Covid-19 Vaccines

• Public Health Agency of Canada reviewing ‘the VISP experience,’ including users’ concerns

  PHAC is actively reviewing VISP concerns raised by claimants and beneficiaries and is studying similar programs abroad to learn best practices.

  Investigations

  Jul 2
  
• Destroy old COVID shots to get new ones? What’s behind the guidance

  Several provinces have suspended COVID-19 vaccination campaigns as Health Canada deals with approvals for a new shot that targets the main variant now in circulation.

  Canada

  Sep 6, 2024
  
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• ‘Significant amount of COVID’ expected in the fall. Are new vaccines coming?

  Health Canada says it is reviewing submissions from Pfizer, Moderna and Novavax for their updated COVID-19 vaccines targeting the most recent strains circulating.

  Health

  Aug 21, 2024
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• Alberta Health delays plans to reduce fees pharmacists receive for delivering COVID-19 vaccines

  Alberta Health is now delaying plans to reduce the fees pharmacists receive for delivering COVID-19 shots until Jan 1.

  Health

  Oct 7, 2023
• Nobel Prize in medicine awarded to 2 scientists for COVID vaccine discoveries

  Hungarian scientist Katalin Kariko and U.S. colleague Drew Weissman made mRNA molecule discoveries together that paved the way for COVID-19 vaccines.

  Health

  Oct 2, 2023
• As pandemic winds down, COVAX has billions left to spend. Where will the money go?

  Billions of dollars left in a scheme to deliver COVID-19 vaccines to the world’s poorest could be diverted to prepare for other pandemics or to support vaccine manufacturing.

  Health

  Jun 26, 2023
• Kids COVID-19 vaccination ‘complex’ decision for parents, study shows

  A new study published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal sheds light on the concerns parents have when deciding whether or not to vaccinate their kids against COVID-19.

  Health

  Feb 21, 2023
• U.S. FDA proposes annual COVID-19 vaccinations for most Americans

  The Food and Drug Administration's proposal would allow most adults and children to get a once-a-year shot to protect against the mutating virus.

  Health

  Jan 23, 2023
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• ‘Most-transmissible’ COVID-19 subvariant XBB.1.5 detected in Alberta

  On Wednesday, an Alberta Health spokesperson confirmed four cases of XBB.1.5 have been identified in the province.

  Health

  Jan 5, 2023
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• COVID-19 vaccine rollout delay would have cost Canadian economy $156B: study

  The report by the C.D. Howe Institute said direct savings associated with averting COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations were an estimated $3.3 billion to $5.8 billion.

  Canada

  Dec 15, 2022