As Ontario moves to lift restrictions, the unseen risk to unvaccinated people may rise considerably: epidemiologist. ...
Category: Health and COVID-19
Williams retires as top doctor, experts welcome Moore as incoming CMOH
Stakeholders hope Dr. Kieran Moore can offer improved communication. ...
John Tory, construction industry call on Ford government to take action on overdose crisis
Politicians and industry stakeholders are calling for creative solutions to save lives. ...
Ontario accelerating vaccine schedule, premier touts ‘two-dose summer’
Depending on age and when they received their vaccine, Ontarians can get their second dose weeks earlier than expected. ...
‘It was a pretty terrible scene’: Province slammed for closing mental health treatment program for youth in justice system
The province is facing calls to renew funding for the Syl Apps Youth Centre program, but through a different ministry. ...
Government touts progress on air conditioning in long-term care homes, critics say it’s not enough
Meanwhile, the minister faced questions about allegations residents died from neglect. ...
Vaccine strategy update on Friday could mean a two-dose summer for many
The government will provide a vaccine strategy update Friday. ...
Ontario likely to miss long-term care development targets, has ‘no plan’ to rebuild remaining outdated homes: Watchdog
And the province's targets aren't sufficiently ambitious to end hallway health care, the watchdog noted. ...
Ontario’s third wave in data: Vaccination progress and younger lives lost
The data show two things have made this wave very different from the two that preceded it, one tragic and the other hopeful. ...
Support for changing long-term care capital funding model comes from both sides of the profit debate
The current funding model is "akin to the bank owning your home after you pay off the mortgage," one group says. ...