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- 12/20/2021
Omicron may sideline two leading drugs against COVID-19
For more than a year antibody drugs from Regeneron and Eli Lilly have been the go-to treatments for early COVID-19, thanks to their ability to head off severe disease and keep patients out of the hospital. - 12/20/2021
Ontario investigating rapid COVID test resales for possible fines
Government and Consumer Services Minister Ross Romano says 900 "egregious'' complaints about rapid test resales have been referred to police forces. - 12/20/2021
Hospitals update visitor policies due to community spread amid Omicron wave
As of today, Unity Health Toronto, a hospital network consisting of St. Joseph's Health Centre, St. Michael's Hospital and Providence Healthcare, says each inpatient who has a stay fewer than seven days will not be allowed a visitor. - 12/20/2021
Omicron variant prompts additional COVID-19 measures in B.C.
Starting at 11:59 p.m. on Wednesday, bars, nightclubs, gyms, fitness centres and dance studios will have to close, and all seated events will be reduced to 50% capacity. - 12/19/2021
Moderna: Initial booster data shows good results on Omicron
Moderna said lab tests showed the half-dose booster shot increased by 37 times the level of so-called neutralizing antibodies able to fight Omicron. - 12/19/2021
Close the toilet before you flush: How not to invite Delta and Omicron to your Christmas parties
While many, including Queen Elizabath II, will be forgoing their normal Christmas festivities, if you are charging ahead, the organization COVID-STOP has some advice. - 12/19/2021
Should I work one more year?
One more year syndrome. That's what Dr. Matt Poyner calls it. The tendency, as financial independence approaches, to seek problems, weak spots and reasons to worry. - 12/19/2021
Ontario health units working around high COVID test demand as Omicron spreads
Ottawa Public Health advised health workers in a memo last week that virus testing is no longer available to everyone in a timely manner due to a surge in demand. - 12/19/2021
EU approves 5th COVID-19 vaccine for bloc, one by Novavax
Novavax says it currently is testing how its shots will hold up against the Omicron variant, and like other manufacturers has begun formulating an updated version to better match that variant in case in case it's eventually needed. - 12/19/2021
European study suggests aspirin use linked to increased risk of heart failure
Associated with a 26% raised risk of a new heart failure diagnosis, according to a study published in ESC Heart Failure.