Health

An online tool temporarily approved in the U.S. allows people to update their eyeglass prescriptions from home. Now a Canadian company is pushing to offer the service here.

Vaxx Populi: Theoretically, the answer to the question should be a qualified yes, but new information—especially about the new variants—have experts counselling caution

Inside Canada’s impossibly high-stakes rush to lock down tens of millions of doses of the most sought-after product on Earth

Vaxx Populi: Trials are ongoing, which allow a window into how well Novavax’s vaccine stands up to emerging variants of COVID-19

Vaxx Populi: It’s relatively cheap to make and easy to store. But getting timely deliveries of this vaccine may be a problem.

Letters to the editor, Feb. 2, 2021: Readers weigh in on the the hopes and fears for 2021, the end of Trump’s presidency and the complicated factors in Thomas Chan’s case

With the arrival of new, more contagious variants of COVID-19 in Canada, experts are recommending an upgrade in the quality—and quantity—of our face coverings

Our editorial: More than 400 journalism students across Canada are writing obituaries of COVID-19 victims in Canada. Their work is an exercise in empathy.

Vaxx Populi: Canada’s contract with the pharmaceutical company for 40 million doses is based on five doses per vial. Pfizer wants it to be six.

Vaxx Populi: Israel has seen a precipitous drop in infection and hospitalization rates among those who’ve received a first dose, after 14 days