A pocket of unvaccinated children in northeast B.C. allowed cases of measles in the region to spread “like wildfire,” says B.C.’s deputy provincial health officer, Dr. Martin Lavoie. He made the remarks during a provincial update on the disease that has seen multiple exposures reported in and around Fort St. …
Read More »U.S. health secretary heads to Texas after 2nd unvaccinated child dies of measles-related illness
U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. travelled to West Texas on Sunday after a second unvaccinated school-aged child died from a measles-related illness. Ahead of a “Make America Healthy Again” tour across the southwestern United States, Kennedy said in a social media post that he was in Gaines County …
Read More »Amid ambulance shortage, unvaccinated B.C. medics say they want to get back to work
Michael Dunbar has spent the past year working as a medic at an industrial site near Kamloops, B.C., standing by his decision that cost him his job at B.C. Ambulance Service. He says he never disclosed his COVID-19 vaccination status to his employer, which led to his termination when immunization mandates went …
Read More »Singapore Govt’s Tough Stance For Unvaccinated, Get Jabbed Or Be Ready To Pay Own Medical Bills
New Delhi: In an attempt to get tough on people holding off from getting their jabs, the Singapore government on Monday announced that the COVID-19 patients who remain unvaccinated by choice will have to pay for their hospitalisation bills from December 8. Currently, Singapore’s government takes care of the complete …
Read More »Pandemic of unvaccinated continues to rage as states set new COVID records
Enlarge / Emergency medicine specialist Dr. Davis Wein walks in a parking garage that was turned into a series of COVID-19 test tents at Tampa General Hospital in Tampa, Florida, on August 19, 2020. As the hypertransmissible delta coronavirus variant continues its rampage through the unvaccinated, several states continue to …
Read More »‘Indian COVID variant can spread like wildfire among unvaccinated people’: UK Health Secretary | Health News
London: UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock warned that the coronavirus variant first detected in India can “spread like wildfire” among those who haven’t received a vaccine against the disease. The variant is “becoming the dominant strain in some parts of the country” such as Bolton and Blackburn, Xinhua news agency …
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