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With the number of new COVID-19 cases nearly doubling over the past two months, approaching the highest infection rate the world has seen during the pandemic, the unequal distribution of vaccines is not only a moral outrage, but economically and

Although COVID-19 cases and deaths continue to decline globally for a second consecutive week, the UN health agency chief said on Monday that “a huge disconnect” is mounting between some highly vaccinated countries, which see the pandemic as largely

As more than 1.2 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine arrive in B.C. communities in May, the Province is stepping up its immunization rollout and delivering life-saving vaccines to people.

More than 240,000 eligible health-care workers can begin booking vaccine appointments starting April 12.

More than 945,000 Albertans with underlying health conditions are now eligible to book their COVID-19 vaccination.

Public Health is reporting that more than 62 per cent of New Brunswickers aged 12 and older have received a first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.

The aim of the work was to develop and validate the COVID-19 Risk Perception Scale (CoRP), a brief self-report questionnaire for individuals' perceptions of risk in the COVID-19 pandemic. Two studies were conducted in order to evaluate the new scale

Decreased oxygen saturation (SO(2)) at high altitude is associated with potentially life-threatening diseases, e.g., high-altitude pulmonary edema. Wearable devices that allow continuous monitoring of peripheral oxygen saturation (SpO(2)), such as

In this interview, Dr. Steve Morgan and Dr. Kai Yeung discuss a possible framework for pharmacare. They argue and explain that setting copayments based on drugs’ clinical and economic value can promote patient choice and encourage cost-conscious

John and Curran have convincingly shown that Scanlonian contractualism is a valuable resource for evaluating pandemic response policies, and that we should reject cost-benefit analysis in favour of a contractualist framework. However, they fail to