A new summer COVID wave may be on its way
  • Jul 14, 2025

A new summer COVID wave may be on its way

  • Axios
Obesity rates in Canada increased faster during early-pandemic than in previous 11 years
  • Jul 14, 2025

Obesity rates in Canada increased faster during early-pandemic than in previous 11 years

  • The Canadian Press
Charges dropped against Utah doctor accused of throwing away $28,000 in COVID vaccine doses
  • Jul 12, 2025

Charges dropped against Utah doctor accused of throwing away $28,000 in COVID vaccine doses

  • Associated Press
AI can tell how tired doctors are by looking at their notes
  • Jul 11, 2025

AI can tell how tired doctors are by looking at their notes

  • Canada Healthwatch
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  • Nick Tsergas
FDA grants full approval to Moderna Covid vaccine for kids but limits eligibility
  • Jul 10, 2025

FDA grants full approval to Moderna Covid vaccine for kids but limits eligibility

  • STAT
EU urged to build stockpiles to prepare for pandemic, natural disaster or invasion
  • Jul 09, 2025

EU urged to build stockpiles to prepare for pandemic, natural disaster or invasion

  • The Guardian
Promising results from Phase 1 human trials of McMaster's inhaled COVID-19 vaccine
  • Jul 08, 2025

Promising results from Phase 1 human trials of McMaster's inhaled COVID-19 vaccine

  • Brighter World
Learning more about the long-term effects of COVID-19 infections
  • Jul 08, 2025

Learning more about the long-term effects of COVID-19 infections

  • CBC News
Notes from the ER in an Anti-Science Age
  • Jul 07, 2025

Notes from the ER in an Anti-Science Age

Chief Complaint: Hypertension

  • Code Black
'Breach of trust': Critics slam Ottawa's vaccine injury program 'failure'
  • Jul 06, 2025

'Breach of trust': Critics slam Ottawa's vaccine injury program 'failure'

  • Global News
‘Nothing was ready’: Inside Canada's Vaccine Injury Support Program
  • Jul 03, 2025

‘Nothing was ready’: Inside Canada's Vaccine Injury Support Program

  • Global News
Vaccine injury programs in other countries also face challenges, criticism
  • Jul 03, 2025

Vaccine injury programs in other countries also face challenges, criticism

  • Global News
FDA vaccine official restricted COVID vaccine approvals against the advice of agency staff
  • Jul 03, 2025

FDA vaccine official restricted COVID vaccine approvals against the advice of agency staff

  • Associated Press
'People pay to be told lies': the rise and fall of the world's first ayahuasca multinational
  • Jul 03, 2025

'People pay to be told lies': the rise and fall of the world's first ayahuasca multinational

  • The Guardian
Hubris in public health can mean repeating mistakes
  • Jul 03, 2025

Hubris in public health can mean repeating mistakes

  • Toronto Star
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  • Iris Gorfinkel
Canada faces crisis in communicable disease, can no longer rely on U.S. for data: CMAJ
  • Jul 02, 2025

Canada faces crisis in communicable disease, can no longer rely on U.S. for data: CMAJ

  • Ottawa Citizen
Canada's next CPHO must be a 'focal point' for public health amid changes in the U.S. and fears of a new pandemic
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  • Jun 30, 2025

Canada's next CPHO must be a 'focal point' for public health amid changes in the U.S. and fears of a new pandemic

  • The Hill Times
What charging for COVID-19 vaccines means for Albertans going forward
  • Jun 29, 2025

What charging for COVID-19 vaccines means for Albertans going forward

  • CBC News
WHO adds XFG to SARS-CoV-2 variants under monitoring
  • Jun 29, 2025

WHO adds XFG to SARS-CoV-2 variants under monitoring

  • CIDRAP
WHO group says COVID likely came from animals, but origins still unclear
  • Jun 27, 2025

WHO group says COVID likely came from animals, but origins still unclear

  • Associated Press
Employer required to accommodate immunocompromised employees during communicable disease outbreaks
  • Jun 23, 2025

Employer required to accommodate immunocompromised employees during communicable disease outbreaks

  • Human Resources Director
The province where COVID is free, but the vaccine isn’t
  • Jun 20, 2025

The province where COVID is free, but the vaccine isn’t

  • Canada Healthwatch
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  • Nick Tsergas
Advocates call on Carney to rebuild Canada’s health defenses — from vaccines to ventilation
  • Jun 20, 2025

Advocates call on Carney to rebuild Canada’s health defenses — from vaccines to ventilation

  • PoP BC
Long COVID is Now the Number One Chronic Illness in Children
  • Jun 20, 2025

Long COVID is Now the Number One Chronic Illness in Children

  • The Gauntlet
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  • Julia Doubleday
Here’s what’s happening in Trump-land (It’s bad)
  • Jun 20, 2025

Here’s what’s happening in Trump-land (It’s bad)

  • Canada Healthwatch
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  • Nick Tsergas
Cytomegalovirus reactivates in significant proportion of COVID-19 patients
  • Jun 19, 2025

Cytomegalovirus reactivates in significant proportion of COVID-19 patients

  • CIDRAP
What to know about the COVID variant that may cause 'razor blade' sore throats
  • Jun 19, 2025

What to know about the COVID variant that may cause 'razor blade' sore throats

  • Associated Press
Health Canada won't fight Alberta's plan to charge for COVID vaccines
  • Jun 17, 2025

Health Canada won't fight Alberta's plan to charge for COVID vaccines

  • National Post
Alberta government faces mounting pushback to new COVID-19 vaccine policy
  • Jun 17, 2025

Alberta government faces mounting pushback to new COVID-19 vaccine policy

  • CBC News
Alberta doctors association raises concerns over premier limiting free COVID vaccines
  • Jun 17, 2025

Alberta doctors association raises concerns over premier limiting free COVID vaccines

  • The Canadian Press
Premier Smith in lockstep with U.S. 'failure of policy and science'
  • Jun 17, 2025

Premier Smith in lockstep with U.S. 'failure of policy and science'

  • Calgary Herald
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  • Rob Breakenridge
Alberta Makes COVID Vaccines Expensive and Harder to Get
  • Jun 17, 2025

Alberta Makes COVID Vaccines Expensive and Harder to Get

  • The Tyee
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  • David Climenhaga
Measles is surging in Alberta. Which vaccine-preventable disease will be next?
  • Jun 16, 2025

Measles is surging in Alberta. Which vaccine-preventable disease will be next?

  • CBC News
Health-care workers urge Alberta to halt plan limiting free COVID-19 vaccines
  • Jun 16, 2025

Health-care workers urge Alberta to halt plan limiting free COVID-19 vaccines

  • Global News
New COVID variant swiftly gains ground in US; summer wave looms
  • Jun 16, 2025

New COVID variant swiftly gains ground in US; summer wave looms

  • ars technica
UCP's COVID vaccine cuts put children at serious risk
  • Jun 16, 2025

UCP's COVID vaccine cuts put children at serious risk

  • Edmonton Journal
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  • Blake Murdoch
Alberta premier defends charging most Albertans for COVID-19 vaccines
  • Jun 15, 2025

Alberta premier defends charging most Albertans for COVID-19 vaccines

  • Canadian Press
Alberta government to start charging residents for COVID-19 shots this fall
  • Jun 14, 2025

Alberta government to start charging residents for COVID-19 shots this fall

  • The Canadian Press
A silent virus might be causing major diseases
  • Jun 13, 2025

A silent virus might be causing major diseases

  • Canada Healthwatch
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  • Nick Tsergas
Trump's Tariffs Will Drive Up PPE Costs, But Organizers Are Ready
  • Jun 10, 2025

Trump's Tariffs Will Drive Up PPE Costs, But Organizers Are Ready

  • Mother Jones
Studies show safety, low side-effect profile of COVID vaccines in pregnancy
  • Jun 10, 2025

Studies show safety, low side-effect profile of COVID vaccines in pregnancy

  • CIDRAP
We have ‘post-vaccination syndrome.’ We are tired of being used to score anti-vax points
  • Jun 10, 2025

We have ‘post-vaccination syndrome.’ We are tired of being used to score anti-vax points

  • STAT
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  • Chad Abel-Kops, Kimberly M. Harmon, Peg Seminario

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