As COVID-19 vaccines continue to reach more and more Canadians, some are wondering what level of protection they’re getting from their first dose, and what happens while they’re waiting for the top-up jab. The Canadian Press asked Dr. Lynora Saxinger, an infectious disease expert with the University of Alberta, and Kelly Grindrod, an associate professor […]
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Canada’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout is reaching hundreds of thousands of people per day, inching the country closer to a return to normalcy. But experts say not to expect everyday life to change too soon. While the vaccines have shown exceptional effectiveness after one dose, public health authorities still urge people to stick to safety measures, […]
Canada’s first shipment of Johnson & Johnson’s single-dose COVID-19 vaccine is expected to arrive in the coming days, but provinces are still waiting for guidance on how best to use them. Procurement Minister Anita Anand said last week that Canada would receive 300,000 doses by the end of this week, with distribution to provinces and […]
Canada’s COVID-19 vaccine supply will get a boost this week, with its first shipment of Johnson & Johnson’s single-dose jab expected to arrive in the coming days and be dispersed to provinces by early May. But guidance on how jurisdictions could best deploythe vaccine is yet to come. Dr. Caroline Quach, chair of Canada’s National […]
For the past year, west-end Toronto resident Lindsay Groves has started most days off with a five-kilometre run through Prospect Cemetery, a west-end resting place that runs from St. Clair Avenue to Eglinton Avenue. Running is relatively new to Groves, who picked up the habit during the first lockdown to help cope with stress and […]
Remember when the States seemed truly united? Few readers under the age of 30 are likely to recall this but, for a brief period of time in 2001 and 2002, after the terrorist attacks in New York City and Washington, D.C., a surge of patriotism erupted, along with a string of declarations of unity. Democrats […]
Hope dwindled for Julie and Paul Devigne as a treatment-resistant tumour in their baby’s belly swelled so large it restricted his ability to eat, sleep and breathe. Then, in a surgical feat, doctors at Toronto’s Hospital for Sick Children gave little Félix another shot at life, say the Winnipeg parents. During a roughly eight-hour-long procedure, […]
A variant that appears to be wreaking havoc in India has been detected in Canada but experts say it’s too early to know how concerning this new version of the COVID-19 virus is. The variant — named B.1.617 — has so far been classified as a “variant of interest” by the World Health Organization, rather […]
TORONTO – Dr. Daniel Drucker didn’t expect his decades-worth of groundbreaking research on gut hormones to garner so much attention in the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic. The endocrinologist and senior scientist at Sinai Health — who was named a winner of the 2021 Canada Gairdner International Award on Wednesday — had been focused […]
TORONTO – An expert group is recommending Ontario clinicians ration doses of a drug used to treat COVID-19 as a supply shortage coincides with a third wave of infections that’s sending more patients into intensive care. The scientists advising the province on the pandemic published revised clinical guidelines this week reflecting the shortage of tocilizumab, […]