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Seniors Deserve the Best Flu Protection — Here’s How to Get It
Flu vaccines can be life-saving — but knowing which one offers the best protection is key, especially for seniors. Even though flu season may be winding down this April, its impact is still fresh in our minds. Emergency rooms have been packed, hospital beds filled and too many families have faced the devastating consequences of...
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Stronger Immunity, Stronger Communities: Investing in Adult Vaccination
Vaccination isn’t just for kids — adult immunization is a powerful tool to protect health, reduce costs and boost productivity. Most of us remember standing in line at school for vaccinations, rolling up our sleeves and barely giving it a second thought. As kids, vaccines were routine—ensuring we were protected from preventable illnesses. But as...
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The Case for Adult Vaccination: Healthy Canadians, Stronger Economy
Adult vaccination is a high-impact investment that strengthens public health, boosts productivity, and drives long-term economic growth. In an uncertain economy, investing in adult vaccines is a strategic and cost-effective decision for Canada. Vaccines remain among the most powerful public health tools — preventing illness, lowering health care costs and helping keep the workforce strong...
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How to Protect Older Adults from Respiratory Infections’ Complications
Though they may be fit and healthy, older adults should know the risks of respiratory illness and how to protect themselves. Many healthy older adults believe they don’t need vaccine protection against respiratory infections like pneumococcal pneumonia, flu, COVID-19, or respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). “My 88-year-old mother, who I love madly, is one of them,”...
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How Vaccines Protect Us and the Communities We Live In
Antonella Pucci from the Canadian Public Health Association shares her insights on the critical role of vaccines in protecting public health, addressing common misconceptions, and ensuring equitable access for all Canadians. Vaccinations matter! They are one of the most effective public health interventions of our time, responsible for preventing millions of illnesses, hospitalizations, and deaths...
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2025: Canada Still Only Developed Country with No Rare Disease Plan
To truly help rare disease patients, Canada must turn promises into action and funding. In 2015, the Canadian Organization for Rare Disorders (CORD) presented to the federal government a National Rare Disease Strategy. In March 2023, the federal government announced $1.5 billion over three years for a Rare Disease Drug Strategy, with $1.4 billion in...
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Rare Blood Disorder Community at a Loss for Accessing New Treatments
Chronic disease can be managed with treatments, but they remain out of reach for many. In a world where emergency rooms are bursting, families are often without access to primary care, and healthcare services are at a premium, one would think that governments and insurers would do everything they could to avoid hospitalizations and unnecessary...
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Patient Choice a Top Priority: Why Pharmacare Must Put Canadians First
Canada needs a pharmacare solution that expands access without limiting choice or disrupting care for those who rely on critical medications. Kathy is a new mother whose child relies on a specific type of insulin to control her type 1 diabetes. However, under the proposed federal pharmacare program, she would lose access to this insulin...
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We need an integrated approach to healthcare to mitigate Canada’s growing cardiovascular care demand
Canada’s healthcare system is overtasked, and it has led to increased wait times for cardiovascular procedures in Canada, delaying essential surgeries. 132 days. This is the number of days some Canadians will wait to receive bypass surgery to treat blockages in the heart.1 This is within what is considered medically acceptable although on the high...
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Improving Province-Wide Patient Care? We Need More MLTs
Ontario’s shortage of medical laboratory professionals weighs heavily on the health care system — a problem that’s only going to get worse. They represent the fourth-largest medical profession after doctors, nurses, and pharmacists, but often go unnoticed by the public. Perhaps this is because their role isn’t as patient-facing as the others — but their...