin’s groundbreaking research led to the first pig-to-human heart transplant in history and the heart is now beating normally...

Two shots of Pfizer vaccine 70 per cent effective against Omicron...

New research out of the Gauteng province of South Africa is providing more data on how effective the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine is against the...

Some provinces face COVID-19 PCR testing backlogs amid Omicron surge

By: Anthony Vasquez-Peddie CTVNews.ca writer Canadians seeking a COVID-19 PCR test in recent days may have faced long lineups at testing centers and a shortage of...

Doctor asks people not to go to the ER for COVID-19...

By: Tom Yun, CTVNews.ca writer As some hospitals deal with a surge of people with mild or no symptoms seeking COVID-19 tests, an Ontario doctor...

Pfizer Vaccine Has 23% Efficacy Vs. Omicron in South African Lab...

A two-shot course of Pfizer Inc.’s vaccine may have just 22.5% efficacy against symptomatic infection with the omicron variant but can thwart severe disease,...

Exercise Basics

The decision to start exercising—or get more serious about it—is an important one. It can have many positive effects on your life; helping...

Update on Omicron

On 26 November 2021, WHO designated the variant B.1.1.529 a variant of concern, named Omicron, on the advice of WHO’s Technical Advisory Group on...

‘Under attack’: Canadian health-care workers call for more protection from harassment...

By: Adam Miller · CBC News Governments, regulators, and social media platforms need to do more, advocates say Antisemitism, racism, misogyny, unfounded character assassinations...

B.C. residents who got 2 AstraZeneca doses may get booster shot...

VANCOUVER - B.C. residents who received two AstraZeneca shots to protect themselves against COVID-19 may receive an invitation to get their booster shot a...

Researchers discover new type of nerve cell in the retina

Scientists at the John A. Moran Eye Center at the University of Utah have discovered a new type of nerve cell, or neuron, in...

Why COVID-19 boosters weren’t tweaked to better match variants?

More COVID-19 booster shots may be on the way -- but when it’s your turn, you’ll get an extra dose of the original vaccine,...

4 Health Benefits of Eating Nuts & Seeds

Reviewed By:Pramod Kerkar, Nuts and seeds are not just crunchy foods that appeal to our taste buds but are important for our health too. Nuts...

Liberty Counsel: FDA approval doesn’t mean Pfizer shots are ‘safe’

This story was originally published by the WND News Center Despite the Food and Drug Administration’s recent promotion of the Pfizer injection on August 23,...