SickKids

A wave of high-profile cyberattacks has recently hit hospitals, businesses and organizations in Ontario, including the LCBO this week and Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children and Scouts Canada in December.

The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto says most of its priority systems are back after a ransomware attack affected its operations.

A global ransomware operator issued an apology and offered to unlock the data targeted in a ransomware attack on Toronto’s Hospital for Sick Children, a move cybersecurity experts say is rare, if not unprecedented, for the infamous group. 

A baby screams in the distance as a security guard stands watch over the waiting room at the emergency department of Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children.

The three major pediatric hospitals issued guidance tougher than the provincial directive given the unique vulnerabilities of their patients and clients, more than 70 per cent of whom cannot get the COVID-19 vaccine.

Ontario is watching for a possible link between COVID-19 infection in children and a rare inflammatory illness that can require intensive care.

Researchers from across Canada will collaborate on a vast clinical trial to study whether the plasma of recovered patients can be used to treat COVID-19.