Health Canada approves updated Moderna vaccine for COVID-19

  •  October, 2023
Health Canada’s regulatory branch approved Moderna’s new Spikevax vaccine, which is formulated for the XBB.1.5 lineage of the Omicron variant. Almost all the cases of COVID-19 in Canada currently are versions of the XBB lineage. Canada’s senior public health officials are urging Canadians to get ...

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Bivalent debuts in Toronto and walks the red carpet

  •  October, 2022
By Sean Delaney Toronto Public Health (TPH) offered the bivalent COVID-19 booster for those eligible at its COVID-19 vaccination clinics in September at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) and TTC Vax And Ride locations, giving the new vaccine booster a red carpet premiere in the city. T...

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Publisher comment - Feb 2021

  •  March, 2021
How are you? I hope your month is off to a great start. I’m feeling cautiously optimistic these days, and that’s probably because schools opened again. Many parents are back to witnessing the not-so-regular event of their children getting out of bed and out the door before noon. That’s a signifi...

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