COVID-19

Aware of the staffing challenges many colleagues were facing due to the pandemic, Melissa Olson decided to help out by creating her own relief service.

But people with agreeableness and conscientiousness traits more likely to get vaccinated

McMaster University immunologist Dawn Bowdish says the XBB family, an offshoot of Omicron, is dominant in Canada right now.

Firefighter and paramedic Mike Camilleri once had no trouble hauling heavy gear up ladders. Now battling long COVID, he gingerly steps onto a treadmill to learn how his heart handles a simple walk.

The association said in a statement that it had petitioned the government for access to the medication at “reasonable prices” from the beginning of this year, when the mutation that causes lethal Feline Infectious Peritonitis (FIP) began to noticeably crop up in the island’s cat population.

After three years, here are five key points still causing concern.

XBB.1.5-based monovalent vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna are undergoing expedited review by Health Canada.  

The nursing collective is hindering the advancement of the PA profession despite irrefutable evidence of the value of PAs, says a PA student (who also has a nursing degree).