Health chiefs urge pregnant women in Lanarkshire to get vaccinated against Covid

A public school in Brampton is dropping the name of Canada’s first Prime Minister and switching to an indigenous name. Ahmar Khan reports.

WASHINGTON - The Republican National Committee unanimously voted to withdraw from the Commission on Presidential Debates.The RNC clarified that it is not moving away from the presidential debate format, but is rather objecting to the CPD's control over the process. The CPD has organized presidential and vice presidential debates for more than 30 years.

NORTH PHILADELPHIA - The conversation around safety, on and off campus at Temple, continued Thursday, as the university gave an update on new safety measures.Safety has been on the minds of students, their families and university staff after several off-campus shootings near the North Philadelphia campus this school year. Officials are trying to address concerns with a first of its kind campus safety briefing,"The safety of our community includes students, employees, faculty, staff and our neighbors here, in North Philadelphia, is hands-down our number one priority," Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Ken Kaiser stated.Just Tuesday, a 21-year-old man was shot more than eight times on North 9th Street, just off Temple’s campus.Kaiser is the COO at Temple. He acknowledges the university has faced challenges in the past six to seven months, but they are addressing those issues, beginning with a new program to add to the already existing 1,000 plus cameras on campus he says are monitored 24 hours a day, seven days a week."We’ve started a grant program with landlords in our patrol area where we are reimbursing $2,500 for lighting improvements and camera improvements and new cameras," Kaiser explained.Temple freshman Ally Ryder commends what Temple is doing.

PHILADELPHIA - Philadelphia police are investigating six separate shootings, in the span of one hour, in which one person was killed and nine others were injured Thursday afternoon.According to officials, the first shooting happened in Kensington, near F and Lippincott Street Thursday afternoon, around 1:45. A woman is at Temple in stable condition.Within 20 minutes, another shooting happened in Belmont, where three people were shot on the 4000 block of Wallace Street. A 24-year-old man is in stable condition, while a 21-year-old man and an 18-year-old male are both in critical condition at Penn Presbyterian Medical Center.Around 2:10 Thursday afternoon, a shooting was reported in South Philadelphia, on the 400 block of Manton Street.

Alexander Krause (DeKalb County Sheriff's Office). DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. - DeKalb County police have charged a man with murder for the death of his brother, an Atlanta rapper. Officials tell FOX 5 that Arthur "Archie" Eversole was found shot on March 25 at a Chevron on the 4400 block of Snapfinger Woods Drive.

Sacramento Fire Department made a startling discovery after responding to an abandoned homeless debris fire underneath a bridge on April 12 – a tiny puppy. The poor critter even had some melted plastic on his head and back just before he was taken to safety, according to video shared by the fire department. After a bath and food, the puppy started to perk up and show his personality at the fire station. Now, he’s a tail-wagging, face-licking pup enjoying his time with his foster family. Firefighter Mike Hawley volunteered to foster the puppy until the Front Street Animal Shelter finds him a "fur-ever" home. It was not immediately known how the puppy ended up abandoned under the bridge. Rescued puppy shown in freeze-frame image.

The possibility of expanding immigration laws with the new administration and escaping ongoing violence in Central America is encouraging more people to head to our southern borders. (Stephanie Bennett/Fox News)PHOENIX (AP) - Authorities are investigating the cause of death this week of a Mexican woman whose leg was entrapped while using a climbing harness and ended up hanging upside down off the border wall in eastern Arizona.U.S.

FILE - A display of Easter Candy at the Port Clinton Peanut Shop. Got "some-bunny" in your house craving Easter sweets? America’s most popular Easter candies may surprise you.As we recently learned from grocery delivery and pick-up platform, Instacart, America has some interesting preferences when it comes to Easter treats. Grocery delivery and pick-up platform, Instacart, recently crunched numbers from purchase data and The Harris Poll survey responses from more than 2,000 Americans nationwide to reveal the top 10 most popular Easter candies filling baskets, the top Easter sweets in each state and more.RELATED: Cadbury World chocolatiers make giant Easter egg equivalent to 889 chocolate barsPerhaps one of the biggest surprises is just how much Americans really love those chocolate bunnies and Easter egg sweets as opposed to other holiday treats.According to the findings, nearly two-thirds of Americans (65%) agree Easter candy is the best seasonal candy, and 57% say Easter candy is better than Halloween candy. Easter candy popularity across America.

For the uninitiated, buying a non-fungible token (NFT) may seem like an immediate — albeit, expensive — financial win. However, that’s not always the case.

Ontario’s chief medical officer of health says he will be recommending that the province extend remaining mask mandates — in settings such as hospitals, long-term care and public transit — for another four weeks.Dr. Kieran Moore told The Canadian Press in an interview Thursday that he will be submitting that proposal to the government, and he believes it will help protect people living and working in vulnerable sectors through the worst of the sixth wave.Premier Doug Ford said earlier on Thursday he would have “no problem” extending the remaining mask mandates beyond the current expiry date of April 27 if that’s what Moore recommends.

Jessica Bleasdale heard New Brunswick was removing COVID-19 public safety restrictions across the province, including in schools, she leaped into action for her young son River.River, 12, is in Grade 7 and has both neurodevelopmental and gastrointestinal issues. It is something he and his family know makes him more vulnerable to contracting COVID-19 and the complications that can arise from infection.It made her nervous to send him to school — and nervous about almost all the things a parent would be with an immunocompromised child.So, she filed a complaint with the Human Rights Commission in New Brunswick, against chief medical officer of health Dr.

SALADO, Texas - Gina Brown’s freezer is capable of making ice, but the frozen chunk she is keeping in this zip lock bag wasn’t made there. It fell from the sky. After posting about it on social media, the National Weather Service contacted her and asked Brown to preserve it, so they can study it. "They are coming to 3D scan it is what I’m told," said Brown.Brown lives just north of Salado.

TRENTON - New Jersey residents over 21-years-old will be allowed to purchase recreational marijuana in the Garden State next week, according to Governor Phil Murphy. Call it a coincidence, but the newly-reelected governor said New Jerseyans can purchase pot without a medical marijuana card starting on 4/21."This is a historic step in our work to create a new cannabis industry," Murphy said.The news comes about a year after the state's regulatory commission started operating, and a year and a half after voters overwhelmingly approved a ballot question to permit recreational marijuana for people 21 and older.New Jersey is one of 18 states, along with the District of Columbia, that have legalized recreational marijuana. There also are 37 states, including New Jersey, that have legalized medical marijuana.Three of the seven facilities, known as alternative treatment centers, are in the northern part of the state.

Coronavirus infection rates continue to plummet in all 10 boroughs of Greater Manchester. A total of 8,479 people tested positive for covid across the region in the week which ended April 10.

Today China reported 29,317 new COVID-19 cases, which include 26,318 asymptomatic cases. Shanghai has 85.7% of the symptomatic cases and 95.5% of the asymptomatic cases, according to officials.

Niagara Falls, Ont., says he’s not on board with the possibility of a localized mask mandate for Niagara Region – a measure the region’s medical officer says he’s “open” to amid rising COVID-19 case data.Jim Diodati says he “appreciates the concern” raised by Dr. Mustfa Hirji, who addressed the possibility Monday during a regional COVID update, but says it’s not needed since most North Americans are meticulous in employing their own safety measures.“We don’t need to be told when to do what to do,” Diodati told 900 CHML’s Good Morning Hamilton.

  WASHINGTON (AP) - The Justice Department is improving language access to its programs to help people with limited English proficiency better report crimes. The Interior Department is providing technical assistance to Native American tribes to help them apply for grants.

Cadbury World chocolatiers Donna Oluban and Dawn Jenks are pictured with the chocolate egg creation. Credit: Provided / Cadbury World BIRMINGHAM, England - Two talented chocolatiers at Cadbury World spent three days crafting a massive Easter egg, which stands 3 feet tall and weighs over 88 pounds. Dawn Jenks and Donna Oluban took three days to make the giant chocolate treat at Cadbury World, an attraction located outside of Birmingham, England, that shares all about the history and making of British confectioner Cadbury chocolate. The egg is made of solid milk chocolate and features a detailed Easter scene, complete with an intricate array of flowers, grass and cherry blooms trees.

Senator Lindsey Graham, a Republican from South Carolina, speaks during a news conference. A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers flew to Taiwan for an official visit Thursday, defying threats from the Chinese government.Lawmakers from both the House and Senate landed in the country Wednesday morning to a warm welcome from Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen.

FILE - Solar flares are powerful bursts of radiation. Harmful radiation from a flare cannot pass through Earth's atmosphere to physically affect humans on the ground, however — when intense enough — they can disturb the atmosphere in the layer where Hey, northerners! You might get a treat in the night sky starting April 14 after a significant solar flare sent a coronal mass ejection towards Earth.

Ontario is “well into” the sixth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, the province’s Science Advisory Table says.The science table released new projections on Thursday, saying the sixth wave is being driven by the “new, more transmissible BA.2 variant, waning immunity, and lifting of public health measures.”The table said there is “significant uncertainty around the impact of case growth on our health system and deaths,” but added that wastewater surveillance suggests that community transmission of the virus “may have peaked.”The advisory table said the province’s wastewater signal has “increased substantially” but that growth has slowed down, adding that it “may have crested.”“It is uncertain yet, whether the current plateau will remain or be followed by an increase after the holidays, or a decrease,” the document reads.

COVID-19 and that the same number are off because they are a close contact of someone with the virus. He adds that this does not include all those off for other non-COVID-19-related reasons like vacations.The 321 is an increase from the 278 reported the day before.“When you get there, you’re short-staffed and waits are longer for our patients, and so that is a frustrating environment, both for providers and patients.

COVID-19 have died and 177 new patients were admitted to hospital last week.The latest COVID-19 data comes in the weekly epidemiology update covering April 3 to 9. Booster shots now available for all Manitobans aged 12-17 The hospitalizations include 19 new admissions to ICU.This marks the third week in a row the province has reported an increase in new hospitalizations.There were 141 new COVID-19 patients admitted to hospital March 27 to April 2 and 111 new patients reported the week before that.The province’s weekly updates don’t the total number of people currently in hospital and ICU as as result of of COVID-19, instead reporting only how many new admissions occurred during the previous week.While the province reported five deaths linked to COVID-19 in Thursday’s update, Manitoba’s total COVID-19 death toll rose to 1,759, eight more deaths than last week.

The National Health Authority (NHA) has directed its counterparts in the states to adopt the latest version of the Health Benefit Package (HBP 2022) within their jurisdiction. The total package count of HBP 2022 has climbed to 1,949 with the inclusion of 365 new medical procedures.

Ottawa convoy organizer Pat King is expected to face two new charges, the day after his bail review hearing came to an abrupt and unexpected halt when his lawyer’s computer appeared to be hacked.

In a first for North Manchester, an open-top bus menopause choir will be performing as part of a multi-arts festival. It's all part of SICK! festival, an arts and health event that faces up to the complexities of mental and physical health.

Covid-19 is far from becoming an endemic disease and could still trigger large epidemics around the globe, the World Health Organization has said.

Europa League tie against West Ham United this evening despite reportedly testing positive for Covid-19 this morning.It's understood that the 24-year-old took another test this afternoon which came back negative, but his inclusion in the match-day squad raises all manner of questions and health concerns.Reports indicate that Paqueta first tested positive on Wednesday and was subsequently sent home to isolate, but after a change in fortune a few hours ago Lyon decided to roll the dice and reverse their decision, naming him on the bench.Naturally, Hammers fans have been up in arms on social media since the news broke."Paqueta magically recovered for covid an hour before the game, no point in even having squad lists if the club can just change it last minute," one fan tweeted."How is Paqueta involved? The guy literally tested positive for Covid this morning," wrote another.A third said: "This is ridiculous, no one gives a s*** about Covid safety anymore do they? Thought Paqueta was positive."Should Paqueta be allowed to play? Let us know what you think in the comments section.David Moyes' side head into tonight's clash with everything still to play for after drawing 1-1 during a tense encounter at the London Stadium last week.Jarrod Bowen initially gave the home side the lead before former Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Tanguy Ndombele hit back a few minutes later to level the tie, and the Hammers were frustratingly denied a late chance by a pitch-invader who brainlessly stormed the field while they were counter-attacking.Victory tonight would see the east London side head into their first proper European semi-final in 46 years, so here's hoping Paqueta doesn't infect them all out there!

Compared with a third vaccine dose, a fourth dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine lowered the risk of infection, symptomatic infection, hospitalization, severe illness, and death 52% to 76%—depending on the measure—amid the Omicron surge among older adults, finds a new Israeli study.

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Addressing Canada’s ballooning housing crisis was the centrepiece of the 2022 federal budget. But as Eric Sorensen reports, the measures only go so far, and the housing market’s challenges go beyond finances.

Toronto Mayor John Tory tests positive for COVID-19 His remarks came ahead of expected new modelling on COVID-19 from the province’s expert pandemic advisory group.Ontario reported 1,392 people in hospital with COVID-19 on Wednesday and 177 in intensive care, compared with 1,332 hospitalizations and 182 people in ICUs the previous day.There were 4,589 new infections reported, though access to PCR tests is limited and the scientific director of the COVID-19 Science Advisory Table has said wastewater surveillance suggests the province is seeing between 100,000 and 120,000 new daily cases.

Moderna has been approved for jabs in children aged six to 11 by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA).

COVID-19 crisis, according to recent data from U.S. health officials — one of many examples shared in recent days of the pandemic’s harmful impact on mental health. Stay-at-home orders, social isolation, loss of caregivers, economic hardships, and general fear of the virus have driven a surge in cases of depression, anxiety, trauma, loneliness, and suicidal ideation among children and teenagers, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics. A study shared in late February by the U.S.

GILMORE CITY, Iowa - A storm chaser in Iowa captured a "once in a lifetime" video of lightning striking his friend’s car during a tornado.It happened April 12 when storm chaser and YouTuber Christopher Riske "just happened to be recording" as a bolt of lightning struck his friend’s Toyota Prius. "I have never seen anything like this before, this is an extremely rare occurrence," Riske told Storyful. RELATED: Driver captures video as tornado touches down in New OrleansIt was one of 10 tornadoes reported in Iowa Tuesday as a strong line of storms moved across the state, according to The Associated Press.

(Adairsville Police) ADAIRSVILLE, Ga. - After a months-long investigation, police in Adairsville have charged a man with molesting, raping, and impregnating a 12-year-old girl.Officials say the investigation began after the victim was discovered to be pregnant in November.

PHILADELPHIA - If you woke up Thursday morning and thought it felt like summer, you wouldn't be wrong.The temperature at Philadelphia International Airport only dipped to 68 degrees early Thursday, and it had already warmed to 70 degrees by sunrise.Not only is this warmer than the average afternoon high for this time of year (64 degrees), but it's nearly on par with the average morning low in the middle of summer (70 degrees). (FOX Weather)The warmest low temperature ever recorded on April 14 is 62 degrees, which occurred in 2014.But even though that was topped by 6 degrees Thursday morning, the record might be safe because temperatures are expected to drop below 62 by midnight as a cold front pushes through the Delaware Valley later on Thursday.

In its first evaluation of COVID-19 exposures among US healthcare professionals (HCPs) over the first year of the pandemic, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that most HCPs were likely infected at work rather than in the community.The study, published yesterday in the American Journal of Infection Contro

Provided by the Lee County Sheriff's Office FORT MYERS, Fla. - A Florida man has been charged with recording young girls in a Walmart dressing room. The girls, ages 4 and 12, told their father about what happened at a store in Fort Myers, prompting the dad and store security to chase after the man, who was apprehended near a bus station. ATLANTA RAPPER ACCUSED OF TRAFFICKING GUNS TO CRIME PLAGUED PHILADELPHIA IN STRAW PURCHASING SCHEME The suspect, 29-year-old Dalton Matheson, was arrested and charged with video voyeurism, resisting arrest and petit theft. At a press conference on Thursday, Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno described Matheson as a "disgusting pathetic person" and a "monster," who belongs behind bars. "I want to make it clear as I have since day one: We protect those that cannot protect themselves," Marceno said.

The Trapp family is pictured in a provided image. Photo Credit: Kevin Scott Ramos/Guinness World Records ESKO, Minn. - A family from a small town in Minnesota has been named the tallest in the world by Guinness World Records. The Trapp family, which is made up of Scott, 57, Kristine, 52, Savanna, 27, Molly, 24, and Adam, 22, has an average height of 6 feet, 8.03 inches.

The national capital on Wednesday reported 325 new Covid-19 cases and zero deaths in a span of 24 hours. The positivity rate in the city remained at 2.39%.

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COLOMBO (News 1st); The Sinhala and Tamil New Year, traditionally a joyous period of celebration and festivities, dawned this year amidst many challenges faced by Sri Lankans. The shortage of fuel, gas, essential medicine and food all accumulated to formulate the Economic Crisis which Sri Lanka is currently undergoing, which had left the population reeling, the Cabinet Ministers in charge of critical subjects resigning, and nobody to take accountability for the crisis as the Parliament, which convened for several days, also concluding their sessions without any resolutions with regard to the people’s problems. This had led to masses engaging in protests in front of the Presidential Secretariat for the sixth day in a row today (14), as the farmers mark the New Year, traditionally celebrated in line with bountiful harvests, this time, without fertilizer, rice being purchased at low prices, and paddy fields abandoned with weeds. However, amid crises, Sri Lankans still managed to welcome the New Year by wishing prosperity to the country and all of Sri Lanka’s children. The ritual of ‘boiling milk’ was held at the Independence square and Galle Face both amid protests, while the protestors also engaged in the New Year ritual of ‘visiting relatives’ by walking from Independence Square to Galle Face, and proceeded to greet the Police who were guarding the Presidential Secretariat with betel leaves. Moreover, many avurudu celebrations such as avurudu games were held with a twist at Galle Face, which were creatively designed to convey the thoughts and complaints of the protesting public at the venue. One such youth, speaking to News 1st, stated that “They have decided to ruin our Avurudu, therefore we are ruining them for Avurudu”

COVID-19, the province recorded 26 new deaths and 94-patient rise Thursday.Pandemic-related hospitalizations stood at 2,154. Officials say 282 patients were admitted in the last day, while 188 were discharged.Intensive care units cases linked to the disease rose by 13 for a total of 96.The province also logged 3,190 new infections, though this daily count only paints a partial portrait of the situation since PCR testing is limited to a few high-risk groups.

WHO warned that with winter approaching for Southern Hemisphere countries, “there is a high risk of another wave of new COVID infections." The coronavirus spreads more easily in cooler temperatures when people are more likely to gather in larger numbers indoors.

Al Pacino is confirmed to be dating Noor Alfallah, who is 53 years his junior, and the romance is said to have begun during the pandemic.The 81-year-old Hollywood legend was recently seen cozying up to his 28-year-old girlfriend during a dinner party with Jason Momoa after visiting Julian Schnabel's latest Pace gallery in the Mid City area of LA.'Pacino and Noor started seeing each other during the pandemic,' sources told PageSix.'She mostly dates very rich older men, she was withMick Jagger for a while, and then she dated Nicholas Berggruen.' Lovers in LA: Al Pacino was spotted out earlier this week with girlfriend, Noor Alfallah, who is 53 years his junior, and sources told Page Six that the couple has been dating since the pandemicThe insider added: 'She has been with Al for some time and they get on very well. The age gap doesn't seem to be a problem, even though he is older than her father.Noor is vice president of Lynda Obst Productions at Sony, and is also reportedly developing two feature films with Obst.

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COVID on Thursday, with 177 in intensive care.This is up by 60 for hospitalizations but a decrease of five for ICUs since the previous day.Last Thursday, there were 1,126 hospitalizations with 159 in ICU. This is a 24 per cent and 11 per cent increase, respectively, to the figures this week.According to latest breakdown for hospitalizations, 55 per cent were admitted for other reasons but tested positive for COVID-19.