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Children aged five to 11 in Ontario will be able to book an appointment for a COVID-19 booster shot starting Thursday.

“Sometimes topics of interest related to the pandemic can make the government uncomfortable”

Public Health Ontario is planning to replace Ontarios COVID-19 Science Advisory Table with a new, smaller group that will be more constrained, according to a science table memo obtained by The Canadian Press.

TORONTO — Ontario’s COVID-19 Science Advisory Table, which has provided guidance and advice to the government and public throughout most of the pandemic, said…

Fanshawe College students will not need proof of vaccination status or be required to wear masks as in-person instruction resumes in 65 per cent of classes…

Another wave of COVID-19 has been detected in local wastewater more than a month after the Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table declared the seventh wave of the pandemic in the province.

Ontario is reporting 96 new COVID-19 deaths in the past week as many leading indicators of pandemic severity such as hospitalizations and positivity are heading in opposite directions.

Pfizer’s antiviral medication Paxlovid is designed to reduce the risk of hospitalizations in patients with COVID-19. It’s approved for use in Canada, but the rules about who can prescribe and dispense it vary by province.

A Toronto universitys decision to require those living in student residences to have at least three doses of a COVID-19 vaccine could boost third-dose uptake among young adults, but it wont drive a significant increase unless other schools follow suit, experts say.

A Toronto university's decision to require those living in student residences to have at least three doses of a COVID-19 vaccine could boost third-dose uptake among young adults, but it won't drive a significant increase unless other schools follow suit, experts say.