Vaccines

In Montreal in 1885, disease and vaccine resistance mixed with devastating results, not unfamiliar to today

According to the experts, yes, there really is no one better when it comes to tricky logistical issues than military types

Paul Wells: A quasi-public official did something the government refuses to forbid. So sure, get angry. Meanwhile I keep thinking of other things you could be enraged about.

Paul Wells: Why doesn’t Canada have a robust pharmaceutical industry? Until the COVID crisis hit, Ottawa spent years putting up ’don’t bother’ signs.

Maurice Brodie was the first person to develop a working polio vaccine. He was cast as a dashing young hero, and celebrated in the U.S., until it all came crashing down.

Andrew MacDougall: In the U.K., the most vociferous critics of Boris Johnson’s failures reside on his backbench. In Canada? Crickets on all fronts.

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: Health care workers need specific qualifications to immunize people. The Public Health Agency of Canada has made the training free to provinces and territories.

Vaxx Populi: If we vaccinate older people first, we should start to see reduced deaths and hospitalizations within a month, says one expert

Vaxx Populi: Modelling suggests nearly 30 per cent of infections could be avoided by front-loading the distribution of first doses