Public Health

Increasing access to provincial data on SARS-CoV-2 vaccination in Canada

July 18, 2022

Roadblocks to accessing data on vaccine effectiveness from provincial health ministries impede researchers' ability to inform a national pandemic response and maintain public trust,...

Monkeypox virus: five things to know

July 5, 2022

With the recent rise in cases of monkeypox virus, clinicians may need guidance for diagnosing and treating the virus, which is new to Canada....

Five things to know about Paxlovid to treat COVID-19

February 11, 2022

A new medication to treat early COVID-19 known as Paxlovid, recently approved for use in Canada, can interact with various medications. An article in...

A shortcut to immunity: Saving lives through early-stage COVID-19 treatment

December 29, 2021

By Arden Bagni-Fast What images come to mind when you think about treating patients with COVID-19? Likely patients on ventilators, family members separated from loved...

Children and youth at low risk of severe acute COVID-19 during first part of pandemic

September 28, 2021

New research has found that children and youth may be at low risk of severe acute COVID-19, according to a study conducted during the...

Long-haul illness after last century’s flu pandemic

September 22, 2021

As some people affected with COVID-19 face lingering long-term effects, post-infectious symptoms were also seen in various countries after the 1918 flu pandemic, as described...

Bringing vaccines to one of the highest need neighbourhoods

September 2, 2021

By Isabel Terrell For many months, hospitals and numerous health and community care organizations have been working together to vaccinate eligible populations against COVID-19. In...

First-in-Canada social medicine modular housing

August 18, 2021

University Health Network (UHN) and the Gattuso Centre for Social Medicine, in partnership with the City of Toronto and United Way Greater Toronto (UWGT),...