Health

Moderna ends frozen requirements for vaccine, easing logistics of shipping

OTTAWA - American biotech firm Moderna says its COVID-19 vaccine can now be shipped locally without it needing to be frozen at all. The messenger RNA vaccine from the Massachusetts-based company is on...

Dec 18, 2020

SHA facing 'challenges' in finding enough ICU personnel to meet Surge Plan goals

The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) announced in Thursday's press conference it may not have enough highly-trained personnel to achieve all the goals set out in its Surge Plan.One of the province'...

Dec 17, 2020

Advocates share fear of worsening overdose crisis in 2021, want national safe supply

VANCOUVER - With overdose deaths rising across Canada, advocates for drug users are calling for the implementation of a national safe supply program as part of an effort to save lives. Failing to do s...

Dec 17, 2020

'Feisty' Calgary infant gaining weight and alert after recovering from COVID-19

CALGARY - When five-day-old Nora Forrest was first hospitalized with COVID-19, her parents didn't know if she would survive. "We weren't sure that we're bringing her back home or we're going to bring ...

Dec 16, 2020

CP NewsAlert: Front-line workers named Canada's Newsmaker of the Year by editors

VANCOUVER - Shortly after COVID-19 reached Canada, the meaning of "essential work" began to crystalize as people like nurses and grocery store clerks remained on the job at great risk to themselves an...

Dec 16, 2020

COVID vaccine arrives in Regina; health-care workers get first doses Tuesday

Dr. Jeffrey Betcher and Leah Sawatsky rolled up their sleeves to continue the fight against COVID-19 on Tuesday evening.Betcher, a critical care physician, and Sawatsky, an emergency room nurse, were ...

Dec 15, 2020

Province records 194 new cases of COVID-19, 51 deaths in December

Half of the province's deaths from COVID-19 complications have been in the first half of this month as Saskatchewan records a total of 98 deaths, 51 of which have been in December.Seven residents who ...

Dec 15, 2020

Majority of Canadians support holiday lockdown to fight COVID-19: Poll

OTTAWA - A new poll suggests a majority of Canadians support the idea of a lockdown on non-essential businesses and services during the holidays to fight a surge in new COVID-19 cases across the count...

Dec 15, 2020

NewsAlert: COVID chosen Canadian Press news story of the year for 2020

TORONTO - The deadly virus that swept Canada this year dominated headlines as it killed thousands of Canadians, sickened tens of thousands of others and prompted profound social and economic dislocati...

Dec 15, 2020

Stricter public health measures starting Thursday

The Government of Saskatchewan will be implementing new public health measures on Dec. 17, 19 and 25. It says COVID-19 cases continue to cause significant, on-going community transmission and are incr...

Dec 14, 2020