Dr. Supriya Sharma said what is really needed are vaccines that can possibly stop more than one variant at a time, including those yet to come.

Health Canada maintains the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine is safe, despite a Tuesday report that a woman in Quebec developed a blood clot shortly after receiving her shot.

Canada is facing outbreak levels of syphilis across the country and a national shortage of the medication used to treat the disease is forcing the federal government to order hundreds of drugs from Australia.