Covid Canada

• New COVID shot provides ‘boost in protection’ against new variants: doctors

  Public health officials say the number of COVID-19 infections is climbing again -- just in time for respiratory virus season in the fall and winter.

  Health

  Sep 22, 2023
  
• What Canadians need to know about COVID rapid tests as fall approaches

  With the circulation of new COVID-19 variants and the impending fall flu season, attention is once again turning to rapid antigen tests.

  Health

  Sep 8, 2023
  
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• Will updated COVID-19 vaccines work against latest variant? What experts say

  Canada's first known case of the Omicron variant BA.2.86 was detected this week in British Columbia as the country became the seventh in the world to report its presence.

  Health

  Sep 1, 2023
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• Canada monitoring new COVID variant BA.2.86 found in at least 4 countries

  The World Health Organization said this week it had classified BA.2.86 a "variant under monitoring" due to the "large number of mutations identified."

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  Aug 18, 2023
• Call inquiry into Canada’s COVID-19 response, medical journal urges

  Experts from 13 organizations across Canada, including doctors, nurses, researchers, law and humanitarian specialists, wrote a series of articles that made the argument.

  Health

  Jul 24, 2023
• COVID-19 no longer a global health emergency – but ‘battle is not over’: WHO

  COVID-19 first emerged in Wuhan, China in 2019 before spreading across the world, leading to lockdowns and other public health measures for more than three years.

  World

  May 5, 2023
• Plans for the next pandemic should be tabled in House, Liberal MP urges

  The Public Health Agency of Canada should table its plans to prevent and prepare for future pandemics in the House of Commons, a Liberal MP suggests.

  Health

  Apr 20, 2023
• COVID-19 now appears to be in a ‘steady state’ in Canada

  Is COVID-19 becoming endemic, nearly three years after it first emerged? Canadian health officials offered an update on where things stand.

  Health

  Mar 10, 2023
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• COVID-19 bivalent boosters recommended for at-risk Canadians this spring: NACI

  NACI says that includes adults 80 and up, those living in long-term care homes and other congregate settings for seniors or those with complex medical needs.

  Health

  Mar 3, 2023
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• Paxlovid slashed severe outcomes for at-risk patients after Omicron surge, study finds

  Canadians at risk of severe illness from COVID-19 who took Paxlovid had a significantly lower risk of being hospitalized or dying as a result of the virus, a new study shows.

  Health

  Feb 13, 2023