When he established his lab in the 1980s, Pieter Cullis says he never could have fathomed that his "curiosity-based'' research would play a critical role in vaccines that have benefited hundreds of millions.
Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry says those vaccinations have already begun and people over age 70 in the community will be getting invitations in the coming weeks for a second booster shot.
Pharmacists in Quebec can now prescribe Paxlovid. The province, which is in its sixth wave of the pandemic, hopes the change will increase access to high-risk patients.
Doctors and researchers in some countries are reporting spikes in cases of idiopathic central precocious puberty–more than double the numbers from pre-pandemic years.
