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National Immunization Awareness Week is on now through April 30. This week highlights the importance of vaccinations for all ages. Dr. Theresa Tam, Canada’s Chief Public Health Officer, joins Miranda Anthistle to discuss immunizations.

Public health agencies across Canada are encouraging people who have received the first dose of the mpox vaccine to get their second shot. Canada’s chief public health officer Doctor Theresa Tam says many people haven’t received their second dose since getting their first in 2022, when an outbreak was declared in Canada. Katherine Ward has...

Canada’s top health officials warn of another dark winter ahead, as fears of a fifth COVID-19 wave rise, with Omicron becoming the dominant variant. What chief public health officer Dr. Theresa Tam has to say about your holiday plans. Plus, meet one family who’s divided over getting the COVID-19 vaccine. Also, the struggle with long...

Canada’s chief public health officer Dr. Theresa Tam said Friday that although Canada is experiencing an uptick in the number of COVID-19 cases heading in to the holidays, vaccines have blunted the resurgence. However, if Omicron takes hold it could outpace Delta as the dominant strain, further driving infections up.

Canada’s chief public health officer Dr. Theresa Tam announced on Friday that Canada has released guidance on what is and isn’t allowed for those who have been fully vaccinated. Tam also touted a “risk calculator” which she said is coming to help Canadians assess their COVID-19 risk.

Chief public health officer Dr. Theresa Tam said during a COVID-19 modelling update on Friday that the rate of new cases is 12 times higher among the unvaccinated compared to fully vaccinated individuals. The rate of hospitalization is 36 times higher for unvaccinated people, she added.

Chief public health officer Dr. Theresa Tam highlighted on Friday the importance of increasing COVID-19 vaccine rates in younger age groups, stating they have the highest infection rates and are the most socially active. “There is still a window of opportunity to reduce the rate of epidemic growth and get on a better trajectory by...

Canada’s National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) along with chief medical officer of health Dr. Theresa Tam said Friday that Canadians shouldn’t get hung up on definitions of primary series versus COVID-19 booster shots and that it’s still an “evolving story.” This was in response to whether Canadians should consider a third booster dose as...

Canada’s chief public health officer Dr. Theresa Tam said on Friday that the Omicron COVID-19 wave could peak at 170,000 cases a day in January, though the projections are likely estimates of the “true number of daily cases” that may be occurring as testing restrictions have limited the number of reported cases.

Canada’s chief public health officer Dr. Theresa Tam said on Friday that Canadians in some regions are already starting to see stabilization of Omicron-driven COVID-19 outbreaks — and it’s possible that cases could peak “in the next days.” She added the country could see “a sharp, sharp increase” in cases before coming down “fairly fast.”

As Canada’s COVID-19 cases start rising again, Health Canada has approved Spikevax, Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine, to be used as a booster shot. Abigail Bimman reports on when Canadian children might finally get vaccinated, and on chief public health officer Dr. Theresa Tam’s advice about keeping the virus out as more people head indoors.

Canada’s chief public health officer Dr. Theresa Tam said Friday that while the known cases of the Omicron COVID-19 variant have been mostly mild or asymptomatic in Canada, most of the cases are among younger people and cases have not spread into higher risk groups. However, she said officials have seen the “full spectrum of...

Canada’s chief public health officer Dr. Theresa Tam said on Tuesday that the latest evidence does not show the Omicron COVID-19 variant is contagious for less time than other variants of the virus, but said the number of infections from Omicron is stressing workforces and is a reason to adjust risk tolerance for ending isolation...

Canada’s chief public health officer Theresa Tam said on Wednesday that the qualifications for being fully vaccinated against COVID-19 were not changing in Canada at this point. “I think that we will be revisiting this question again after our booster programs have rolled out significantly in the domestic context,” she told reporters.

Patty Hajdu, Canada’s Minister of Health, and Chief public health officer of Canada Dr. Theresa Tam told reporters Wednesday that the health care system has the potential to be overwhelmed in all of the COVID-19 scenarios projected by the federal government.

Treasury Board President Jean-Yves Duclos and chief public health officer Dr. Theresa Tam said on Friday that the RCMP’s involvement in the enforcement of the Quarantine Act involving self-isolation to prevent the spread of COVID-19 was an additional measure being taken. Duclos said RCMP involvement will be rarely needed, but Tam said it would be...

During a technical briefing laying out COVID-19 modelling projections in Canada, Dr. Theresa Tam said that the country still has an opportunity to “control the epidemic” and prepare the health system in the shortest time possible and fewest number of deaths by keeping up physical distancing, increase testing, self-isolating cases and trace contacts rapidly.

Canada’s chief public health officer Dr. Theresa Tam confirmed on Thursday that Canada now has a total of 19,774 cases of COVID-19, with 461 deaths.

Lori Williams, an associate professor at Mount Royal University, says Premier Jason Kenney’s criticisms of Dr. Theresa Tam do not improve Alberta’s image. Michael King reports.

Chief Public Health Officer of Canada Dr. Theresa Tam told reporters Tuesday that the principal focus of the federal government is to protect front line healthcare workers from contracting COVID-19 at all.