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Ontario still offering option of AstraZeneca as second shot after new NACI guidance
The province's position comes after the National Advisory Committee on Immunization said yesterday that people who got AstraZeneca as a first shot should get the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna mRNA vaccines as a second.
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Black Alberta doc testifies noose tied by white colleague made him feel threatened, was part of pattern

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Pharmacies play crucial role as provinces hinge reopening plans on vaccination rates

Provincial governments are watching vaccination rates closely as pharmacies across the country provide more first and second doses thanks to increased supply.
AstraZeneca second dose 'good choice' despite federal guidance: B.C.'s Dr. Bonnie Henry

New guidance from the National Advisory Committee on Immunization Thursday said Pfizer or Moderna is preferred as a second dose.
Family of Halifax area teen who died of meningitis deserves answers: minister

Zach Churchill says the case of Kai Matthews, who died in hospital of the bacterial infection on June 1, is "every family's worst nightmare.''
Monoclonal antibody combination approved for mild/moderate COVID-19

Health Canada grants interim authorization to Roche’s casirivimab and imdevimab.
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Pfizer, Moderna vaccines now preferred second dose for AstraZeneca recipients: NACI

Previously, NACI had said AstraZeneca recipients could choose whether to get a second dose of the same vaccine, or an mRNA vaccine.

Ontario still offering option of AstraZeneca as second shot after new NACI guidance

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Black Alberta doc testifies noose tied by white colleague made him feel threatened, was part of pattern

POLL: What is the top thing Canada can do to help vaccinate the world?

Pharmacies play crucial role as provinces hinge reopening plans on vaccination rates

AstraZeneca second dose 'good choice' despite federal guidance: B.C.'s Dr. Bonnie Henry

Family of Halifax area teen who died of meningitis deserves answers: minister

Monoclonal antibody combination approved for mild/moderate COVID-19

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Pfizer, Moderna vaccines now preferred second dose for AstraZeneca recipients: NACI