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Dr. Katharine Smart, the president of the leading association of Canadian medical professionals, says raising the international vaccination rate is the only way to prevent the rise of new COVID-19 variants that are prolonging the pandemic through an endless cycle of lockdowns and serious illness.

The CPSA's discipline tribunal upholds its not-guilty finding in the case of Dr. Keith Oneil Martin—the same doctor found guilty last year of biting a nurse.

Dr. Bonnie Henry said Tuesday 706 people have been hospitalized in the last week, but the numbers appear to be peaking for all age groups.

Ontario's official COVID-19 testing volumes have plummeted since PCR access was sharply restricted in the face of an Omicron surge, but rather than widely re-expanding eligibility in the future, the province appears to be forging a new pandemic testing path.

The Canadian Press used Freedom of Information law to request copies of all written responses sent to Ford after he asked for input from health leaders on a potential mandatory vaccination policy for hospital workers in October.

Suddenly, millions of people are focused on their vocabulary of five-letter words, and are newly aware of concepts like letter frequency and letter position as they strategize about the best opening words and faster solutions.

Omicron, the Geneva-based World Health Organization says, has fueled more cases—90 million—in the world over the last 10 weeks than during all of 2020, the outbreak's first full year.

Dr. Brian Nadler is accused of killing 89-year-old Albert Poidinger at the Hawkesbury and District General Hospital last year.