backlogs

So many health professionals and patients have tested positive for the coronavirus in England that the situation has made it hard to address a backlog of more than six million people awaiting hospital treatment for other conditions, health…

New Balance has opened its fifth manufacturing space in North America. This one is in Methuen, Massachusetts.Source: New BalanceWhile many retailers are struggling to preserve relationships with overseas vendors and manufacturers, against…

Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos announced Friday that the federal government will send another $2 billion to provinces and territories to help clear the health-care backlog created by the years-long pandemic crisis. Over the last two…

Britain is spiralling into an eye care crisis, experts are warning, with thousands suffering sight loss that could have been prevented due to record delays for treatment.Waiting lists for an initial hospital eye appointment have ballooned…

Radiologists are warning that Canadian hospitals are in serious need of more equipment and staff to deal with medical imaging backlogs that the country was already facing before the COVID-19 pandemic began. Dr. Gilles Soulez,…

Stacks of cardboard boxes line the wall of a spare room in Matthew Laferriere's bungalow in Winnipeg's Windsor Park neighbourhood. Each night, the 33-year-old takes a plastic bag of fluid from one of the boxes and loads it into his home…

Cheryl Sword does as many activities as she can with her husband and 11-year-old son, until she has to stop and rest.  "My abdominal pain and pressure stops me in my tracks," Sword, 36, who lives in Sherwood Park, Alta., told CBC News. …

Ethan Allen CEO Farooq Kathwari told CNBC on Tuesday the company expects its production backlogs to catch up by early next year after a series of pandemic-induced supply issues. "One of the advantages we have is that first of all, you know,…