Tag: Coronavirus
Pandemic milestone: London’s COVID-19 mass vaccination clinic closing
It’s the end of the road for London’s first COVID-19 mass vaccination clinic.
Cornies: Vaccines a far better bet than gambling on not getting sick
When it comes to vaccines, decisions are often coloured by other powerful factors.
Letters to the Editor: October 7, 2023
Vax me now
COVID-19 booster: Who’s eligible, where they can get it
The new COVID-19 booster has arrived in London, just as respiratory virus season kicks off in the region.
In the London region, signs of COVID on the rise, again
Public health officials are warning of the risk of COVID as the region and the province document evidence of a rise in COVID cases.
At local hospitals, a pandemic staple returns – facemasks
A pandemic-era mainstay, facemasks, are once again mandatory for St. Thomas hospital and being recommended by London’s two hospitals.
What parents should know about COVID-19 as kids head back to class: Doctors
More than 100,000 London-area kids head back to class in less than two weeks.
University, ex-public health official trade allegations in $600K lawsuit
Matt Strauss’s former employer says the outspoken doctor’s commentary about the COVID-19 pandemic harmed Queen’s University’s reputation, while Strauss claims the school tried to “cancel” him. Haldimand-Norfolk’s former acting medical officer of health sued Queen’s and the head of the school’s department of medicine, Stephen Archer, last October, alleging “constructive dismissal” while seeking $600,000 in […]
Cornies: Long COVID sufferers are pandemic’s hidden casualties
The expiry date on the box of COVID-19 antigen tests, tucked away on a shelf in my upstairs closet, reads 2023-07-15.
A COVID-19 snapshot: From pandemic to endemic in London, region
Recorded London-area COVID-19 cases are near zero and deaths are down dramatically, but the virus that once stopped society in its tracks remains here and won’t ever go away, the region’s top public health official says.