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TORONTO — Health Canada is alerting health care providers that a COVID-19 monoclonal antibody therapy treatment may no longer be effective against the new subvariant of Omicron. The agency reported …

SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA — South Korea will remove most pandemic restrictions, including indoor gathering limits, as it slowly wiggles out of an Omicron outbreak officials say is stabilizing. People will …

With limited access to polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing in provinces across the country, getting an accurate clinical picture of the spread of COVID-19 has become increasingly difficult in recent …

With limited access to polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing in provinces across the country, getting an accurate clinical picture of the spread of COVID-19 has become increasingly difficult in recent …

BEIJING — Sun Jian, a 37-year-old master’s degree student in the Chinese city of Yantai, for months staged a solo campaign against his university’s COVID-19 prevention measures, including blistering criticism …

Health officials are tracking a new Omicron subvariant, classified as the XE, a hybrid of two previously identified subvariants. These types of “recombinant” sub-lineages contain genetic material from two or …

Provisional data from Statistics Canada shows excess mortality rates among younger Canadians rose as the COVID-19 pandemic wore on. The latest provisional data, released on Thursday, shows that excess mortality …

Canada on Thursday authorized British drugmaker AstraZeneca Plc’s AZN.L antibody-based therapy for preventing COVID-19 infections, giving itself another weapon against the disease as cases rise in the country. Health Canada …

Pfizer said Thursday it wants to expand its COVID-19 booster shots to healthy elementary-aged kids. U.S. health authorities already urge everyone 12 and older to get one booster dose for …

BEIJING — Anti-virus controls that have shut down some of China’s biggest cities and fueled public irritation are spreading as infections rise, hurting a weak economy and prompting warnings of …