COVID-19

The Ontario Medical Association shared its recommendations for improving the province's health system over the next four years in a new report published Tuesday.

Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry says those groups and people who are most immunocompromised were vaccinated first and are getting to the point of waning immunity just ahead of flu season.

I really didn’t know how to start this letter. I am feeling such a mix of frustration, anger, sadness, fear and despair. Even though it seems like most everything we have advocated so far—as individuals, as groups of physicians, collectively as the SMA—appears to have fallen on deaf ears, we must not stop.

Dr. Adam Chen—who loves to find ways to simplify FPs workload—offers up his thoughts on how to handle patients requesting COVID vaccine and mask exemptions.

It’s October, and influenza season is upon us yet again. Dr. Paul Roumeliotis reminds us about the ongoing threat of the flu while we have been distracted and challenged with COVID-19. He writes about the importance of vaccination for all, emphasizing the importance of prioritizing the most vulnerable. He outlines various programs offered across the country, including the highlights of vaccines available and which provinces provide them.

Pharmacies in other countries are selling them, but Canadians are having greater trouble getting their hands on at-home tests.

Earlier this month, Merck asked the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to OK molnupiravir, and a decision is expected within weeks.