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s Federal health officials on Tuesday (April 27) decline to provide guidance to partially or fully vaccinated Canadians, even as they touted the benefits of even one dose of COVID-19 vaccines. Chief public health officer Dr. Theresa Tam said that real-world evidence has shown that one dose has reduced hospitalizations and deaths among populations where most are vaccinated. “You have seen how even one dose of vaccine has reduced long-term care home impacts and also… on Indigenous communities that have received at least one dose of the vaccine,” Tam said. “It is an extremely important measure.” However, she noted, “it...

NEW YORK — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention eased its guidelines Tuesday on the wearing of masks outdoors, saying fully vaccinated Americans don’t need to cover their faces anymore unless they are in a big crowd of strangers. And those who are unvaccinated can go outside without masks in some situations, too. The new guidance represents another carefully calibrated step on the road back to normal from the coronavirus outbreak that has killed over 570,000 people in U.S. For most of the past year, the CDC had been advising Americans to wear masks outdoors if they are within...

The author, taking a scooter for a spin Most Londoners are settling into a routine of working from home, or finding unique ways to fill their days such as online improv classes. But over a million key workers with roles that are essential to public health and safety are still travelling to work each day. Although the congestion charge has been lifted making it easier for those with cars to stay safe, hundreds of thousands of NHS workers, teachers, food producers and others are using public transport each day. For absolutely essential journeys undertaken by people without cars, there are...

Get the latest on coronavirus. Sign up to the Daily Brief for news, explainers, how-tos, opinion and more. For nearly two months, the UK government has warned the public to “stay home” in order to curtail the spread of the coronavirus. Now, the emphasis is shifting toward getting people back to work. “We now need to stress that anyone who can’t work from home — for instance, those in construction or manufacturing — should be actively encouraged to go to work,” prime minister Boris Johnson said in an address to the nation on Sunday night.  Johnson’s announcement was short on...

When my kids look back on this time in their lives, I hope they remember it as being fun or, at the very least, not so bad. My parenting style during quarantine is pretty similar to how it was when we were out and about in the real world, except these days my kids…tend to get whatever they want. (So long as it's within the realm of what I can offer them.) "Mom, can we have eggs, toast, pancakes, waffles and a bowl of cereal for breakfast?" "Sure, no problem." "Mom, you'll wash the dishes and clean up all the...