A national non-profit group called the Canadian Covid Society launched on Wednesday, with co-founders saying the organization is needed as public health agencies have pulled back on COVID-19 prevention measures and awareness campaigns. “I feel in some ways we’re filling a gap where public health has left open,” Dr. Joe Vipond, one of the society’s five co-founders, said … Read more
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As Canada enters its fifth year navigating COVID-19, some experts and advocates are worried treatment options for the virus remain disappointingly inadequate. Despite significant strides in understanding the virus, Jennifer Hulme, a 42-year-old emergency physician at the University Health Network in Toronto, says many Canadians suffering from long-term COVID-19 are left without many options. She … Read more
Covid poses a “much more serious threat” than the flu, a new study revealed, as the latest viral strain sweeps across the US. The study comparatively analysed 18 months of follow-up of hospital admissions for those with Covid and those with the seasonal flu, finding that Covid patients experienced significantly higher rates of death and … Read more
Descrease article font size Increase article font size About one in nine Canadian adults have had long-term symptoms from COVID-19 infection, according to a Statistics Canada report issued Friday. That amounts to 3.5 million Canadians, it said. Almost 80 per cent of those people with long-term symptoms have them for six months or more, the … Read more
