Vaccines

To catch up on vaccinations, we must include family doctors, pharmacists in rollout plans

It is only through primary and community care that we will be able to vaccinate populations that are neglected and/or mistrustful of the health-care system.

Canada must double-down on mRNA production to overcome vaccine nationalism

What is our Plan B if future disruptions arise this year? Are we going to continue to wait, allowing community spread, more variants and more deaths?

Vaccines, prices and a pandemic

If the government is serious about ensuring access to prescription drugs and vaccines to all, it must stand up to pressure from Big Pharma on pricing reforms.

Health Care in Hues: The Vaccine Waiting Game

Our latest installment of Health Care in Hues, a monthly feature that uses art to comment on the state of healthcare in Canada.

Snowbirds complicate vaccine rollout

Snowbirds receiving the COVID-19 vaccine in the US could cause practical and ethical problems for the vaccine rollout in Canada that we need to prepare for now.

Innovative models pave the way for safe, high-quality long-term care homes

COVID-19 has exposed huge issues in Ontario's LTC homes. It's time we reimagine LTC entirely. Let's start by surveying the other LTC models already out there.

Building trust: Tailored messaging needed to limit vaccine hesitancy

To vaccinate 37.7 million Canadians, we must address vaccine hesitancy among Canada's diverse population through innovative, community-driven strategies

Africa’s early success in fighting pandemic now at risk

COVID-19 cases in Africa have been increasing rapidly, imperiling its early successes in keeping the pandemic at bay and underscoring its need for the vaccines that it is having trouble procuring.

‘What does this mean for us?’ People with developmental disabilities left out of vaccination planning

As COVID-19 vaccines are rolled out across Canada, people with developmental disabilities have been overlooked. Let’s change that by including them in our vaccination policies and practices now.

Pollution reduction: an all-inclusive vaccine

Almost 9 million deaths worldwide are attributed to the effects of air pollution on diseases such as diabetes, stroke, lung disease and heart disease. Now, there is increasing evidence of the relationship between air pollution and COVID-19.

Anti-vaxxers may be a lost cause but the vaccine-hesitant must be brought on board

Breaking down walls: Teamwork key to effective vaccine rollout

Vaccine messaging must address grim history of race-based experiments

New COVID vaccines could revolutionize vaccination

The known unknowns of COVID-19 vaccines

Is a COVID vaccine safe if I have a suppressed immune system?

Rush to risky challenge trials is unethical

Canada’s failed vaccine partnership with China: The ongoing search for transparency

2 billion vials. Public acceptance. The obstacles to vaccine delivery

COVID-19 vaccines in the making