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  'Continuous' masking returning to B.C. hospitals, clinics, care homes

  Some health-care workers in British Columbia have started receiving notification that they will once again be expected to wear masks in medical settings, but the language is ambiguous about what exactly will be required and for whom.

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  Vaccination during pregnancy safe, effective and recommended, CMAJ says

  The most up-to-date guidelines from the Canadian Medical Association Journal recommend the COVID-19 vaccine for anyone who is pregnant in order to reduce the risk of serious illness to themselves and the children they carry.

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  Amid vaccine fatigue, doctors say the updated COVID-19 shot is important this fall

  Public health officials say the number of COVID-19 infections is climbing again -- just in time for respiratory virus season in the fall and winter, when respiratory syncytial virus and influenza also come on the scene.

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  London's Gatwick Airport limits flights this week due to staff illness, including COVID-19

  Gatwick Airport, London's second-busiest, is limiting flights this week, partly because of an outbreak of COVID-19 within air traffic control.

• COVID-19, overdoses drove overall increase in deaths in Canada: latest data

  In 2021, overall deaths increased by one per cent compared to 2020 – an increase entirely due to more deaths among men, including more fatal overdose and COVID-19 deaths.

• More Ontario youth than expected made visits to the hospital for self-harm during COVID-19: study

  The rate of hospital visits for self-harm was greater than expected for Ontario youth during the first two and a half years of the COVID-19 pandemic, a new study has found.

• Class-action lawsuit application for COVID-19 response in long-term care homes begins in Quebec

  A Quebec Superior Court judge is being asked to authorize a class-action lawsuit on behalf of all residents of public long-term care homes that experienced COVID-19 outbreaks during the pandemic's first two waves.

• What you should know about Omicron subvariants EG.5 and BA.2.86

  Omicron subvariants EG.5 and BA.2.86 have become a key part of conversations about how this fall's anticipated spike in COVID-19 cases will play out in Canada. Here is what we know.

• Some Ontario hospitals are reinstating masking requirements

  Some eastern Ontario hospitals are bringing back mask requirements in patient-care areas as the respiratory virus season approaches.

• Why health officials aren't calling new COVID-19 vaccines boosters anymore

  When Health Canada on Tuesday approved Moderna’s updated Spikevax vaccine – designed to target Omicron subvariant XBB.1.5 – health officials avoided labelling the latest shot a 'booster' during a technical briefing. Here’s why they say they’re dropping the word.

• China won't require COVID tests for incoming travellers in reopening milestone

  China will no longer require a negative COVID-19 test result for incoming travellers starting Wednesday, a milestone in its reopening to the rest of the world after a three-year isolation that began with the country's borders closing in March 2020.

• Ontario government oversight of long-term care homes 'largely collapsed' during pandemic, ombudsman finds

  Ontario’s ombudsman will release the findings of an investigation on Thursday into the government’s oversight of long-term care homes during the COVID-19 pandemic.