Critical Care

Until now, the province had merely recommended that visitors to long-term care homes be screened for symptoms and risk factors for COVID-19, such as recent international travel

Quebec premier François Legault's directive to hospital staff to renounce professional travel abroad is necessary, says the president of the Federation of Medical Specialists of Quebec (FMSQ), Dr. Diane Francoeur.

Those of us offering non-essential medical care are also capable of offering essential medical care when necessary

There are a few competing theories on why the outbreak in northern Italy appears to be so much worse than other countries

Doctors were making comparisons to war-time triage medics deciding who lives, who dies and who gets access to the limited number of ICU beds

Discussed: Canada's public health response, the problem with unknown hotspots, science vs. policy, and the situation in the U.S.

Canada reported what's believed to be its first COVID-19 death on Monday, March 9, after a man died at a seniors care home in North Vancouver, health officials said.