April 5, 2023 Health Policy Many Canadians can hold off on getting another COVID booster for now: NACI. There are important exceptions to this recommendation.
March 28, 2023 Epidemiology Several southern Ontario public health units warn whooping cough on the rise. The reason is not surprising.
December 20, 2022 Health Policy Meningitis B vaccine available and recommended for university and college students. Halifax family raising awareness after the death of their 19-year-old son who was studying at Dalhousie University
December 14, 2022 Cancer/Oncology Moderna and Merck report that a new mRNA anti-cancer vaccine under investigation used in combination with standard therapy to treat stage IV melanoma reduces risk of relapse compared to standard therapy alone.
November 25, 2022 Infectious Disease Hopefully, RSV vaccine data submissions will fulfill Health Canada’s approval criteria so that our older folks and infants will be better protected in the new year.
November 23, 2022 Neurology Many hypotheses under investigation to understand what leads to dementia. Creating a preventative vaccine will be difficult and take time because we need to test these hypotheses to determine why and how this occurs.
November 16, 2022 Lung/Respiratory Disease Pneumococcal Vaccine Uptake Remains Low Among Vulnerable Canadians
November 9, 2022 Allergy/Immunology Researchers seek to understand why vaccine responses vary from person to person
