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The new program will offer governments and other stakeholders more information about the long-term effectiveness and safety of drugs on the market.

Many in extra vulnerable patient cohorts, like those with heart disease and diabetes, don't realize they're at elevated risk of experiencing severe disease. What can doctors and pharmacists do to help?

The province said bivalent vaccine appointments could be booked as of Monday morning through its online booking system, with the first appointments also available the same day.

New document highlights additional specialized formulas that are now available in Canada.

And what are other countries doing to shore up their own supplies?

It's the second vaccine to be approved for that age group, after Health Canada approved Moderna's Spikevax shot in July.

Sylvia Jones says long-term care residents and healthcare workers will receive the doses first.

Health Canada last week approved for people 18 and older an adapted version of Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine, which targets both the original SARS-CoV-2 virus and the Omicron BA.1 variant.