COVID-19: Quebec reports 11 more deaths, 27 patient rise in hospitalizations

Joe Biden had said on Monday that he's “feeling better every day" as he recovering from Covid infection. He also said that the White House plans to hold a summit on Tuesday to discuss developing a new generation of vaccines that could more effectively guard against contagious variants. According to official documents, Biden took his fifth and final dose of Paxlovid, which is intended to prevent severe symptoms from Covid-19, on Monday night.

Pope Francis has arrived at Edmonton’s Commonwealth Stadium, where he is to give a public mass to an estimated 70,000 people.

WASHINGTON - Ongoing food monitoring by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration of toxic heavy metals like lead, arsenic, cadmium, and mercury revealed some concerning levels in the U.S.

Gaten Matarazzo is branching out! After breaking big in TV and on Broadway, the actor is set to star in his first feature film,, streaming Friday on Paramount+.Starring opposite Angourie Rice and Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Matarazzo plays Michael, a high school student who finds himself targeted by a classmate (Rice) who is determined to sabotage his chances at a coveted college recommendation. In a classic rom-com twist, of course -- romance ensues. «I have been trying to expand, more than anything,» Matarazzo tells ET's Will Marfuggi of his role selection.

(Credit: Provided images/Enjoy Life Natural Brands LLC) CHICAGO - A healthy food brand selling snacks and baked goods has expanded a voluntary recall of certain products sold in many major U.S. retail stores, including Trader Joe’s and Walmart, due to the potential presence of "hard plastic pieces."Enjoy Life Natural Brands LLC first announced the recall on June 30 after an internal investigation revealed the possible issue in certain soft-baked cookies, chewy bars, and brownie bites.

NEW DELHI : The Indian government had announced that beneficiaries between the age group of 18-59 are eligible to receive free of cost booster dose or precaution dose of vaccine against Covid-19 at all government clinic in celebration of India completing 75 years of Independence. The provision is set to last till 15 August.  The drive 'Covid Vaccination Amrit Mahotsava', aimed at boosting the uptake of Covid precaution doses among eligible population, is being held as part of the government's Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav to celebrate the 75th anniversary of India's Independence.

Suspect sought in North Philadelphia robbery.

Maharashtra had reported a spike in Covid deaths, which almost doubled from Monday. On Tuesday Maharashtra reported 12 Covid deaths as opposed to six on Monday.

Omicron BA.5 reportedly has been driving a surge of new infections globally and has shown to be particularly good at evading the immune protection afforded either by vaccination or prior infection, according to Reuters. As per the data, Omicron subvariant BA.4 was estimated to make up 12.9% of the circulating variants in the United States. Additionally, the US Food and Drug Administration has asked vaccine manufacturers to target the two currently dominant subvariants for a potential fall season booster dose.

 FILE - A Hawaiian monk sea is pictured in a file image. (Photo by: Andre Seale/VW PICS/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) HONOLULU - A woman swimming at Honolulu’s Waikiki beach was injured this weekend after encountering a nursing Hawaiian monk seal with a young pup.The incident was reported Sunday morning near Kaimana Beach in Waikiki, officials said.

Lanarkshire MP Margaret Ferrier has been accused of failing to tell Test and Protect that she attended the Houses of Parliament.

Vladimir Putin because they fear further health scares. Rumours have been circulating about the Russian tyrant's health since he launched his invasion of Ukraine in February. There have been suggestions of cancer, Parkinson's disease or both, and intelligence sources have claimed he has undergone major surgery in recent months.

An MP accused of putting people at risk by travelling between Glasgow and London by train with coronavirus symptoms did not tell NHS Test and Protect officials she went into Parliament, a court has heard.

US WNBA basketball superstar Brittney Griner reacts inside a defendant's cage before a hearing at the Khimki Court, outside Moscow on July 26, 2022. (Photo by ALEXANDER ZEMLIANICHENKO/POOL/AFP via Getty Images) KHIMKI, Russia - American basketball star Brittney Griner returned to a Russian courtroom on Tuesday for her drawn-out trial on drug charges that could bring her 10 years in prison if convicted.The trial of the two-time Olympic gold medalist and Phoenix Mercury standout began July 1 but only four sessions have been held, some them lasting only a few hours.

PHILADELPHIA - Three men were hospitalized early Tuesday morning after being shot in a drive-by shooting in Kensington, according to police. Authorities say the shooting occurred just before 2 a.m. Philadelphia Chief Inspector Scott Small told reporters that officers responded to reports of a shooting on the 2500 block of Kensington Avenue. When police and medics arrived, they found a 34-year-old man with gunshot wounds to his legs. He was taken to Temple University Hospital, where he is in stable condition, per police. MORE LOCAL HEADLINESInvestigators later learned that a 25-year-old man and a 49-year-old man showed up at Episcopal Hospital with gunshot wounds, police say. According to Small, the 25-year-old was shot in the hand and leg and the 49-year-old man was shot in the leg. Authorities say they know all three victims were shot on the 2500 block of Kensington Avenue. According to officials, the 25-year-old was inside a mini-mart playing lottery games when he was struck by stray gunfire. Small says the 49-year-old is homeless and was asleep on the street when he was also struck. Authorities say the 34-year-old who was shot is an employee of the minimart who was outside talking to customers when he was shot. At least five gunshots were fired, according to police. The mini-mart has cameras and captured the shooting, Small says. According to investigators, the surveillance shows a light-colored four-door Sedan going north on Kensington Avenue with a person firing the gun from the back seat of the driver's side. 

SAN JOSE, Calif. - WARNING: Images in this story are graphic and disturbing. Anthony Paredes never missed a chance to show off his voice.Even as he struggled to keep his rocky life on track, the 41-year-old sang every Sunday at church, belted out tunes at family functions and loved karaoke.But his voice was forever damaged two years ago when a San Jose police K-9 sunk its teeth into his throat and held on for a full minute, shredding his windpipe and fracturing thyroid cartilage.Parades was suspected of helping his girlfriend in a robbery and he was hiding in a trash bin when police deployed their German shepherd, Tex, to apprehend him.Body-worn camera footage obtained by KTVU shows the fateful encounter in graphic detail, blood covering Paredes’ face as the dog thrashed its head side-to-side.Anthony Paredes ran from police after his girlfriend stole tequila and he threated to hurt a Safeway employee. San Jose police deployed a K-9.

JAIPUR : Rajasthan has been witnessing a sudden rise in coronavirus cases in the past few days. The state's Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Tuesday urged the residents of the state to maintain caution and get the precaution dose. The CM urged people to get both the vaccines against coronavirus as well as the precaution dose.

What is monkeypox? It’s an illness spread by the monkeypox virus. The name monkeypox comes from its early origins. It was first discovered in 1958 among a cohort of laboratory monkeys kept for research.

NEW DELHI: India reported 14,830 new covid cases and 36 deaths in the last 24 hours. The country’s active caseload currently stands at 1,47,512, pushing the total number of infections to over 4.39 crore since the onset of the pandemic in March 2020. Death toll stands at 5,26,110.

Hospital admissions for Covid-19 in Australia have reached a new high for a second straight day, data showed this morning.

The Only Way Is Essex star Lucy Mecklenburgh has revealed her trauma after a health scare left her young son needing daily medication and an inhaler. The ex-reality TV favourite, 30, faced two-year-old Roman being rushed into hospital last year after he was found "blue in his cot" READ MORE: TOWIE's Lucy Mecklenburgh gives birth to second child with Corrie star Ryan Thomas She told followers on Instagram Stories that the toddler was placed on a ventilator in intensive care, and earlier this year was diagnosed with a condition that caused fluids he drank to get into his lungs.

Also Read: Are children with Covid-19 symptoms at higher risk for long Covid? What new study says Some of these symptoms were known to all, like loss of sense of smell, shortness of breath and fatigue. But some of the symptoms that were found to be strongly associated with COVID beyond 12 weeks were surprising and less well known, such as hair loss and reduced libido.

#COVID19, he has been suffering from fever for the past four days.(File photo) pic.twitter.com/EnNqsGVGWd This is the second time, the Chief Minister has tested positive this year. Earlier in January, Nitish Kumar had tested positive for Covid.

16,866. Furthermore, The country reported 36 deaths in the last 24 hours, with this the death toll in the country climbed to 526,110. The national coronavirus recovery rate was recorded at 98.47 percent, the ministry said.

WASHINGTON - The hearing for a woman who police say shot her husband in a D.C. hotel room after she alleged he was molesting children at her Maryland daycare, has been moved to Friday officials say.Shanteari Weems, 50, of Randallstown, Maryland, is facing assault and firearm charges after police say she shot her husband then barricaded both of them inside their room at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel last week.The Baltimore Police Department has confirmed that Weems' husband is James Weems, Jr. a former officer.He retired from the department in 2005.

PHILADELPHIA - Two weeks ago, a mother and her two young children were the target of a barrage of gunfire in West Philadelphia. The attack left the young mother in a coma and now, her family is pleading for the gun violence to end. On July 13th, police say they responded to Creighton Street and Wyalusing Avenue where multiple shots were fired.

Today we are reporting 9,256 community cases, and 822 current hospitalisations. The seven-day rolling average of community case numbers today is 8,335.

PHILADELPHIA - Authorities say a young man died after he was shot in the head Monday afternoon in North Philadelphia. Officers from the Philadelphia Police Department were called to the 2700 block of North Ringgold Street just before 6:30 p.m.

BRAZIL - 2022/05/22: In this photo illustration, the homepage of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) website seen on a computer screen through a magnifying glass. (Photo Illustration by Rafael Henrique/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) WASHINGTON - The IRS has been increasing its audit rates for earners making $100,000 or more based on data starting from the 2021 fiscal year. The IRS said "resource constraints" have limited the agency’s ability to conduct audits against high net worth individuals as well as major corporations and complex businesses," according to a statement released in May. "Audit rates for taxpayers with incomes of more than $200,000 decreased the most, largely because higher-income audits tend to be more complicated and require auditors to manually review multiple issues," Ken Corbin, chief taxpayer experience officer for the agency, told the House Oversight Subcommittee in May.A 2021 report found that IRS audits overall declined by 44% between the fiscal years of 2015 and 2019. The report found that Americans making more than $5 million per year only had a 2% chance of being audited, according to the report. The most recent announcement by the IRS comes as Democratic leaders push to boost taxes on some high earners and use the money to extend the solvency of Medicare. Under the latest proposal, people earning more than $400,000 a year and couples making more than $500,000 would have to pay a 3.8% tax on their earnings from tax-advantaged businesses called pass throughs.

FILE - Freeze frame from FOX News coverage on red wine COVID-19 study. (FOX)LOS ANGELES - Inflation and supply chain shortages have impacted nearly every industry from food to fuel.

tested positive for Covid-19 and had "very mild symptoms," the White House had said. The president was likely infected by the BA.5 variant. A new note from his doctor, released on Monday, said his symptoms have “almost completely resolved." Dr.

Strathroy Middlesex General Hospital (SMGH) in southwestern Ontario is dealing with a COVID-19 outbreak.In a release, the SMGH said the Middlesex-London Health Unit declared the outbreak Monday after three patients tested positive on the 1 South (Medicine) inpatient unit. LHSC declares COVID-19 outbreak at University Hospital’s transplant unit It says patients and their families have been contacted, and staff and physicians who may have been in contact are being notified.Contact tracing and testing for staff and physicians are also taking place.“The unit is now limited in ability to receive admissions until further notice,” the release read.

Covid can make your hair fall out and hit your sex drive. Sufferers have experienced a much wider set of symptoms – more than 60 – than previously thought, research discovered.The distressing effects include alopecia and sexual dysfunction. READ MORE: Drunk monk in car who told cops 'whisky cures Covid-19' gets kicked out of monkhood The study looked at symptoms reported by more than 2 million people 12 weeks after their initial infection.Dr Shamil Haroon, of the University of Birmingham, said: “This research validates what patients have been telling clinicians and policy makers throughout the pandemic.“The symptoms of long Covid are extremely broad and cannot be fully accounted for by other factors such as lifestyle or chronic health conditions."“The symptoms we identified should help clinicians and clinical guideline developers to improve the assessment of patients with long-term effects from Covid-19, and to subsequently consider how this symptom burden can be best managed,” added Dr Haroon.Patterns of symptoms were grouped into respiratory symptoms and mental health and cognitive problems – and then also a broader range of problems.Most common were loss of sense of smell, shortness of breath, chest pain and fever.Others included amnesia, bowel incontinence, erectile dysfunction, hallucinations and limb swelling. To stay up to date with all the latest news, make sure you sign up to one of our newsletters here . Fellow researcher Jennifer Camaradou said: “This study is instrumental in creating and adding further value to understanding the complexity and pathology of long Covid.

COVID-19: Guelph’s public health unit adding more vaccine clinics for 4th doses Residents without access to a primary care provider should call WDG Public Health.Vaccine appointment booking at Public Health for youngsters will only be available over the phone.For more information, visit the Wellington Guelph Dufferin Public Health website.

coronavirus. Derrick Sheppard was originally sentenced to 12 years behind bars in 2011, but a year after his sentencing, Appeal Court judges determined his prison term was "unduly lenient" and it was increased to 16 years, with lawyers predicting he would "die in jail."He passed away at the age of 82 after contracting Covid at Her Majesty's Prison Exeter on December 26, 2020.READ MORE: Far-right thug carved words 's***' and 'w****' on victim with knife before violent rape Sheppard, previously of Upton Pyne, near Exeter, was found guilty in 2011 of three rapes, two attempted rapes and 12 offences of indecency, according to DevonLive.

PHILADELPHIA - Police are investigating a shooting that left one teenager critically injured Monday afternoon in North Philadelphia.At around 2:31 p.m., police say they responded to 1300 Rush Street for reports of a shooting. Upon arrival, police say they found a 17-year-old boy with a gunshot wound to the lower back.MORE HEADLINES Police: One man dead, another injured after double shooting in TiogaVideo: Suspects caught doing illegal donuts before Kelly Drive homicide, police sayPhiladelphia-area men charged with stealing, washing checks from USPS mailboxesAuthorities say the victim was transported to Temple Hospital where he was placed in critical condition.No arrest was made in this incident and police are asking anyone with information to contact them. 

DEWEY BEACH, Del. - The Maryland man killed in a crash after being kicked out of a Lyft ride over the weekend has been identified by police as 43-year-old Sidney Wolf. He lived in Gaithersburg, Maryland with his wife and two children.In an emailed statement to FOX 5, the Wolf/Greenbaum family wrote:"This is an extremely difficult time for our family. The level of shock and pain we feel right now cannot be measured as we continue to grieve.  We truly appreciate the outpouring of love and support we’ve received and kindly request that the family’s privacy is respected as we move through this process."Deleware State Police Department reported the fatal crash happened after 1:45 a.m. Sunday morning on Coastal Highway (Delaware Rt.

Lynne Spears is speaking out after her daughter Britney accused her of abandoning and ghosting her during the pop icon’s involuntary stay at a mental health facility in 2019.

As the nation grapples with surges of Omicron subvariants that evade immunity from vaccination and previous infection, officials and pharmaceutical companies are starting talks on how to improve the shots and make them easier to administer.

LOS ANGELES - Higher borrowing rates have sidelined many house hunters and cooled what was a red-hot housing market, one of the most important sectors of the economy. The National Association of Realtors recently noted that sales of previously occupied U.S.

WASHINGTON - Conflicting signs about the health of the U.S. economy have thrust the Federal Reserve into a difficult spot.With inflation raging at a four-decade high, the job market strong and consumer spending still solid, the Fed is under pressure to raise interest rates aggressively.But other signs suggest the economy is slowing and might even have shrunk in the first half of the year. Such evidence would typically lead the Fed to stop raising rates — or even cut them.For now, though, the Fed is focused squarely on its inflation fight, and this week it’s set to announce another hefty hike in its benchmark interest rate.

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - MARCH 16: Hip-hop artist Lil Wayne attends the launch party for Emmanuel Acho's new book "ILLOGICAL" on March 16, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Michael Tullberg/Getty Images) NEW ORLEANS - Rapper Lil Wayne is paying tribute to a former New Orleans police officer who recently died but was credited with saving the musician’s life when he was a teenager. According to FOX 8, Robert Hoobler, 65, was found dead at his home in Jefferson Parish on Friday. No word on his cause of death.

PHILADELPHIA - City officials have reported two heat-realted deaths in Philadelphia over the weekend as a dangerous heatwave continues to bake the Delaware Valley. A spokesperson for the Philadelphia Department of Public Health told FOX 29 that both deaths happened during the city's Heat Health Emergency. The spokesperson did not share information on the age of the people who died or the circumstances that lead to their deaths. Philadelphia declared a Heat Health Emergency last week as temperatures cranked into the mid-to-upper 90s with humidity. The emergency, along with an Excessive Heat Warning issued by the National Weather Service for the entire Delaware Valley, will expire Monday night.MORE LOCAL HEADLINESDuring the Heat Health Emergency, Philadelphia has made several resources available to residents to combat the brutally hot condition, including several cooling centers across the city. A special hotline, nicknamed Heatline, will be open to the public Sunday between 8:30 a.m. through 11:59 p.m.

Police say one man is dead and another is injured after a double shooting in Tioga Monday afternoon.  PHILADELPHIA - Police are investigating a double shooting that left one man dead in Tioga Monday afternoon. At around 12:50 p.m., police say they responded to 3600 North 15th Street for reports of a shooting.On the scene, police say they found a 33-year-old man who had been shot multiple times throughout the body.