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Published Friday, May 28, 2021 3:52PM EDT A Toronto doctor is sounding concern that Ontario’s second dose strategy may place an extra burden on seniors. On Friday, the Ontario government unveiled its plan to start getting people their second doses sooner than the original four-month interval. As part of that plan, those 80 years old and up will be able to book an earlier second-dose appointment starting Monday, May 31, followed by those 70 and up on June 14. However there ar...

The reopening of schools in Ontario has been a highly contentious issue over the course of the pandemic, and especially recently as the province ap...

  TORONTO -- A Toronto doctor is sounding concern that Ontarios second dose strategy may place an extra burden on seniors. On Friday, the Ontario government unveiled its plan to start getting people their second doses sooner than the original four-month interval. As part of that plan, those 80 years old and up will be able to book an earlier second-dose appointment starting Monday, May 31, followed by those 70 and up on June 14. However there are concerns that doing so may be difficult f...

Public health experts, school boards and teachers' unions weighed in Friday as Ontario residents waited on tenterhooks for the premier's last-minute decision on whether to reopen schools for the final month of the academic year.

An Ontario man in his 40s has died after receiving a first dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine, public health officials confirmed Tuesday.

News Analysis Until very recently, any suggestion of the possibility that a lab leak led to the COVID-19 ...

Health experts and community leaders say a pandemic turnaround is taking place in Peel Region. In stark contrast to just weeks ago, COVID-19 cases are down, positivity rates are dropping, and vaccination are numbers way up. But there’s one factor that could stall progress. “Vaccines pave the way to getting back to normal,” says Brampton […]

Article content An Ontario man in his 40s has died after receiving a first dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine, public health officials confirmed Tuesday. Dr. Barbara Yaffe, Ontario’s associate chief medical officer of health, said that while the death is still being investigated, the man did have the blood-clotting disorder known as Vaccine-Induced Immune Thrombotic Thrombocytopenia (VITT). We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or Ontario man dies of bloo...

  OTTAWA -- One of Ontarios top doctors is suggesting kids could be going back to school in the province before the end of the school year. Dr. Paul Roumeliotis, the medical officer of health for the Eastern Ontario Health Unit and the chair of the Council of Medical Officers of Health, told Newstalk 580 CFRAs "Ottawa at Work with Leslie Roberts" on Tuesday that hes spoken with Premier Doug Ford about the return to class. "He said that they were going to be looking at it this week. They ha...

Posted: May 24, 2021 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: May 24 The disagreements and frustrations of Ontario’s 3rd wave The National4 days ago 8:55 Three prominent Ontario doctors, including those who advise the government, talk to The National’s Andrew Chang about the disagreements and frustrations surrounding the province’s third wave and why the crisis experts predicted wasn’t avoided.8:55