Ontario will soon allow pharmacists to prescribe an antiviral drug used to reduce severe outcomes from COVID-19. Starting on Dec. 12, pharmacists... 08.12.2022 13:57 0
Tens of millions of doses of COVID-19 vaccines are likely about to expire and go to waste because of a failure to manage an oversupply of doses, at... 06.12.2022 12:57 0
Canada's auditor general says COVID-19 benefits were delivered quickly and helped mitigate economic suffering, however, the federal government... 06.12.2022 12:52 0
A flu season that started early, hospitalized far more children than usual and overwhelmed emergency departments has revealed that Canada's... 06.12.2022 05:42 0
Ontario is extending a program providing free rapid tests for COVID-19 to the end of June next year. The program provides the rapid antigen tests... 02.12.2022 08:12 0
Statistics Canada says there were 2.8 million fewer commuters in 2021 than in 2016, as the pandemic drove a shift toward remote work. In a new... 30.11.2022 11:31 0
As pediatric hospitals fill up with young children sickened by respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), doctors are worried that older adultswill be the... 25.11.2022 07:58 0
Families should ensure everyone in their household gets vaccinated against the flu, a pediatrician group urged Friday as a triple-whammy of... 19.11.2022 03:36 0
The Toronto Transit Commission says it's ending its mandatory COVID-19 vaccination requirement for workers and offering to reinstate employees... 18.11.2022 11:21 0
Ontario's chief medical officer of health is "strongly recommending" residents mask in all indoor public settings in order to protect... 14.11.2022 10:21 0
As the busy winter travel season approaches, researchers are looking to use artificial intelligence and surveillance technologies at Canada's... 10.11.2022 01:05 0
Toronto's board of health asked the city's top doctor Tuesday to consider reinstating mask mandates amid a surge in viral illnesses... 09.11.2022 05:44 0
Ontario is considering allowing pharmacists to prescribe the COVID-19 treatment drug Paxlovid in order to expand access, the province's top... 07.11.2022 00:15 0
The "triple threat" of a bad flu season, COVID-19 and the resurgence of a childhood viral illness is putting a strain on the health system,... 03.11.2022 01:53 0
An Ontario hospital is temporarily closing its emergency room due to COVID-19 illnesses. Norfolk General Hospital says its emergency department will... 01.11.2022 01:40 0
Increasing COVID-19 cases and a flu season looming over an already-strained Ontario health system mean now is the time to reinstate some mask... 29.10.2022 07:48 0
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is seeking legal advice on whether she can pardon those fined for non-criminal violations of health restrictions... 25.10.2022 15:26 0
Health Canada approved on Thursday the use of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 booster vaccine that targets the BA.4 and BA.5 strains of the Omicron... 07.10.2022 14:10 0
As Canada moves out of the COVID-19 pandemic era, new data from commercial real estate firm Avison Young shows a steady increase in foot traffic... 07.10.2022 04:42 0
The burden of COVID-19 going forward will sit on the shoulders of primary care doctors and nurses if no new variant emerges, but the way that medical... 03.10.2022 07:18 0