Premier Jason Kenney says Alberta's vaccination rate means it is well positioned to handle the variant, allowing the province to loosen gathering restrictions.
New Zealand is proposing a unique approach to stopping smoking. With legislation, which would come into effect in 2027, anyone born after 2008 will not be able to buy cigarettes in their lifetimes.
Federal ministers, including the prime minister, have said they want to speed up an end to the gay blood ban, and Health Canada is expected to respond to the blood-service recommendation by the spring.
In this recorded webinar, held live Dec. 9, 2021, pharmacists Pavithra Ravi and Carlene Oleksyn provide a deeper understanding of why and how pharmacists can play a vital role in shingles vaccination.
Virologists and immunologists say advancing science will increase our ability to tailor vaccines to new variants, while researchers also point to new technologies that promise further gains—including a hoped-for jab that could protect against multiple pathogens, even ones we don't know about yet.
