Hamilton Health Sciences postponing surgeries, resuming transfers amid new ‘capacity pressures’

The World Health Organization (WHO) is closely monitoring two new COVID-19 subvariants of Omicron, the highly transmissible variant of concern now dominant around the world.

Actor Fred Savage is probably best known for his role on The Wonder Years television show. (Photo by Brian Vander Brug/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images) LOS ANGELES (AP) - Fred Savage has been dropped as an executive producer and director of the rebooted "The Wonder Years" amid allegations of inappropriate conduct, the television show's production company has confirmed."Recently, we were made aware of allegations of inappropriate conduct by Fred Savage, and as is policy, an investigation was launched.

Aerial view of an unspecified beach where a visitors stand between the water's edge and a number of beach umbrellas, Paradise Island, Bahamas, December 24, 1989. (Photo by Barbara Alper/Getty Images) Three Americans at a Bahamas Sandals resort were found dead while a fourth has been hospitalized, officials said Friday.Bahamas Acting Prime Minister Chester Cooper said that the bodies of two men and one woman were found Friday at the Emerald Bay resort.

DEDHAM, MA - OCTOBER 16: Intern Susan Garner-Titus helps New Bridge on the Charles Assisted Living resident Irving as he takes part in a class called Glued Together as part of an art and music therapy sessions for Alzheimer patients on October 16, 20 The Food and Drug Administration has approved marketing for the first in vitro diagnostic test for early detection of Alzheimer’s disease.FDA PUTS NEW LIMITS ON JOHNSON & JOHNSON VACCINE DUE TO RARE BLOOD CLOTTING CONDITIONThe Lumipulse G β-Amyloid Ratio (1-42/1-40) test is available at clinical laboratories nationwide for adult patients aged 55 years and older who are presenting with cognitive impairment and being evaluated for Alzheimer’s disease and other causes of cognitive decline. The test, which is developed by Fujirebio Diagnostics Inc., is intended to measure the ratio of β-amyloid 1-42 and β-amyloid 1-40 proteins found in human cerebral spinal fluid, which can help physicians determine whether a patient is likely to have amyloid plaques. β-amyloid plaques are believed to contribute to the loss of cognitive function that characterizes Alzheimer's disease.Fujirebio’s fully automated LUMIPULSE® G1200 system will analyze the Lumipulse G β-Amyloid Ratio (1-42/1-40) test for Alzheimer's disease.

Love Island star Olivia Attwood has shared her "sad" relationship with exercise and how it has affected her adult life.The 31-year-old blonde bombshell, who will be taking part in ITV's The Games next week, has spoken openly about her trauma regarding running and sports overall.Speaking exclusively to Daily Star at a recent round table event, she expressed: "My history with running is a bit sad."Basically, in a nutshell, I used to run national county level and it's weird some of the running coaches [here] know some of my old running coaches and everything."I got into this high standard and I was just one of those unfortunate cases of young athletes that got overtrained."Referring to a photo that was shared of herself online during her younger days while training, Olivia described herself as "emaciated". "And I was overtrained to the point where you can literally see in that photo that came out of me, I'm emaciated.

A wave of retirements is about to crash down on Canada’s already tight construction jobs market, putting at risk ambitious plans to build more homes over the next decade.

his band’s website on Friday that “due to a positive Covid case in the Willie Nelson Family Band” two upcoming shows scheduled to happen May 6 and May 7 would be postponed and that Nelson’s Sunday performance at Jazz Fest would be cancelled.Nelson was slated to close the Gentilly Stage — the same stage where his son Lukas Nelson is performing earlier in the day with his band the Promise of the Real. No replacement for the elder Nelson has yet been announced.The news comes after Melissa Etheridge announced Thursday that she would not be able to perform Saturday at Jazz Fest due to “COVID hitting my crew.” Mavis Staples will perform during that time period instead.“Oh my heart hurts not to be there.

Osaka wrote an article for Time magazine, where she detailed her struggles and why she felt the decision was the correct one for her at the time. Gaining substantial criticism for not attending press conferences, Osaka spoke out, saying that the press-conference format was "out of date" and in need of a total refresh. At the time she said: "I communicated that I wanted to skip press conferences at Roland Garros to exercise self-care and preservation of my mental health.

WHO estimate is "unacceptable" to India as the country records Covid deaths systematically following a transparent and legal process, official sources said.

OCEAN CITY, N.J. - Mother Nature isn't in the mood this Mother's Day weekend. Forecasters are calling for nearly two days of continuous rain across the Delaware Valley, with bouts of heavy downpours and temperatures in the 40s. If that wasn't enough, the National Weather Service issued a region-wide Wind Advisory for damaging gusts. Forecasters expect areas along the New Jersey coast to shoulder the brunt of the weekend storm.

Bike racer Sean Gordon will ride round every Scottish Premiership ground to raise awareness of our rising mental health crisis.

gasoline prices more often.It’s a fact that is impacting every motorist across the country — the price for regular gasoline is at highs never seen before. Gas prices top $2 per litre in Montreal, up about 65 cents in 1 year They’ve been increasing since late last year, Statistics Canada data shows, and a significant drop might not come for a while, said Patrick De Haan, head of petroleum analysis at GasBuddy.com.“We are at all-time record highs across Canada in many areas,” he told Global News.“Unfortunately, we continue to set new records almost every day as we make the transition to summer gasoline across Canada, and as we see oil prices continue to go up as a result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine and escalations in that situation.”At this time last year, the average price in Canada for regular fuel was $1.31 a litre, Statistics Canada data shows.

Johnny Depp vs. Amber Heard defamation trial has now concluded its fourth week, after three weeks centering on the volatile relationship between Depp and Heard. Depp, 58, is suing Heard, 36, for $50 million in Fairfax County Circuit Court after Heard wrote a December 2018 op-ed piece in The Washington Post describing herself as "a public figure representing domestic abuse." Depp and Heard were married between 2015 and 2017. While the article never mentions Depp by name, Depp’s lawyers say her article defamed him when she described herself as "a public figure representing domestic abuse" and claim it was a clear reference to abuse allegations Heard levied in 2016, in the midst of the couple’s divorce proceedings. The "Pirates of the Caribbean" actor claims the abuse allegations were an elaborate "hoax" to promote her film "Aquaman" and punish him for leaving her.

PHILADELPHIA - Just a week ago a ride-share driver found himself in the middle a terrifying ordeal - a shooting inside his car in West Philadelphia.The 50-year-old driver, who asked for his identity to be concealed, says he was shot in the back after he picked up a man and woman."I was trying to do 28 trips that night to get the 100 trips I had to do to get my bonus for four days of the week," he explained. "So that was exactly trip 26 for the night."Things took a turn after he dropped the woman off at one location, then continued onto 63rd and Cobbs Creek to drop off the man."I heard a funny sound in the back like it sounds like someone is playing with a gun like they clicked it our something," he said.Suddenly he says he was shot, and the man got out of his car and ran."I heard a loud bang and my arm went limp and stuck outside the side of the window, just shaking like that," he said.

Two men arrested after police say a woman was sexually assaulted. (Morris Township Police Department)MORRISTOWN, N.J. - Police say a woman was sexually assault on a trail this week, and now two male teens are in custody.The woman was allegedly attacked after refusing to give the teens money on the Traction Line Recreation Trail in Morristown on Tuesday.One of the suspects pushed the victim to the ground and sexually assaulted her, according to police.

BOISE, Idaho (AP) - Angela Housley was halfway through her pregnancy when she learned the fetus was developing without parts of its brain and skull and would likely die within hours or days of birth if it survived that long.The news came during her 20-week ultrasound."The technician got a really horrible look on her face," Housley said. "And we got the really sad news that our baby was anencephalic."It was 1992 and abortion was legal in Idaho, though she had to dodge anti-abortion protesters outside the Boise hospital after the procedure.

NORTH PORT, Fla. - Nichole Schmidt, the mother of deceased Gabby Petito, on Friday filed a new wrongful death lawsuit in Florida against the curator of the estate of deceased Brian Laundrie. The lawsuit, which seeks wrongful death damages of $30 million, states that Laundrie intentionally killed Petito, and as a direct result of his conduct, Schmdit and Joseph Petito, Gabby Petito's father, "incurred funeral and burial expenses, and they have suffered a loss of care and comfort, and suffered a loss of probable future companionship, society and comfort."The complaint also demands a trial by jury and judgment for compensatory damages. RELATED: Gabby Petito family's lawsuit against Brian Laundrie's parents will head to jury trial in 2023, courts sayThe curator of Laundrie's estate, Barry Spivey, told Fox News Digital that one of his primary functions as a limited curator "is to accept service of a summons on that lawsuit," but he has "absolutely no responsibility to respond to it.""They needed somebody to accept service of process, but once that's done, I'm done with it," he said of the complaint.RELATED: New court filing says Brian Laundrie's parents knew Gabby was dead before family trip to Fort DeSotoThe new lawsuit comes after Schmidt and Petito filed a civil lawsuit in Florida alleging that Laundrie’s parents, Chris and Roberta Laundrie, were aware that their son killed their daughter and attempted to help him flee justice.

Adamari López began her journey to wellness during the COVID-19 pandemic after finding herself making excuses to eat healthily and exercise. With the help of Oprah’s weight management program, WW (formerly Weight Watchers), the TV host, actress, author, and mother, was able to drop 20 pounds and set a good example for her daughter, Alaïa.As the 2022 Mother’s Day (May 8) is rapidly approaching, López chatted with HOLA! USA to share the latest updates on her health and wellness journey.Victoria’s Secret model Sofía Jirau praises Adamari López: “I want to be like you”Adamari López’s body transformation came with a bright new colorful wardrobeAdamari López shows off her new bikini bodyI continue to be more aware of how important it is to stay healthy and not eat food just because I want to eat every time but to keep myself well emotionally, physically, and spiritually.

As China battles Omicron-driven activity in some of its biggest cities, health officials in Shanghai today said its outbreak is under control, as later-affected Beijing tightened measures in a hot spot district.

BURLINGTON COUNTY, N.J. - Police say they have arrested the person responsible for a fire that took the life of a 22-year-old man in Burlington County last month.Camryn Powell was killed after a fire broke out in the apartment he shared with his father on Egbert Street on April 20.Powell was the father of a 6-month-old, family said."Life’s not fair. He didn’t get a chance to show everybody he was going to make it," Cameron's aunt Shelly Adams said.

Theresa Tam says the government is trying to find out how many Canadians are suffering from long COVID as researchers work to learn more about the prolonged effects of the virus.The Public Health Agency of Canada and Statistics Canada have launched a survey to try to get a broad idea of how common it is for people to feel lingering effects after COVID-19 infection, which can be difficult to identify and even harder to track.Relatively little is known about the effects of long COVID, also known as post-COVID-19 condition, including how to diagnose it.

Danica Patrick is feeling «amazing» after having her breast implants removed. One week after the 40-year-old former race car driver took to Instagram to reveal her decision to remove her implants, she appeared on to discuss her reason for getting them in the first place and share why she's being open about having an explant now.In her initial Instagram post, Patrick revealed that she got her implants in November 2014 when she was 32.«I did it 'cause I wanted to be more perfect.

social media pleading for media coverage and political action while posting pictures of empty store shelves, as the country's baby formula shortage continues to get worse."If the [mainstream media] can talk about the toilet paper shortage ever (sic) hour, they should be talking about the baby formula shortage at least," one new mom tweeted last week. "We ended [up] finding the Amazon brand online but not everyone is so lucky to be able to feed that.

McMaster Children’s Hospital (MCH) has made a plea to the next Ontario government to invest a $1 billion over four years to develop a children’s health strategy – addressing surgical wait times and bolstering overall capacity in hospitals.Bruce Squires revealed around 1,300 youths are currently on the waitlist in Hamilton for procedures at the city’s health facilities and suggests the delays are having “devastating impacts” on their physical and mental well-being.“This is because kids have taken the brunt of the pandemic. Really, we’ve asked too much of our children and youth,” Squires said.

Home and Away has seen its fair share of health battles over the years.Last month Ari Parata , played by Rob Kipa-Williams, was the last character to bid goodbye to the soap as a result of a health condition, after being diagnosed with an incredibly rare form of cancer named pseudomyxoma peritonei.Ari opted to die on his own terms surrounded by family instead of undergoing regular and brutal operations.And who could forget the hearbreaking exit of gym worker Billie Ashford in February 2017, who gave birth to her rapist' baby and then was told by doctors she has an inoperable tumour.She later asks husband VJ to take her and her daughter Lucinda to the beach before she dies in his arms.Many of the Australian soap's actors have been through some of their own health woes.Daily Star Online takes a look at some of the star real life health battles - from brain cancer, endometriosis and mental health problems.In 2017 Chris Harrington actor Johnny was suffering from debilitating headaches and took himself to hospital.After doctors discovered he had brain cancer, he was placed in a coma and underwent emergency surgery to remove a seven-centimetre tumour.After having radiotherapy treatment Johnny was hit by the heartbreaking news last year that he he was battling brain cancer for the second time.In a social media post, he wrote: “After an unexpected week of seizures and excruciating headaches it is with a heavy heart that I have to let you know I now have another huge battle ahead of me as my brain cancer has returned,“Though I will dig deep and beat this s**t disease again.” Johnny is currently going through more procedures before doctors will assess him to see if the treatment is working or not.Sophie Dillman, who plays Ziggy

A doctor quit his place on the board of NHS Tayside last week blaming in part a breakdown in relations with its chair over a recent breast cancer treatment controversy.

Losing half a stone is a goal most of us wish to achieve. It is a realistic target and will almost certainly bring about a confidence boost and smaller jeans size.

COVID-19 pandemic.Hospitalizations related to the disease stood at 2,051 after 127 people were admitted and 195 were discharged in the last day.There were 60 patients in intensive care units, a drop of four.The province also recorded 1,243 new infections of the novel coronavirus. The daily tally doesn’t provide a a full portrait of the situation since it is based on PCR testing results, which remains limited to certain groups.

If it has been predicted earlier, the Covid virus has started evolving differently. Compared with the first two years of the pandemic when variants seemed to appear out of nowhere, Tulio de Oliveira, a bioinformatician at Stellenbosch University in South Africa, who had detected the emergence of BA.4 and BA.5, pointed out new waves of coronavirus are periodically emerging from already circulating strains, for example, Omicron. However, experts warned “we shouldn’t rule out more such surprises from SARS-CoV-2."

WASHINGTON - Temporary changes to the troubled U.S. Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program have helped over 113,000 people get student debt relief, totaling around $6.8 billion in forgiveness. The U.S.

DJ Naughty Boy fought back tears as he opened up about his mum's tragic dementia battle.The former I'm A Celeb star became a career for his beloved mum Zahida at the very start of her dementia struggles.It was only in November that he finally felt ready to leave her for weeks to appear on the ITV jungle show, hosted by Ant & Dec.The DJ, 44, spoke about his mum's deteriorating health during a chat on ITV's This Morning on Friday (May 6).Naughty Boy spoke to hosts Alison Hammond and Dermot O'Leary, where he revealed his mum suffered a stroke five years ago.He said: "Mum has always been our favourite person in the world, and that hasn't changed because of her dementia."She had a stroke five years ago. And vascular dementia is a common side effect of a stroke.

FALLS CHURCH, Va. - Amber Heard went into graphic detail Thursday as she described disturbing sexual assault allegations against her ex-husband, Johnny Depp, during her testimony in the former couple's defamation trial.Amber Heard was asked to recount an alleged 2015 altercation where she says Johnny Depp hit her in the face several times, pulled her out, and headbutted her. Heard's lawyers also showed the jury several photos that Heard claimed she took after the altercation to document her alleged injuries.From the witness stand in a Fairfax County, Virginia courtroom, Heard described an alleged sexual assault she said took place over several days while the then-couple was in Australia in 2015.Heard alleged Depp accused her of cheating on him with movie co-stars including Billy Bob Thornton and Eddie Redmayne, with whom she'd just shot the film "The Danish Girl".

the rapid tests were developed for use with the original SARS-CoV-2 viral strain that emerged late in 2019, it is possible that they may not remain sensitive to the new and more infectious variants. 

The Minister for Health, Stephen Donnelly, has said the Covid-19 pandemic payment of €1,000 is a small recognition and he wants it in staff pay cheques or bank accounts immediately.

China is racing to extinguish its largest outbreak of Covid-19 since the early days of the pandemic.

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Residents of Beijing fretted over anti-virus restrictions curbing their movement while also worrying about the dozens of new Covid-19 cases reported daily, as China's leaders threatened action against critics of their zero-tolerance Covid policy.

Covid-19 recovery rate was 98.74%, the Health Ministry said.

Kerala alone -- were reported in a 24-hour span, taking the cumulative death toll to 5,24,002.

SAN FRANCISCO - A self-proclaimed "Pro-Life Spiderman" was back at again Thursday morning, days after he scaled the 60-floor Salesforce Tower in San Francisco.Maison DesChamps, 22, made his way to the East Coast where he was captured climbing the 721-foot New York Times building.On his ascent up, DesChamps hung two anti-abortion banners from the building.According to the New York Post, one of the signs read, "Abortion kills more than 911 every week!" The second sign had the image of a fetus and called out a certain doctor whom it accused of having "killed this baby."DesChamps documented some of his climb on Instagram, as he's done previously.A man was arrested after scaling the Salesforce Tower on Tuesday. KTVU's Christien Kafton reports"I'm up here on the boss level and no one is up here.

Jon Batiste is currently battling COVID-19.

Holby City actress Rosie Marcel has been involved in a real-life hospital drama after she was rushed into an emergency department for surgery. The 44-year-old London-born actress, who appeared as Jac Naylor in the long-running series, took to social media to update her fans on her progress. In snaps she could be seen lying in a hospital bed, with one of the photos showing wires and tubes connected to her body.

Today we are reporting 7,347 community cases, 363 hospitalisations and 24 deaths.