Tag Archives: Health
Hantavirus-stricken cruise ship arrives at Tenerife in Spain's Canary Islands
TENERIFE, Spain (AP) - A hantavirus-stricken cruise ship with more than 140 people on board has arrived at Tenerife, the largest of Spain's Canary Islands,off the coast of West Africa, where the passe...
May 10, 2026
Quebec rolling out digital health dashboard pilot project to reduce paperwork
MONTRAL - Quebec has rolled out its digital health dashboard pilot project on Saturday despite criticism over security breaches and technical issues. The system, which was first introduced in Montreal...
May 09, 2026
Remaining Canadians on cruise ship at the centre of hantavirus outbreak to disembark
After a roughly month-long voyage and days of quarantining, the remaining Canadians aboard a cruise ship at the centre of a high-profile and fatal hantavirus outbreak are set to begin their journey ho...
May 09, 2026
Experts understand anxiety about hantavirus, but say it's unlikely to be next pandemic
TORONTO - Infectious disease specialist Dr. Allison McGeer has lived and worked through SARS-1 in 2003, the H1N1 flu pandemic in 2009 and the COVID-19 pandemic, which began in 2020. With the trauma of...
May 08, 2026
Hantavirus questions and answers with Ontario's chief medical officer of health
TORONTO - Two Ontario residents are isolating at home in their rural community after disembarking late last month from a cruise ship that is now the site of a deadly hantavirus outbreak. Ontario's chi...
May 08, 2026
Number of Canadians connected to hantavirus outbreak grows to 10, all asymptomatic
OTTAWA - The number of Canadians connected to a hantavirus outbreak that began on a polar expedition cruise has grown to 10 as federal officials report three more people - two from Alberta and one fro...
May 08, 2026
Emergency rooms are getting some relief during Habs games in Stanley Cup playoffs
MONTREAL - For some Quebecers, watching the Montreal Canadiens take to the ice during the Stanley Cup playoffs is more urgent than seeking medical care. Hospital officials in the Montreal area say the...
May 08, 2026
Emergency rooms are getting some relief during Habs games in Stanley Cup playoffs
MONTREAL - For some Quebecers, watching the Montreal Canadiens take to the ice during the Stanley Cup playoffs is more urgent than seeking medical care. Hospital officials in the Montreal area say the...
May 08, 2026
Alberta's United Conservatives welcome back former estranged backbencher and critic
EDMONTON - A former backbench member of Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's United Conservative caucus is back in the fold, a day after standing in the house to apologize for past actions and statements....
May 07, 2026
Worried about hantavirus? Take precautions when opening cottages, sheds, PHAC expert advises
TORONTO - Before the world's attention was captured by a disease outbreak that has killed three and sickened a handful of others on the MV Hondius cruise ship, many Canadians had never heard of hantav...
May 07, 2026