The Supreme Court of Canada has declined to hear appeals from churches in Ontario and British Columbia that challenged pandemic restrictions on in-person worship. The churches had been fined hundreds of thousands of dollars for violating gathering limits.
Health Canada has approved the first vaccine for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) for adults age 60 and over, but it may only be available in "limited" quantities for this fall's respiratory virus season.
Ontario churches seek leave to challenge restrictions on religious gatherings at the Supreme Court of Canada, The Reopening Ontario Act restricted indoor and outdoor religious gatherings to a few as 10 persons,
The World Health Organization is updating the naming system for variants of SARS-CoV-2 the virus that causes COVID-19 to better reflect Omicron’s global dominance and track its ongoing evolution.
The World Health Organization made the call this week to maintain mpox as a public health emergency and later noted the number of new cases reported globally increased by 70 per cent from the week before. A cluster of cases in Toronto, too, offers a reminder that transmission is still simmering.