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Article content Scientists were rendered giddy by the data published by Pfizer and Moderna for their COVID-19 vaccines. Each showed 94 to 95 per cent efficacy. Canadians now have access to formulations from AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson as well. But their efficacy scores, while very good, are nonetheless slightly lower than those of Pfizer and Moderna. So some Canadians wish to wait for “a better option” when given the chance to receive an AZ or J&J shot. The World Health Organiza...

What’s happening now Alberta reported Monday 364 new cases of COVID-19 on 6,618 tests and three additional deaths. Eligibility for the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines is expanding Monday to include Albertans born in 1947, and First Nations, Métis and Inuit individuals born 1971 or earlier. Alberta will not expand the eligibility for the AstraZeneca vaccine beyond those born in 1961, until it receives more doses in the spring. AstraZeneca eligibility expanded by one birth year again Saturday. All...

Safety and efficacy are high in all of them. It is incorrect to compare their clinical-trial scores directly, as each was trialed on different populations at…

With news on COVID-19 happening rapidly, we’ve created this page to bring you our latest stories and information on the outbreak in and around Calgary. What’s happening now Alberta reported 388 new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, as well as six deaths. The first cases of P.1 Brazilian variant were reported in the province. Alberta will not expand the eligibility for the AstraZeneca vaccine beyond those born in 1961, until it receives more doses in...

Canadians demanded world-leading services in an emergency despite being entirely content to underinvest, for years and years, in our emergency capabilities

Canadians demanded world-leading services in an emergency despite being entirely content to underinvest, for years and years, in our emergency capabilities

Children carry empty water containers inside a migrant encampment in Matamoros, Mexico, Feb. 18, 2021. (CNS/Reuters/Daniel Becerril) In the coming days and weeks, border communities like El Paso, Texas, will once again begin providing hospitality to asylum seekers for the first time in two years. In that time, the Migrant Protection Protocols, more commonly known as the "Remain in Mexico" policy, have forced asylum seeking families and individuals to navigate a punitive immigr...

5 Min Read SALTILLO, Mexico (Reuters) - Dozens of migrant refuges in Mexico have closed their doors or scaled back operations in recent weeks to curb the ravages of coronavirus, exposing people to greater peril just as migration from Central America to the United States is on the rise again. FILE PHOTO: Migrants rest in an improvised shelter set up outside the Posada Belen migrant shelter, which is closed due to an outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Saltillo, Mexico December 27,...

A migrant prays during a Mass at Posada Belen migrant shelter in Saltillo, Mexico, Nov. 10, 2020. A federal circuit court of appeals said Jan. 8, 2021, that a Trump administration executive order that would allow state and local government officials to reject refugees in their jurisdiction violated long-standing resettlement practices. (CNS/Reuters/Daniel Becerril) Less than a week after Joe Bidens election victory, Rachel Pollock began receiving emails and phone calls from Ca...

PHOTOGALLERY Pandemic Weddings, Masks and Kisses: This is What Love Looks Like in the Times of Coronavirus Love in the times of coronavirus. Buzz | News18.com | December 12, 2020, 5:21 pm 1/ 9 Agustina Canamero, 81, and Pascual Perez, 84, hug and kiss through a plastic film screen to avoid contracting the coronavirus at a nursing home in Barcelona, Spain. Photo: AP 2/ 9 A couple kiss at the Arturo Merino Benitez International Airport, in Santiago, Chile, March 25, 2020. REUTERS/Pablo...