February 2021:
- Canadian Press: Decade’s worth of Ontario health data finds more severe disease, younger patients
- Global News Radio: Canada Vaccine roll out, PSW’s in Ontario LTC, Tiger Woods injury
- CBC: Confusion remains around vaccine rollout in Ontario, family doctor says
- Toronto Star: Ontario’s vaccine rollout confusion is a deliberate political tactic
- Canadian Press: Peel top doctor suggests building relief policies into Ontario pandemic framework
- CBC: Do we know how effective vaccines are against the variants?
- National Post: We can all play a part in solving the mental health crisis
- Toronto Star: Wondering how and when to book your COVID vaccine? Your family doctor has the same questions, please don’t call them yet
- CTV: Third wave is 'preventable,' Infectious disease specialist says
- Global News: Is the novel coronavirus here to stay?
- CBC: Science Table doctor answers COVID19 vaccine questions
- CTV News: Two variants merge to form first recorded 'recombinant' virus
- CBC: What vaccines are coming next and how effective will they be against the COVID-19 variants?
- CityNews: Ask Me Anything with Toronto’s Assoc. Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Vinita Dubey (Feb. 16)
- CTV: 'Race against time': Third wave of COVID-19 feared as 'wild card' variants spread
- Global News: Ontario health-care workers struggle with burnout as economy poised to reopen
- Toronto Star: The unhoused are 5 times more likely to die within 21 days of a positive COVID-19 test. How Toronto is failing people living outside in the cold
- Windsor Star: As COVID-19 numbers slow, concern turns to virus variants and a third wave
- Canadian Press: Surging rate of COVID-19 infections eases; health officials warn against complacency
- Medical Post: The 2021 Power List
- CBC: How one Indigenous doctor is tackling vaccine hesitancy, starting with her own mom
- CityNews: Coronavirus public health Q&A with Dr. Vinita Dubey (Feb. 10)
- Globe and Mail: To keep COVID-19 variants out of Canada, stop ignoring essential workers
- CBC: What Canada could do to take advantage of the lull in COVID-19 vaccine shipments
- Global News: Will these new travel restrictions work? Doctor answers our COVID-19 questions
- CTV News: How quickly do new variants spread? Experts weigh in on risk of brief interactions
- Global News: The Ontario doctor going above and beyond for his patients during the COVID-19 pandemic
- Global News: Is it time to end ‘for-profit’ long-term care in Ontario?
January 2021:
- Global News: Will travel restrictions curb the spread of COVID-19 variants? Doctor answers our coronavirus questions
- CTV: Hundreds of doctors, advocates ask Ontario government to better support long-term care homes battling COVID-19
- CBC: Vaccines still powerful tool against COVID-19, even with variants, says specialist
- CTV: Five doses per vial or six? Pfizer’s expectations don’t match Canada’s reality
- Globe and Mail: Family doctors are key to Canada’s vaccine rollout. We must include them in this vital process
- Toronto Star: An effective vaccination effort requires the efforts of many communities
- Global News: Toronto hospital nurse who died by suicide remembered as caring, dedicated
- North Bay Nugget: Pandemic turning people to drugs – doctor
- CTV: ‘It feels like a decade’: Experts reflect on one year of COVID-19
- Owen Sound Sun Times: Flu rates lower as public-health guidelines help fight influenza
- CBC: As doctors urge more COVID-19 testing in schools, millions of rapid tests sit unused
- CityNews: Coronavirus public health Q&A with Dr. Vinita Dubey (Jan. 25)
- CTV Sudbury: Ontario doctors promote vaccine confidence to counter misinformation
- CBC: Palliative care doctor says Ontario’s vaccine rollout in long term care has been ‘atrocious’
- Globe and Mail: Rapid testing will help us turn the corner on COVID-19
- CBC Sudbury: NOSM dean urges ‘open, respectful’ discussion around vaccine hesitancy
- 99.9 The Bay: OMA Tries To Dispel Vaccine Fallicies
- Kingston Whig Standard: COVID-19 is a call to service: Kingston is responding
- Toronto Star: ‘The most difficult shift of my career.’ A Scarborough ER doctor describes work at the hospital some call Ontario’s COVID ‘ground zero’
- CBC: New patients lead rise in claims for antidepressants
- Toronto.com: Rural Ontario doctors still waiting for vaccine
- Global News: The public face of the pandemic: Canadian doctors who have become medical celebrities
- Toronto Sun: Ontario’s vaccine rollout in LTC homes under fire
- CBC: How the spread of coronavirus variants could completely change the pandemic in Canada
- Global News: Quebec doctor’s death by suicide sends shockwaves through Canada’s medical community
- Aljazeera: Canada’s largest province declares emergency over COVID-19
- Lake Superior News: We cannot blame COVID-19 alone for the current LTC crisis
- Newstalk1010: Ontario Doctors being asked to prepare for ICU triage scenario
- Toronto Life: Dispatches from the second wave
- Narcity.com: An Ontario ER Doctor Just Had The ‘Most Difficult Shift’ In Her Entire Career
- Healthy Debate: Building trust: Tailored messaging needed to limit vaccine hesitancy
- CTV: Should you be wearing a mask while outside? Experts say it depends
- CBC: Ontario ob-gyns push back on policies advising against COVID-19 vaccine for pregnant or breastfeeding women
- Zoomer Radio: CANADIAN DOCTORS ARE #READYTOVACCINATE
- CBC: Ontario ob-gyns push back on hospital policies barring anyone pregnant, breastfeeding from COVID-19 vaccine
- Canadian Press: ‘A bit of a nightmare:’ health expert calls for stricter rules as COVID cases surge
- Toronto Sun: Ford’s declaration of COVID defeat isn’t justified by lack of beds
- CBC: How concerned should Canadians be about the U.K. strain of COVID-19?
December 2020:
- Global News: COVID-19 vaccinations cut back over holidays due to staff shortages, Ontario government says
- Healthing.ca: What’s going on with rapid COVID testing in Canada?
- CBC: These front-line health workers will spend Christmas fighting COVID-19
- CityNews: More cases of COVID-19 variant in Canada likely, no reason to panic
- CBC: Residents lacking sufficient medication, water at nursing home battling severe COVID-19 outbreak, doctors warn
- Sudbury.com: Gerry Lougheed Jr. receives Ontario Medical Association’s Centennial Award
- CityNews: Coronavirus public heath Q&A with Dr. Vinita Dubey (Dec. 21)
- CTV: Health experts worry about another COVID-19 spike as Christmas rapidly approaches
- CTV: Group of doctors signs open letter to MPP Randy Hillier denouncing COVID-19 misinformation
- Sudbury.com: Coping with stress and family demands during the holiday season
- Global News 640 Toronto: Understanding vaccine allergies
- CBC: Family doctor concerned about COVID-19 surge over the holidays
- CBC: As Ontario’s COVID-19 cases keep rising, calls grow for tighter holiday lockdown
- CBC: Severe COVID-19 vaccine reactions like anaphylaxis not common, says specialist
- CityNews: Coronavirus public health Q&A with Dr. Vinita Dubey (Dec. 15)
- CityNews: It’s vital for Canada’s officials to listen to public’s COVID-19 vaccine concerns, experts say
- CBC: Once someone is vaccinated, do they still have to wear a mask? Your COVID-19 vaccine questions answered
- Toronto Star: Public education on the safety of health care is needed to bring worried patients back to hospitals
- Windsor Star: COVID-19 outbreak at local hospital generated anxiety for staff
- Global News 640: Ontario healthcare workers want you to cancel your plans
- City News: Coronavirus public health Q&A with Dr. Vinita Dubey (Dec. 10)
- 980 CFPL: Analyzing a new private members bill that aims to improve access to hospice palliative care
- CBC Kids News: What it’s like to be the kid of a health-care worker during COVID-19
- Globe and Mail: Long-term care industry waiting for advice on COVID-19 vaccine rollout
- National Post: Once, we stood in solidarity against the virus. Then came the second wave
- CBC: Ontario reports 1,824 new COVID-19 cases as ICU admissions hit key threshold
- Global News: Once Canada gets a vaccine, what happens next? Doctor answers our COVID-19 questions
November 2020:
- CP24: All residents of Ontario should only celebrate holidays with members of own household
- Global News: COVID-19 has increased challenges for palliative care patients experiencing homelessness
- CityNews: Coronavirus public health Q&A with Dr. Vinita Dubey (Nov. 10)
- Toronto Star: Why this lockdown might not work, plus the growing battle inside Ontario long-term-care homes
- TVO: How Ontario’s new rapid COVID-19 tests will — and won’t — change the game
- CBC: National grief strategy needed to help Canadians cope with loss due to COVID-19, group says
- CTV: ‘Night and day’: Toronto doctor speaks out as hospitals fill up and COVID-19 patients die
- CityNews: Coronavirus public health Q&A with Dr. Vinita Dubey (Nov. 10)
- CBC: Ontario healthcare workers on burnout and the mental health toll of fighting COVID-19 on the front lines
- BradfordToday: COVID precautions, along with vaccination, could keep the flu at bay
- Global News: Health experts push for ‘aggressive’ strategy called #COVIDZero to stamp out coronavirus
- Windsor star: Summerfield brings diverse experience to top job with medical society
- Global News: When will Canadians get a vaccine? Doctor answers our top COVID-19 questions
- CTV: Some form of lockdown ‘inevitable’ in Ontario as COVID-19 cases hit new high, doctor warns
- Canadian Press: Trudeau says Pfizer vaccine could be ‘light at the end of the tunnel,’ but hurdles remain
- CBC: Why COVID-19 cases are surging across Canada and what needs to be done
- City News: Coronavirus ‘Ask Me Anything’ with Dr. Vinita Dubey (Nov. 3)
- Healthy Debate: Dr. Nadia Alan & Dr. David Nowak – Ontario’s plan to contain second wave needs a dose of primary care engagement
- CBC: Experts worry Ontario’s new COVID-19 guidelines set threshold for closures, lockdown too high
October 2020:
- CBC: Get more flu shots into the hands of health providers, doctor says: Ministry says early supply is being distributed to at-risk populations 6
- City News: Coronavirus ‘Ask Me Anything’ with Dr. Vinita Dubey (Oct. 26)
- City News: Coronavirus public health Q&A with Dr. Vinita Dubey (Oct. 13)
- Global News: Coronavirus: How to celebrate Thanksgiving safely in Guelph
- Canadian Press: Ontario students encouraged to get their HPV follow-up vaccines
- CTV News: Ontario doctors sign letter to Premier advising against sweeping lockdowns
- CTV News: Appointment-based COVID-19 testing leaves behind vulnerable people, Ontario doctor says
- CBC: London’s top doctor worried about post-Thanksgiving virus spread
- CBC: Avoid non-essential travel this weekend, Sault Ste. Marie infection control doc says: Sault doctor implores people to ‘be safe this Thanksgiving weekend‘
OMA Doctors in the News
February 2021:
- Canadian Press: Decade’s worth of Ontario health data finds more severe disease, younger patients
- Global News Radio: Canada Vaccine roll out, PSW’s in Ontario LTC, Tiger Woods injury
- CBC: Confusion remains around vaccine rollout in Ontario, family doctor says
- Toronto Star: Ontario’s vaccine rollout confusion is a deliberate political tactic
- Canadian Press: Peel top doctor suggests building relief policies into Ontario pandemic framework
- CBC: Do we know how effective vaccines are against the variants?
- National Post: We can all play a part in solving the mental health crisis
- Toronto Star: Wondering how and when to book your COVID vaccine? Your family doctor has the same questions, please don’t call them yet
- CTV: Third wave is 'preventable,' Infectious disease specialist says
- Global News: Is the novel coronavirus here to stay?
- CBC: Science Table doctor answers COVID19 vaccine questions
- CTV News: Two variants merge to form first recorded 'recombinant' virus
- CBC: What vaccines are coming next and how effective will they be against the COVID-19 variants?
- CityNews: Ask Me Anything with Toronto’s Assoc. Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Vinita Dubey (Feb. 16)
- CTV: 'Race against time': Third wave of COVID-19 feared as 'wild card' variants spread
- Global News: Ontario health-care workers struggle with burnout as economy poised to reopen
- Toronto Star: The unhoused are 5 times more likely to die within 21 days of a positive COVID-19 test. How Toronto is failing people living outside in the cold
- Windsor Star: As COVID-19 numbers slow, concern turns to virus variants and a third wave
- Canadian Press: Surging rate of COVID-19 infections eases; health officials warn against complacency
- Medical Post: The 2021 Power List
- CBC: How one Indigenous doctor is tackling vaccine hesitancy, starting with her own mom
- CityNews: Coronavirus public health Q&A with Dr. Vinita Dubey (Feb. 10)
- Globe and Mail: To keep COVID-19 variants out of Canada, stop ignoring essential workers
- CBC: What Canada could do to take advantage of the lull in COVID-19 vaccine shipments
- Global News: Will these new travel restrictions work? Doctor answers our COVID-19 questions
- CTV News: How quickly do new variants spread? Experts weigh in on risk of brief interactions
- Global News: The Ontario doctor going above and beyond for his patients during the COVID-19 pandemic
- Global News: Is it time to end ‘for-profit’ long-term care in Ontario?
January 2021:
- Global News: Will travel restrictions curb the spread of COVID-19 variants? Doctor answers our coronavirus questions
- CTV: Hundreds of doctors, advocates ask Ontario government to better support long-term care homes battling COVID-19
- CBC: Vaccines still powerful tool against COVID-19, even with variants, says specialist
- CTV: Five doses per vial or six? Pfizer’s expectations don’t match Canada’s reality
- Globe and Mail: Family doctors are key to Canada’s vaccine rollout. We must include them in this vital process
- Toronto Star: An effective vaccination effort requires the efforts of many communities
- Global News: Toronto hospital nurse who died by suicide remembered as caring, dedicated
- North Bay Nugget: Pandemic turning people to drugs – doctor
- CTV: ‘It feels like a decade’: Experts reflect on one year of COVID-19
- Owen Sound Sun Times: Flu rates lower as public-health guidelines help fight influenza
- CBC: As doctors urge more COVID-19 testing in schools, millions of rapid tests sit unused
- CityNews: Coronavirus public health Q&A with Dr. Vinita Dubey (Jan. 25)
- CTV Sudbury: Ontario doctors promote vaccine confidence to counter misinformation
- CBC: Palliative care doctor says Ontario’s vaccine rollout in long term care has been ‘atrocious’
- Globe and Mail: Rapid testing will help us turn the corner on COVID-19
- CBC Sudbury: NOSM dean urges ‘open, respectful’ discussion around vaccine hesitancy
- 99.9 The Bay: OMA Tries To Dispel Vaccine Fallicies
- Kingston Whig Standard: COVID-19 is a call to service: Kingston is responding
- Toronto Star: ‘The most difficult shift of my career.’ A Scarborough ER doctor describes work at the hospital some call Ontario’s COVID ‘ground zero’
- CBC: New patients lead rise in claims for antidepressants
- Toronto.com: Rural Ontario doctors still waiting for vaccine
- Global News: The public face of the pandemic: Canadian doctors who have become medical celebrities
- Toronto Sun: Ontario’s vaccine rollout in LTC homes under fire
- CBC: How the spread of coronavirus variants could completely change the pandemic in Canada
- Global News: Quebec doctor’s death by suicide sends shockwaves through Canada’s medical community
- Aljazeera: Canada’s largest province declares emergency over COVID-19
- Lake Superior News: We cannot blame COVID-19 alone for the current LTC crisis
- Newstalk1010: Ontario Doctors being asked to prepare for ICU triage scenario
- Toronto Life: Dispatches from the second wave
- Narcity.com: An Ontario ER Doctor Just Had The ‘Most Difficult Shift’ In Her Entire Career
- Healthy Debate: Building trust: Tailored messaging needed to limit vaccine hesitancy
- CTV: Should you be wearing a mask while outside? Experts say it depends
- CBC: Ontario ob-gyns push back on policies advising against COVID-19 vaccine for pregnant or breastfeeding women
- Zoomer Radio: CANADIAN DOCTORS ARE #READYTOVACCINATE
- CBC: Ontario ob-gyns push back on hospital policies barring anyone pregnant, breastfeeding from COVID-19 vaccine
- Canadian Press: ‘A bit of a nightmare:’ health expert calls for stricter rules as COVID cases surge
- Toronto Sun: Ford’s declaration of COVID defeat isn’t justified by lack of beds
- CBC: How concerned should Canadians be about the U.K. strain of COVID-19?
December 2020:
- Global News: COVID-19 vaccinations cut back over holidays due to staff shortages, Ontario government says
- Healthing.ca: What’s going on with rapid COVID testing in Canada?
- CBC: These front-line health workers will spend Christmas fighting COVID-19
- CityNews: More cases of COVID-19 variant in Canada likely, no reason to panic
- CBC: Residents lacking sufficient medication, water at nursing home battling severe COVID-19 outbreak, doctors warn
- Sudbury.com: Gerry Lougheed Jr. receives Ontario Medical Association’s Centennial Award
- CityNews: Coronavirus public heath Q&A with Dr. Vinita Dubey (Dec. 21)
- CTV: Health experts worry about another COVID-19 spike as Christmas rapidly approaches
- CTV: Group of doctors signs open letter to MPP Randy Hillier denouncing COVID-19 misinformation
- Sudbury.com: Coping with stress and family demands during the holiday season
- Global News 640 Toronto: Understanding vaccine allergies
- CBC: Family doctor concerned about COVID-19 surge over the holidays
- CBC: As Ontario’s COVID-19 cases keep rising, calls grow for tighter holiday lockdown
- CBC: Severe COVID-19 vaccine reactions like anaphylaxis not common, says specialist
- CityNews: Coronavirus public health Q&A with Dr. Vinita Dubey (Dec. 15)
- CityNews: It’s vital for Canada’s officials to listen to public’s COVID-19 vaccine concerns, experts say
- CBC: Once someone is vaccinated, do they still have to wear a mask? Your COVID-19 vaccine questions answered
- Toronto Star: Public education on the safety of health care is needed to bring worried patients back to hospitals
- Windsor Star: COVID-19 outbreak at local hospital generated anxiety for staff
- Global News 640: Ontario healthcare workers want you to cancel your plans
- City News: Coronavirus public health Q&A with Dr. Vinita Dubey (Dec. 10)
- 980 CFPL: Analyzing a new private members bill that aims to improve access to hospice palliative care
- CBC Kids News: What it’s like to be the kid of a health-care worker during COVID-19
- Globe and Mail: Long-term care industry waiting for advice on COVID-19 vaccine rollout
- National Post: Once, we stood in solidarity against the virus. Then came the second wave
- CBC: Ontario reports 1,824 new COVID-19 cases as ICU admissions hit key threshold
- Global News: Once Canada gets a vaccine, what happens next? Doctor answers our COVID-19 questions
November 2020:
- CP24: All residents of Ontario should only celebrate holidays with members of own household
- Global News: COVID-19 has increased challenges for palliative care patients experiencing homelessness
- CityNews: Coronavirus public health Q&A with Dr. Vinita Dubey (Nov. 10)
- Toronto Star: Why this lockdown might not work, plus the growing battle inside Ontario long-term-care homes
- TVO: How Ontario’s new rapid COVID-19 tests will — and won’t — change the game
- CBC: National grief strategy needed to help Canadians cope with loss due to COVID-19, group says
- CTV: ‘Night and day’: Toronto doctor speaks out as hospitals fill up and COVID-19 patients die
- CityNews: Coronavirus public health Q&A with Dr. Vinita Dubey (Nov. 10)
- CBC: Ontario healthcare workers on burnout and the mental health toll of fighting COVID-19 on the front lines
- BradfordToday: COVID precautions, along with vaccination, could keep the flu at bay
- Global News: Health experts push for ‘aggressive’ strategy called #COVIDZero to stamp out coronavirus
- Windsor star: Summerfield brings diverse experience to top job with medical society
- Global News: When will Canadians get a vaccine? Doctor answers our top COVID-19 questions
- CTV: Some form of lockdown ‘inevitable’ in Ontario as COVID-19 cases hit new high, doctor warns
- Canadian Press: Trudeau says Pfizer vaccine could be ‘light at the end of the tunnel,’ but hurdles remain
- CBC: Why COVID-19 cases are surging across Canada and what needs to be done
- City News: Coronavirus ‘Ask Me Anything’ with Dr. Vinita Dubey (Nov. 3)
- Healthy Debate: Dr. Nadia Alan & Dr. David Nowak – Ontario’s plan to contain second wave needs a dose of primary care engagement
- CBC: Experts worry Ontario’s new COVID-19 guidelines set threshold for closures, lockdown too high
October 2020:
- CBC: Get more flu shots into the hands of health providers, doctor says: Ministry says early supply is being distributed to at-risk populations 6
- City News: Coronavirus ‘Ask Me Anything’ with Dr. Vinita Dubey (Oct. 26)
- City News: Coronavirus public health Q&A with Dr. Vinita Dubey (Oct. 13)
- Global News: Coronavirus: How to celebrate Thanksgiving safely in Guelph
- Canadian Press: Ontario students encouraged to get their HPV follow-up vaccines
- CTV News: Ontario doctors sign letter to Premier advising against sweeping lockdowns
- CTV News: Appointment-based COVID-19 testing leaves behind vulnerable people, Ontario doctor says
- CBC: London’s top doctor worried about post-Thanksgiving virus spread
- CBC: Avoid non-essential travel this weekend, Sault Ste. Marie infection control doc says: Sault doctor implores people to ‘be safe this Thanksgiving weekend‘