Even with vaccines available, COVID-19 and the flu are sending Canadians to hospitals at double the pre-pandemic rate. A new report reveals why respiratory infections remain a major public health concern years after the pandemic began.
A new COVID-19 variant has arrived in Ontario, but experts are cautiously optimistic about its impact on hospitals. Here's what you need to know about BA.3.2. and why this variant might be different from previous waves.
A highly mutated COVID-19 variant called BA.3.2, nicknamed 'cicada,' has spread across at least 25 US states and is raising alarm among health experts. As we head into winter, understanding this strain's symptoms, mutations, and immunity evasion tactics has never been more important.
A former World Health Organization leader has raised serious questions about how much trust governments placed in communities during COVID-19. According to Dr. Michael Ryan, the real issue wasn't the virus itself—it was how decisions were made without listening to the people affected.
Taiwan's CDC has confirmed the first case of the BA.3.2 COVID-19 subvariant in a 10-year-old girl arriving from Singapore, raising concerns about viral evolution. Health officials are closely monitoring the situation as the variant continues to spread globally.
A new COVID-19 variant that first emerged in South Africa is now spreading across the globe, with confirmed presence in at least 23 countries and detected in 25 US states. Here's what experts are saying about the 'Cicada' variant and what it means for you.
While lockdowns were meant to keep our most vulnerable safe, a new study reveals the devastating emotional toll that social isolation has taken on nursing home residents. The mental health consequences of pandemic restrictions may be just as serious as we feared.
Seven years into the pandemic, the virus clearly didn't get the memo that it was supposed to be over. As science reveals more about COVID's lingering impacts, health experts are calling for renewed protection strategies—and you're not alone in needing them.
A groundbreaking study reveals a sobering truth: the United States' official COVID-19 death count significantly underestimated the pandemic's actual toll. With more than 150,000 deaths going uncounted, the findings expose troubling disparities in how different communities were affected.