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The first COVID-19 death in Canada occurred one year ago Monday. Much has changed, but have we learned the lessons?

A key message of Neglected No More is that rather than thinking about long-term care in isolation, we should build systems that care for elderly Canadians in the community, and that keep people out of long-term care as much as possible

The failures of elder care in Canada, as Picard argues, began long before the novel coronavirus arrived. Readers may be surprised that Picard forgoes lambasting the easy villains in the devastating crisis — for-profit care providers, “bad apple” care staff — in service of a deeper indictment of Canada’s refusal to value elders in life as well as in death. Ten months after we first spoke about health reporting, I reached Picard by phone in Vancouver, where he is spending the winter as ...

No matter the party or politician, serving in the federal government was always going to be difficult, thanks to issues that had been simmering before the pandemic

As COVID-19 cases spike in some regions, public health officials say more needs to be done to ensure people are complying with health measures meant to slow the spread of the virus, but experts say the role of police should be examined.

The Globe and Mail Bookmark Please log in to listen to this story. Also available in French and Mandarin. Log In Create Free Account Getting audio file ... This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy. Full Disclaimer Melissa Tait/The Globe and Mail Force them. Fine them. Fire them. When stories emerge of a significant minority of health care workers refusing to take the coronavirus vaccine, the response is often an angry one. Of course, hospit...

Leaving hundreds of thousands of vials in freezers as the coronavirus pandemic rages on is an insult to both health care workers and elders who desperately need the protection of vaccines

I’m a doctor at a teaching hospital, and a specialist in internal medicine. The patients I look after are often incredibly sick. But the most difficult decisions I’ve had to make this winter are about what to do with one very specific patient: me. I have a history of unusually severe immune responses to common viral infections. Bone marrow suppression, hepatitis, arthritis, a rare nerve injury syndrome. It’s a black hole in my personal history, and despite extensive workups, a problem wit...