Fall-Related Mortality Rising Among Older Canadians
The aging of the population does not entirely explain the increase in hospitalizations, emergency department visits, and fall-related deaths.
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The aging of the population does not entirely explain the increase in hospitalizations, emergency department visits, and fall-related deaths.
As more evidence emerges on the efficacy of third doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, experts say it's high time public health authorities revise the definition of 'fully vaccinated' to include a booster dose.
When a personal crisis emerged last summer, Ontario university student Marysa Marentette’s mental well-being began to fray.
Politicians 'need to hear [that] average Canadians are truly worried that if this inequity continues, we will be battling another horrible Sigma or some other bad variant in the coming months,' one expert said. 'We sink or swim as humankind.'
More Canadians may soon be offered a fourth dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, but the extent of the protection it provides remains to be seen. Here's what scientists say about what could be ahead for Canada's next stage in the COVID-19 fight.