COVID-19

Rapid self-tests for COVID-19 will be available free of charge in community pharmacies in Quebec as of Monday, Dec. 20.

Premier Doug Ford made the announcement Wednesday afternoon.

It’s time to get to the root causes of healthcare worker burnout.

Eastern Health president David Diamond says affected systems are being rebuilt from scratch, and about 70% are back up and running.

Virologists and immunologists say advancing science will increase our ability to tailor vaccines to new variants, while researchers also point to new technologies that promise further gains—including a hoped-for jab that could protect against multiple pathogens, even ones we don't know about yet.

An Ontario surgeon says: “We are disappointing our patients with issues beyond our control. We feel beat and discouraged and morally very much injured.”

While the findings released Tuesday are preliminary and have not been peer-reviewed, they line up with other early data about omicron's behavior, including that it seems to be more easily transmitted.

Ontario physician experts predict a difficult January for the healthcare system as the SARS-CoV-2 omicron variant spreads.