Posting COVID-19 vaccine selfies on social media can cause anger, frustration

As doctors across Canada receive COVID-19 vaccines, many are sharing photographs on social media to inspire hope and to encourage others to get vaccinated too. This...

Breastfeeding research improves lives and advances health, but faces conflicts

Breastfeeding and breast milk provide big opportunities to support maternal, infant and population health. This is especially true during the current pandemic because breastfeeding can help...

98.2% of PH healthcare workers recover from Covid-19

MANILA – About 98.2 percent of health workers who contracted the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) have recovered, the Department of Health (DOH) said Monday. Its latest Covid-19...

Expert says Covid-19 vaccines safe for people with asthma

MANILA – A health expert on Monday said getting a Covid-19 vaccine is not a contraindication for persons suffering from asthma. Dr. Rommel Crisencio Lobo, a clinical...

How coronavirus variants may drive reinfection and shape vaccination efforts

New variants could bring more reinfections, but fewer cases of severe COVID-19 Vaccine rollout in the United States has been undeniably slow. And while we wait,...

Breast cancer now most commonly occurring cancer: WHO

Older caregivers struggling with extra burdens of home care during COVID-19

Ninety-three per cent of older Canadians (age 65+) live in the community, and one in four provides care for family or friends with long-term health conditions...

The looming health-care crisis: A shortage of health workers would be disastrous

The COVID-19 pandemic is not the only crisis facing the health-care system right now. Vaccines have begun to offer hope that the pandemic will eventually wane,...

Structural stigma against mental illness is ‘baked in’ to our health system, and that affects care

Every year, Canada has a conversation about the stigma of mental illness. We tweet and we talk. We share stories and break the silence. Yet, this...

COVID killed your sense of smell? Here’s how experts train people to get theirs back

The link between COVID and smell and taste disturbance became apparent in March 2020 as the pandemic swept around the globe. To date, nearly 100 million...