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  PHOTO DAVID BOILY, ARCHIVES LA PRESSE (Washington, D.C.) Nearly a quarter of people who have contracted COVID-19 face, a month later or more, health problems they had not experienced before their infection, according to a large study that analyzed the medical data of nearly two million Americans affected by the virus. The survey is the largest ever conducted to study the long-term effects of the disease, according to Fair Health, an independent organization that has collected information provided by health insurance companies.   Data from some 1.960 million people diagnosed positive for COVID-19 between February and December 2020 were reviewed.   "While many patients recover from COVID-19 within a few weeks, some develop persistent or new symptoms more than four weeks after being diagnosed," the study says. The two main problems experienced were pain (neuralgia, muscle pain...) for 5% of people, and difficulty breathing, in 3.5% of cases. They were followed by...

PHOTO STR, ARCHIVES AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE The three astronauts will take their seats aboard the Shenzhou-12 spacecraft, powered by a Long March 2F rocket. (Jiuquan) China confirmed the launch on Thursday at 9:22 a.m. (1:22 a.m. GMT) of three astronauts to its under construction space station, for a first three-month mission. The three astronauts, all three male, will take off from the Jiuquan base in the Gobi Desert (northwest), the Space Agency for Human Spaceflight (CMSA) announced at a press conference. They will take place aboard the Shenzhou-12 spacecraft, powered by a Long March 2F rocket, which will dock at Tianhe ("Celestial Harmony"), the station's only module already in space. At the end of April, Tianhe was placed in low-Earth orbit (at an altitude of 350-390 km), the control centre and the place where the astronauts live. On board, the astronauts will not be idle: maintenance, installation of equipment, space trips, preparation of future construction missions a...

  PHOTO SEAN KILPATRICK, LA PRESSE CANADIENNE Bloc Québécois leader Yves-François Blanchet. (Ottawa) By imposing a debate in the House of Commons on Quebec City's Bill 96, the Bloc Québécois said it wanted to "unmask" federal elected officials who only supported the Legault government's initiative as a façade. In the second speech in the House by a Liberal elected official, the bloc's wish was granted. Montreal Liberal MP Anthony Housefather expressed concern about the "limited and symbolic" scope of the motion that will be put to the vote on Wednesday, tried to amend it, unsuccessfully, before finding a few hours later that his Liberal colleagues in cabinet would not follow him. "That this House agree that section 45 of the Constitution Act, 1982 confers on Quebec and the provinces exclusive jurisdiction to amend their respective constitutions; and take note of Quebec's desire to enshrine in its constitution that Quebecers form a nation, that F...

Quebecers vaccinated with Moderna or AstraZeneca products can start making an appointment for their second dose, depending on their age category. Thus, those aged 50 and over can go to Clic Santé as of today to plan their second vaccine, as was already the case for people vaccinated with pfizer's product. Eligible groups decline by five years each day, until they reach the age of 18 on June 23.  Quebec will receive 1.6 million doses from the manufacturer Moderna this week, 500,000 more than expected over the next two weeks.  Plus de 1M de 2e doses ont été administrées au Québec. La 2e campagne de vaccination est réellement en marche. La 2e dose est cruciale pour être adéquatement protégé contre le virus. Notre meilleure arme pour éviter que le variant Delta gagne du terrain, c’est la vaccination. https://t.co/7N8ACqcu4i — Christian Dubé (@cdube_sante) June 15, 2021 Moderna's vaccine is particularly used by pharmacies, due to its ease of storage. As for AstraZeneca's vaccin...

JOËL LEMAY / AGENCE QMI Quebec reports 105 cases of COVID-19 and 6 deaths, bringing the total to 373,217 people infected and 11,177 deaths since the beginning of the pandemic. Yesterday, the province had 123 infections and one death. #COVID19 - En date du 14 juin, voici la situation au Québec: https://t.co/FxK4or5HJ4 pic.twitter.com/0UguPSm2Od — Santé Québec (@sante_qc) June 15, 2021 THE SITUATION IN QUEBEC AS OF JUNE 15, 2021    373,217 people infected (+105)    11,177 deaths (+6)*    214 people hospitalized (-1)    54 people in intensive care (-4)     The withdrawals made amount to 15,968 for a total of 9,858,869    91,732 doses of vaccine are added to the balance sheet, for a total of 6,868,473 doses received in Quebec    Outside Quebec, a total of 14,637 doses were administered       *A total of 11,177 is announced due to the removal of 2 non-COVID-19 deaths. VARIANTS Quebec has 7722 ca...

  The Government Gambled Big Only to Get Little Results PHOTO COURTOISIE, ISABELLE LAFLAMME " The COVID Alert app has been downloaded to the phones of 6.5 million Canadians to date." Launched with greatz noise by the Trudeau and Legault governments, the COVID Alert application has been expensive and has yielded few results. Ottawa spent as much as $17.5 million to promote the smartphone app through a major advertising campaign and marketing initiatives. The app has been downloaded by more than 6.5 million Canadians, but it has served very little purpose. Its principle of use is based on the idea that a person with COVID-19 reports anonymously through the application, which then alerts people who have been in close proximity to them. According to the most recent data, compiled by our Bureau of Investigation, just 4.1% of Canadians who tested positive for COVID used the app to indicate that they had been infected with the disease. This means that, out of approximately 800,000 C...