The Quebec College of Physicians is calling for all cosmetic surgery clinics to close for the time being, saying that procedures such as facelifts and breast implants shouldn't be performed while the province's public health system faces a staffing crisis.CBC News reported earlier this...

The old saying holds that only fools and the dead never change their minds.Health Minister Christian Dubé is neither of those things. Eighteen days ago, at a news conference about Quebec's COVID-19 vaccination plan, Dubé insisted his hands were tied by Pfizer's requirements that...

Can rapid COVID-19 tests make high schools safer? That's exactly what Dr. Caroline Quach is looking to find out — deploying the tests at two Montreal high schools to see if they can be used to curb transmission."If we're able to...

The Quebec government is imposing a curfew and extending the closure of high schools and businesses in an effort to slow the spread of COVID-19.  Premier François Legault said the lockdown measures, which he described as "shock therapy," will begin...

Hospitals in Quebec's largest metropolitan area are becoming perilously full and could run out of capacity for new COVID-19 patients entirely in as little as two or three weeks, according to new provincial government modelling.The latest report from the Insitut national d'excellence en santé et...

Travellers planning to return home to Quebec after holidaying abroad should face strict measures, including being tested for COVID-19 before hopping on a flight home and once again upon their arrival, the provincial health minister announced today.This comes after Quebec recorded...

Turning a desperately ill COVID-19 patient onto their stomach may seem simple enough to the uninitiated. It's not.In this case, at Quebec City's Hôpital de l'Enfant-Jésus, it requires a total of seven people crowded around an intensive care bed.  We often hear...

There is sadness, but most of all boredom.Linda Foy, an octogenarian grandmother of three who lives in Montreal West, recently decided to knit a hat for her daughter because, well, she couldn't think of anything better to do. Behind the...

Quebec Premier François Legault has backtracked on his plan to allow gatherings over the Christmas holiday period after a rise in cases, hospitalizations and deaths. Legault announced last month people would be allowed to gather in groups of 10 over a four-day period,...