Long waits for COVID-19 test results are due in part to a shortage of medical laboratory professionals in Canada, according to lab workers' associations and job vacancy data. Laboratory logjams that were already the norm…
Will COVID-19 become a seasonal disease like the…
As governments around the world try to turn the tide on the spread of COVID-19, doctors are wondering if the disease will truly be eradicated or if we'll see it become a seasonal infection like…
5 myths about preventing, detecting COVID-19 | CBC…
No, drinking hot lemon water, breathing in steam and gargling with salt water will not protect you from getting COVID-19. These are just some of the many misleading and false claims about remedies or ways to…
Grocery store staff fed up with social shoppers…
For 20 years, Joy Barreda worked as a bouncer in bars. Now, she's a security guard in a grocery store in Toronto, ensuring people are practising physical distancing to help stop the spread of COVID-19.…
Wartime president Trump isnt calling all the shots…
U.S. President Donald Trump's "15 Days to Slow the Spread" coronavirus guidelines — mostly advice to stay home if you're sick and avoid social gatherings — would have expired by now had he not extended…
Canadians want to know how bad this could…
Asked on Wednesday how this crisis might end, the prime minister insisted the story was still being written. Challenged to explain what the future might hold, Justin Trudeau directed everyone's attention to the present. The…
OPINION | Opinion: Its time to get creative…
This column is an opinion by Dr. Jaspreet Khangura, Dr. Meera Burns, Dr. Naheed Dosani and Dr. Sahil Gupta. For more information about CBC's Opinion section, please see the FAQ. In the battle against COVID-19, we are demanding the biggest sacrifices…
No room left on my credit card: 1,300…
Cash-strapped and stranded abroad, hundreds of Canadians are waiting for an emergency loan from the federal government because they need money to pay for hotels or book flights. The Canadian government has paid out $1.8 million in loans…
Like everything else in the pandemic plan, Morneaus…
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has called the federal government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic "unprecedented" and "the largest economic program in Canada's history." But he was far less conclusive Wednesday when asked just how long his government…
Canadian suppliers wont have N95 masks ready for…
With no domestic production of crucial N95 masks for health-care workers on the COVID-19 front lines, Canada's federal government is bulk-buying tens of millions of them on the international market to meet short-term demand. The…