Canadians are questioning how the federal government plans to create a vaccine passport system to help people travel overseas. Who can get it? How will it work? Will provinces decide to use the passport for other things, like Quebec is…
As the world begins to emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic and restrictions are eased, doctors are warning parents to prepare for an active cold and flu season. They say babies born during the pandemic are going to face a new…
Distribution of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine is still on hold in Canada, but the National Advisory Council on Immunization (NACI) is now recommending it for Canadians 30 and up. Yet the committee is also saying others might want…
Ontario’s associate chief medical officer of health Dr. Barbara Yaffe, alongside COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution Task Force members Dr. Dirk Huyer, coordinator for provincial outbreak response, and bioethicist Dr. Maxwell Smith, provided an update Wednesday on the province’s Ethical Framework for…
Ontario reported 1,824 new cases of coronavirus on Thursday, a jump in cases due to a data error for one local public health unit, bringing the provincial total to 121,746. Thursday’s case count is an increase from Wednesday which saw…
People who contract the new coronavirus are most likely to be highly infectious for nine days after the onset of symptoms, a new study has found, reinforcing the need for self-isolation for at least 10 days. The peer-reviewed research, published…
