Coronavirus (COVID-19) Local News

Vancouver Coastal Health is vaccinating six-month-olds and older, following Health Canada’s approval in mid-July.

Current wave of COVID infections driven by BA.5 variant, prompting questions about booster timing

While hospitalizations have dropped, deaths have grown over the past week.

Those who lost a spouse during the COVID-19 pandemic are at a greater risk of loneliness or depression in comparison to widows and widowers pre-pandemic.

“There's a very, very strong case that the Huanan market was indeed the epicentre,” said one of the researchers.

Julian Scholefield said the paralysis came over the course of a few hours, just 12 days after he received his second dose of a Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.

Hospitalizations, the ICU patient count and deaths are all slightly below that of a week ago

Lessons learned from painful 2020 have raised health, safety bar for passengers in 2022

Boosters are essential to prevent serious outcomes from the Omicron family of variants in particular 

In the absence of mandates, experts say masks, vaccines and insurance can minimize health risks