Opinion: Our immune systems and the benefits of vaccines
Thanks to the miracle of vaccine development and production, we'll eventually resume a more normal life in the fall.
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Peel region takes action to close businesses hit with outbreaks
The seven-day average in Ontario is now 4,319 daily cases.
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Beleaguered staff at LTC home 'did the best they could'
Confusion reigned at the long-term care centre early in the pandemic, a coroner's inquest hears. “We were in a war zone at that moment.”
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Majority of Canadians plan to get vaccine, but hesitancy common: poll
Nearly one in four Canadians expressed some degree of vaccine hesitancy, the nationwide Insights West poll finds.
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Border checkpoints go into effect between Quebec and Ontario
With Ontario the epicentre of Canada's third wave of the pandemic, the measures are meant to limit non-essential travel.
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What it's like to get the jab when you hate needles
At least say you faced it with more stoicism than an adult man whose dog handles vaccinations better than he does.
Case study: Patient counters colitis with worms
Certain types of parasitic worms have become the subject of medical interest for their ability to influence the body’s immune system.
What it feels like: Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome
'I would get sick and it would throw me for a loop, but then I'd get better and just keep going, until my body said no more.'
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What it feels like: Living with an eating disorder
Thirty-nine year old Anne lost her children because of an eating disorder. Here's what she wants you to know.
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ADVICE: Should a mole check include my butt?
Twenty per cent of melanomas occur in places that are not typically exposed to the sun.
Plastics may affect infants' developing cognition
Specific phthalates have already been shown to interfere with the development and function of hormones in the body
