TORONTO - Ontario Premier Doug Ford vowed Wednesday to make air conditioning mandatory in the province's long-term care homes, though critics say any change will come too late for many residents already suffering in the stifling heat.

MONTREAL - Quebec says it wants to gauge public interest before it recommends Quebecers download a smartphone application designed to alert them if they may have been exposed to COVID-19.

OTTAWA - A national clinical trial this summer will focus on protecting cancer patients from developing severe COVID-19.

Desperate to solve the deadly conundrum of COVID-19, the world is clamouring for fast answers and solutions from a research system not built for haste.

Desperate to solve the deadly conundrum of COVID-19, the world is clamouring for fast answers and solutions from a research system not built for haste.

VAUGHAN, Ont. - Health officials say at least 20 of the 30 employees of a mushroom farm north of Toronto who tested positive for COVID-19 are temporary foreign workers.

MONTREAL - Authorities in Quebec say they prefer that bars and restaurants follow public health directives instead of being forced by the government to collect the personal information of their patrons in case of an COVID-19 outbreak.

Health-care workers on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic are at risk of severe stress that could cause long-term psychological damage, the Centre of Excellence on Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder says.

Jill McDevitt watched the conversation about face masks evolve over the last couple of months and realized it looked familiar.

A U.S. health panel wants to widen the number of Americans offered yearly scans for lung cancer by opening the screening to less-heavy smokers.

TORONTO - Ontario is reporting 112 new cases of COVID-19, and two new deaths due to the novel coronavirus.

TORONTO - The towns of Kingsville and Leamington, Ont., are joining the rest of the province in Stage 2 of the government's reopening plan.

TORONTO - Physical distancing was impossible to maintain in often-overbooked courtrooms across Ontario on Monday, lawyers said as some provincial court proceedings resumed after shuttering for months because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

TORONTO - People in Ontario could face property tax increases and service cuts if upper levels of government don't provide immediate financial support to municipalities coping with massive pandemic-related costs, leaders of the province's largest cities and regions said Monday.

MONTREAL - Quebec's health minister is threatening to lock down bars again if owners and clients don't follow public health guidelines designed to limit the spread of COVID-19.

LONDON - More than 200 scientists have called for the World Health Organization and others to acknowledge that the coronavirus can spread in the air — a change that could alter some of the current measures being taken to stop the pandemic.

New numbers on the global AIDS epidemic show some big successes, such as fewer deaths and new infections. But there are also some tragic failures: Only half the children with HIV, the virus that causes the disease, are getting treatment.

MONTREAL - Quebec reported eight additional deaths due to COVID-19 on Sunday as health officials south of Montreal probed a cluster of positive cases stemming from a local bar.

TORONTO - Andrea Moffat can't decide what will be worse for her five-year-old son in September — keeping him at home or allowing him to make a partial return to school.

Doctors have known it for a long time, well before the resounding cries of “Black Lives Matter”: Black people suffer disproportionately.

Doctors have long known that Black people suffer disproportionately.

TORONTO - A planting machine crawled along the 100-acre Good Farm in Brant County, Ont. on a sunny June day, dropping seeds into the soil in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic.

MONTREAL - Quebec reported more than 100 new cases of COVID-19 for the first time in two weeks.

TORONTO - Ontario has deployed an emergency management team to Windsor-Essex to help deal with a large COVID-19 outbreak on a farm, Premier Doug Ford said Friday as he apologized for previously suggesting migrant workers were hiding to avoid getting tested for the novel coronavirus.

OTTAWA - The mayor of Ottawa says he's working to make cloth masks mandatory indoors in an effort to slow the spread of COVID-19 while restarting the economy.

TORONTO - Migrant workers at an Ontario farm struggling with a major COVID-19 outbreak "hid" to avoid getting tested when health officials visited recently, Premier Doug Ford said Thursday, refusing to name the business.

Toronto's board of health has approved a proposal that would see the city move towards creating voluntary accommodations for those who test positive for COVID-19 but can't self-isolate at home.

Toronto's mayor says he's optimistic transit riders will comply with a new rule requiring them to wear face masks.

TORONTO - New rules restricting the sale of most flavoured vape products have come into effect in Ontario.

MONTREAL - Quebec is reporting another 14 deaths attributed to the novel coronavirus, for a total of 5,541.

Authorities are closing honky tonks, bars and other drinking establishments in some parts of the U.S. to stem the surge of COVID-19 infections — a move backed by sound science about risk factors that go beyond wearing or not wearing masks.

Passengers on board a flight from Toronto to Halifax last week may have been exposed to COVID-19, Nova Scotia's public health agency said Wednesday as it reported a new confirmed case of the virus.

WINDSOR, Ont. - Health officials in the Windsor-Essex region say they've ordered a work stoppage at a farm experiencing a large outbreak of COVID-19.

NEW YORK - There is little evidence that the protests that erupted after George Floyd’s death caused a significant increase in U.S. coronavirus infections, according to public health experts.

MONTREAL - As Canada's two largest airlines move to end so-called seat distancing, travellers have mixed feelings about stepping on board an aircraft in the age of COVID-19.

Toronto city council has approved a bylaw to make masks mandatory in public indoor settings to help slow the spread of COVID-19.

TORONTO - Ontario's ombudsman said Tuesday that conditions in some of the province's correctional facilities have left him "shaken", and contributed to a record of over 6,000 complaints from inmates last year.

MONTREAL - Face masks will soon be mandatory on public transit in Quebec, the province announced Tuesday as it prepares for a potential second wave of COVID-19 in the fall.

TORONTO - The organization representing Ontario's child-care providers says the government hasn't done enough to help them bounce back from the COVID-19 pandemic.

At least 285 U.S. children have developed a serious inflammatory condition linked to the coronavirus and while most recovered, the potential for long-term or permanent damage is unknown, two new studies suggest.

MONTREAL - Quebec may have to make masks mandatory on public transit to ensure people are ready in the event of a second wave of COVID-19 this fall, the province's public health director suggested Monday.

TORONTO - A spike in new COVID-19 cases in Ontario on Monday was attributed to two recent outbreaks — one at a farm in Windsor-Essex and another linked to a nail salon in Kingston.

KINGSTON, Ont. - Five more people have tested positive for COVID-19 in an outbreak related to a nail salon in Kingston, Ont., including an employee at another salon.

The maker of a drug shown to shorten recovery time for severely ill COVID-19 patients says it will charge $2,340 for a typical treatment course for people covered by government health programs in the United States and other developed countries.

TORONTO - Ontario reported 178 new cases of COVID-19 and six new deaths related to the virus on Sunday.

TORONTO - Ontario is reporting 111 new cases of COVID-19 today, and 3 more deaths.

NEW YORK - The nation's top public health agency on Thursday revamped its list of which Americans are at higher risk for severe COVID-19 illness, adding pregnant women and removing age alone as a factor.

TORONTO - Ontario Premier Doug Ford doesn't want to see the Canada-United States border opened when the current closure expires July 21, considering the positive trends in the province compared to a COVID-19 resurgence in many states.

MONTREAL - Quebec reported a jump in new COVID-19 cases Thursday on what health officials say will be the final day they release daily data on the pandemic.

Video telemedicine took off earlier this year as the coronavirus paused in-person doctor visits. Earl Egner missed that trend.