News releases from both Pfizer and Moderna say the new mRNA shots will target the LP.8.1 variant, a descendant of Omicron that the World Health Organization was monitoring earlier this year.
Study examined five major adverse outcomes: gestational diabetes, preeclampsia, other hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, preterm birth, and low birth weight for gestational age.
HIV activists say there is mounting frustration in communities affected by the virus, amid near-silence from the federal government nearly 10 years after the Liberals pledged to reform laws surrounding HIV disclosure.
Earlier this week, her health ministry said COVID-19 vaccine coverage would be extended to all healthcare workers this fall under the first phase of the province’s rollout.
An Ontario Superior Court judge issued the ruling this week in the case of eight volunteer directors and staff members of the Canadian AIDS Treatment Information Exchange, who were referred to as ‘creeps,’ ‘groomers’ and ‘pedophiles’ online by a British Columbia man.
The agency's director of public health operations says nearly 75% of all eligible infants received more than 56,000 doses of the vaccine during the campaign. That's more than double the agency's initial target.
Most of us know Albert Einstein’s famous equation, E = mc2. It struck me that a similar formulation could describe the enjoyment of life, in relationship to medical care, quantity and quality.
The WHO and the World Meteorological Organization released a joint report on Friday saying outdoor workers in construction, farming and other physically demanding jobs are at especially high risk of heat stroke, dehydration, cardiovascular damage and kidney dysfunction.
