COVID-19 cases growing among London hospital workers as Omicron rages

COVID-19 cases among employees at London’s largest hospital have now nearly tripled from levels recorded nearly a week ago. London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC) now has 152 staff,  or roughly one per cent of its 15,000 employees, who have tested positive for the virus, up from 104 reported Tuesday. “This amounts approximately to one per […]

More income inequality leads to more COVID cases: Western researcher

A Western University researcher says his team’s research of income inequality in 127 countries found that countries with greater income inequality had higher rates of COVID-19 cases and more deaths, at least in the pre-vaccine stage of the pandemic. James Davies, a professor in the university’s department of economics, said the rate of economic distance […]

London’s New Year’s baby arrives one minute into 2022

One minute after the big New Year’s Eve countdown, London recorded its first baby born in 2022. Christine Elgar and Ben Monis welcomed their baby boy, Niall, at 12:01 a.m. Saturday at the London Health Sciences Centre. The baby, who weighs six pounds and eight ounces, and the parents are “doing well” following the early-morning […]