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Canada’s new top public health official is outlining her vision at a pivotal time for the healthcare system. Dr. Joss Reimer joins Miranda Anthistle to discuss her appointment to Canada’s top public health position, reflecting on the selection process and conversations with former Chief Public Health Officer Theresa Tam. She also addresses how she plans...

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.

Canada’s top public health officer is encouraging people to wear masks indoors. Dr. Theresa Tam says it could help hospitals cope with a surge of respiratory viruses, but as Richard Zussman tells us, this does not mean the mandatory mask mandate is coming back.

In a year-end interview with Global News, Canada’s chief public health officer Dr. Theresa Tam said that with improved surveillance methods and updated vaccines, the country is in an encouraging place to deal with emerging COVID-19 variants.

Canada’s chief public health officer Dr. Theresa Tam spoke Friday about the various vaccine strategies being looked at for monkeypox, including certain higher risk contacts of people who may have been diagnosed with the disease or also potentially prior to exposure. While there has not been a specific vaccine created for monkeypox, data shows the...

Canada’s chief public health officer Dr. Theresa Tam said Friday the global spread of monkeypox was “unusual” due to the lack of connection to travel to Africa, where the disease is primarily seen. She stressed the infection risk to the overall Canadian population was “low.”

Canada’s chief public health officer Dr. Theresa Tam urged Canadians to get up-to-date with their COVID-19 vaccines, including a booster dose if eligible, as the BA.2 sub-variant of Omicron is spreading in the country, albeit at a “slow rate.” She said while there could be a “blip” in the spring, vaccines and wearing a mask...

Chief public health officer of Canada Dr. Theresa Tam and deputy chief public health officer Dr. Howard Njoo said Friday that the approval of the Novavax COVID-19 vaccine could be a benefit to those who have not received a booster dose or even their first dose, as it gives them an alternative option from the...

During a COVID-19 update Friday, Canada’s chief public health officer Dr. Theresa Tam said fully vaccinated Canadians who experienced a COVID-19 infection should wait at least three months to get a booster shot after symptoms start or testing positive, according to Canada’s National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI). The longer interval between infection and vaccination...

The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) says it is trying to determine the number of Canadians struggling with “long COVID”: COVID-19 that lingers long past the initial point of infection, sometimes indefinitely. Chief Public Health Officer of Canada Dr. Theresa Tam said during a news conference Friday that people who are experiencing new or...

There are more than 35 wineries in Prince Edward County. Tours and entertainment are part of the attraction to wine tours, but of course, the grapes are the stars of the show. With meticulous care of those grapes, and the nurturing of the soil they’re in, Sandra Tam and the Terra Estate Winery are gearing...

Asked why Canada was getting a bivalent vaccine that targets the B.A.1 Omicron subvariant instead of what the U.S. is receiving, which targets B.A.4 or B.A.5, chief public health officer Dr. Theresa Tam said Thursday the dose being received provided an immune response that is “superior” against both the original strain and B.A.1, B.A. 4...

Canada’s top doctor is confirming our country is in fact in the sixth wave of COVID-19. Legislative bureau chief Keith Baldrey has the latest from Dr. Theresa Tam Tuesday.

As officials prepare for a possible increase in COVID-19 cases in the fall, Canada’s Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Theresa Tam encouraged Canadians to get a booster dose “regardless of the number of booster doses previously received.” She said the more transmissible Omicron subvariants BA.4 and BA.5 are becoming more dominant in Canada, which...

On Friday, Canada’s chief public health officer Dr. Theresa Tam reported that there have been 168 confirmed cases as of June 17 in Canada — 141 from Quebec, 21 from Ontario, four from Alberta and two from British Columbia. Globally, there are at least 1,285 confirmed cases of monkeypox reported from 28 non-endemic countries as...

Canada’s chief public health officer Dr. Theresa Tam said at a virtual news conference on Friday that COVID-19 booster shots are needed for people to stay updated during this transition period of loosening restrictions, but that the implementation of mandates to do so depends on policymakers’ decisions. Noting that case numbers fluctuate, Tam anticipates a...

Chief public health officer of Canada Dr. Theresa Tam and Health Minister Patty Hajdu on Friday discussed a campaign targeting young people amid the COVID-19 pandemic, saying that as colleges and schools reopen, Public Health will have a role to play along with researchers in closely monitoring how illnesses spread. Deputy public health officer Dr....

Canada’s Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Theresa Tam said on Friday that the pandemic is contributing to an increase in drug-related overdoses and deaths with public health measures designed to reduce the spread of COVID-19 possibly increasing isolation, stress and anxiety and thus leading to an increased usage of drugs.

Canada’s Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Theresa Tam said on Friday that Quebec’s decision to reduce the isolation period of asymptomatic or recovered COVID-19 patients from 14 to 10 days, since the onset of symptoms, has already been discussed by the public health agency.

Canada’s Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Theresa Tam provided criteria, outlining the four questions people should ask themselves to make a decision on attending indoor gatherings in the fall and winter. The questions are about addressing their own risk and exposing others to the risk of infection.