COVID-19 vaccine seekers, spurred by reports of doses being dumped and feeling antsy for the American vaccine rollout to pick up the pace, say they want to prevent waste by getting their shot early.
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President Joe Biden is to meet on Monday with a group of 10 Republican senators who have proposed $618 billion in coronavirus aid, about a third of the $1.9 trillion he is seeking as congressional Democrats are poised to move ahead without GOP support.
Canadians determined to fly to sunny destinations are still able to do so despite new travel restrictions announced by the federal government last week.
More than 100 countries have yet to begin vaccinating their populations against COVID-19, with reasons varying from cost constraints to poor organization, red tape and widespread mistrust of vaccines.
The deadliest month yet of the coronavirus outbreak in the U.S. drew to a close with certain signs of progress: COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations are plummeting, while vaccinations are picking up speed.
The coronavirus mutation first detected in Britain caused half of all new infections in the Netherlands by Jan. 26, Dutch health minister Hugo de Jonge said on Monday.
About 1,500 of the initial volunteers in a late-stage clinical trial of the Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine were given the wrong dose, but not informed that a mistake had been made after the blunder was discovered, documents obtained by Reuters show.
A Toronto brother and sister have found an innovative way to protect their family members and others against COVID-19 with a 360-degree shielded helmet with a built-in air purification system.
South Africa gave a hero's welcome Monday to the delivery of its first COVID-19 vaccines - 1 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine produced by the Serum Institute of India.
