National health committee now advises avoid AstraZeneca for second dose
The latest recommendation from NACI has Canadians who chose AstraZeneca for both doses wondering if they did the right thing.
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Your reusable mugs and cups are COVID-safe
Canadians can safely use their own coffee mugs, canvas bags and other reusable containers despite the pandemic, a new study has found.
Canada's mental health services were already overloaded. The pandemic made it worse
Rates of anxiety, depression and suicidal ideation have risen during the pandemic with surging demand for help, but the mental health-care system was overloaded before COVID-19, writes freelance journalist Joe Bongiorno.
Emerging Delta variant means Canada should speed vaccine rollout
Canada is on the cusp of hitting its first national vaccination target, but chief public health officer Dr. Theresa Tam says the Delta variant of the virus that causes COVID-19 might mean the country has to up its vaccine game again.
COVID travel restrictions likely to ease soon, Leblanc hints
Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc is signalling that Canadians can expect an announcement by Monday on easing pandemic travel restrictions.
Get vaccinated to live in dorms, Ryerson and U of T tell students
Students planning to live in residences at two of Toronto’s largest universities should get at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine before they move in for the 2021/22 school year.
The business case for reopening Canada's borders
Business leaders are calling on Ottawa to immediately lay out a comprehensive plan to reopen the economy and international borders along with a vaccine certification process as they struggle to prepare for a summer season hanging in flux.
Great Britain finds vaccines preventing hospitalizations from Delta variant
A new study in England suggests even just one dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech and Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccines are extremely good at keeping people from ending up in the hospital if they contract COVID-19 from the Delta variant of the virus that causes it.
Canada to donate 13M surplus vaccine doses to poor countries
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau pledged 13 million surplus vaccines to help the world get immunized against COVID-19 as he and other G7 leaders wrapped up a weekend summit in Britain dominated by the pandemic, climate change and China.
Deaths in racialized neighbourhoods double during first wave of pandemic
Canadian neighbourhoods where visible minorities live had a COVID-19 death rate about two times higher than areas that had a low proportion of immigrants, says a study from Statistics Canada.
Remote work is here to stay — and that’s good for the planet
Reducing the impact of daily commuters is the most immediate and obvious climate benefit from embracing part-time remote work, writes Alexandra Samuel.
Feds’ two billion tree goal hinges on provincial buy-in
Canada’s top financial watchdog is questioning the feasibility of fulfilling the Liberals’ major campaign promise to plant two billion trees by 2030 in pursuit of achieving net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.
