May 2021

• CTV: Outdoor transmission of COVID-19 is far lower than statistics suggest, expert says
• CBC Metro Morning: Dr Peter Juni on pausing the Astra Zeneca vaccine rollout
• Global News: What’s safe to do after getting your first vaccine?
• Queen’s Park Briefing: Health experts lay out policy recommendations to avert a potential fourth wave
• Globe and Mail: Embracing the science on airborne transmission is key to preventing new COVID-19 outbreaks 
• CTV Barrie: Increased vaccinations improving daily case counts 
• MaClean’s: This Ottawa family doctor's pop-up vaccination clinic delivered 220 shots in a day 
• CTV: Pandemic public washroom closures a critical issue for people with IBD, those experiencing homelessness 
• CBC: When should you seek medical attention if you have COVID-19? Sooner than you might think 
• Global News: Ontario’s plan vaccinate all adults 
• Toronto Star: For the sake of the kids, don’t write off the school year just yet 
• CTV Barrie: Dr. Gandhi talks dip in COVID-19 cases, lockdown measures and vaccine myths 
• Toronto Sun: Patients need doctors to speak up -- regulator wants doctors to shut up 
• CTV Northern Ontario: Northern physicians reflect on National Doctor’s Day 
• ca: COVID's third wave is younger and sicker. Here's what we know 
• Toronto Star: Why COVID-19 variants have seemingly targeted younger population in Peel in third wave 
• National Post: COVID's third wave is younger and sicker. Here's everything we know about why 
• Globe and Mail: The dark side of Canada’s shift to corporate-driven health care 
• CTV Barrie: Symptoms following AstraZeneca vaccine incredibly rare, says Dr. Gandhi

April 2021 

• Globe and Mail: Virtual health care for the long term
• MaClean’s: This family doctor personally called every 80-plus patient to notify them of vaccine eligibility
• CTV Barrie: Hospitalizations at tipping point
• Richmond Hill Liberal: Show appreciation by shining a light on doctors
• Northumberlandnews.com: Brightonians invited to ‘Shine a Light’ for area doctors May 1 is Doctors’ Day, chance to show appreciation
• CTV Barrie: Rationing of health-care possible this week, warns past president of the OMA
• Toronto Star: Pandemic, fentanyl and homelessness are a fatal combination. The benefits of prescribing opioids outweigh the risks
• CBC: Paperwork a barrier to COVID-19 vaccine rollout, say some family doctors
• Queens’ Park Briefing: Ontario opens vaccine appointments to pregnant individuals after moving them to 'highest risk' category
• Windsor Star: Paid sick leave critical to find way out of pandemic
• Toronto Star: Besides COVID-19 vaccines, we need to fix long-standing poor work conditions in Ontario. Here are some solutions
• CBC: What do you need to know about outdoor transmission of the coronavirus?
• Global News: Are vaccines enough to stop Canada’s third wave? Dr. Bogoch weighs in
• DurhamRegion.com: tots and preschoolers suffering silently during COVID-19 pandemic
• CTV: Toronto hospital reports alarming number of pregnant patients in COVID-19 ICU
• CTV Barrie: As province lowers AstraZeneca age requirement, doctor urges people to get the first shot they're offered
• CBC: Toronto, Peel to close businesses with 5 or more COVID-19 cases linked to the workplace
• Toronto Life: “It was mind-boggling. I’m still in shock”: Andrew Morris, a member of the Science Advisory Table, on why the government ignored their recommendations
• CTV Barrie: COVID-19 restrictions to battle the third wave
• City News: Overburdened hospitals to transfer patients to long-term care homes
• CTV News: Are COVID-19 vaccine doses sitting in Ontario freezers? Here's what we know
• CBC: Canada's COVID-19 case rate now tops U.S. rate. Here's what the experts say
• Toronto Star: Why we need to change the narrative on outdoor transmission
• Queen’s Park Briefing: Why health equity has always mattered but we’re paying attention today
• Winnipeg Free Press: COVID-19 strips away smugness
• CTV: Past president of the OMA says last week was the worst of his career
• Toronto Star: Our health care system is heading toward disaster. We need action now before this tsunami drowns us all
• Toronto Star: Emergency departments face a grim reality — but it is not too late to act
• CTV: Vaccination no-shows: Why are thousands of appointments going unfilled?
• Global News: Should a ‘true’ stay-at-home order be implemented? Doctor breaks down your latest COVID-19 headlines
• Chatelaine: Women In Science: 8 COVID-19 experts you should follow on social media
• Global News Radio: Canada ranks last among peers on MLI Covid Misery Index. Dr. Shawn Whatley
• CBC: Where are variants spreading, and should I still disinfect surfaces? Your COVID-19 questions answered
• CTV Barrie: 'I'm really starting to worry' Climbing ICU admissions a real concern for health experts
• Oakville Beaver: Pandemic taking a toll on our children, writes Dr. Nadia Alam
• National Post: COVID shots for children are coming. Why we need them to end the pandemic
• CBC: A year into pandemic, long-haul COVID-19 sufferers still struggle to get care

March 2021

• Toronto Star: Canada stops using AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine for people under 55
• CTV Barrie: COVID hospitalizations surging among ages 30 to 50, Doctor says
• CBC: COVID-19 variants spreading faster in GTA areas with more low-income residents, essential workers
• CTV: Ontario's vaccine program needs to shift focus to high-risk populations, expert says
• OrilliaMatters: Family health-care teams to continue providing vaccines to those 60-plus
• Toronto Star: COVID-19 has re-inforced Canada’s need to strengthen generalist models of hospital care
• CMAJ News: How can medicine close its gender pay gap?
• CollingwoodToday.ca: Pandemic reveals shortfalls of province's health information system, says local doc
• Globe and Mail: When it comes to vaccine delivery, we need a very Canadian compromise – fast
• CBC: Ontario's 3rd wave of COVID-19 could hit younger adults harder. Here's why
• CP24: Family docs say they should have a larger role in vaccinations
• The Trentonian: QHC prepping in case of local third wave
• Global News: Why is COVID-19 variant hitting more young people? Doctor answers your coronavirus questions
• CTV North: COVID-19 vaccines in doctors offices
• Toronto Star: Vaccine messaging across the province and country must be clear, consistent and transparent
• CTV: vaccine success in Simcoe Muskoka
• National Post: Will life soon return to normal?

• Toronto Star: The scientific case for delaying the second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine
• Global News: Can you expand your social circle after getting vaccinated? Doctor answers your COVID-19 questions
• Canadian Press: COVID-19 third wave has begun in Ontario: advisers
• CTV: Dr. Sohail Gandhi on the vaccine rollout in Simcoe-Muskoka
• Toronto Star: Will Ontario ensure essential workers are top priority in Phase 2 of the COVID-19 vaccine rollout? The answer, ridiculously, is no
• Global News: Science says AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine is safe. But will that ease concerns?
• Ottawa Citizen: YEAR ONE – We need a proper recovery plan for all segments of society
• CTV: How effective is the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine? What you need to know
• Globe and Mail: As a health care leader, I am supposed to be a hero, not a human
• CTV: One year anniversary of pandemic marked across Canada
• Global News: Pregnant women to be prioritized for COVID vaccines
• CP24: Ontario becomes first province to prioritize pregnancy in vaccination rollout
• National Post: Canada ranks worse than most developed countries in COVID-19 'misery index,' study says
• Toronto Sun: Ontario's move to prioritize pregnant women for COVID vaccine lauded
• CBC: Canadians shouldn't shop around for vaccines with higher efficacy rates, experts say
• Toronto Star: Why have family doctors been overlooked in vaccine rollout?
• The Globe and Mail: Reducing the Impact of COVID-19 on Black Communities in Canada: Building Confidence and Decreasing Vaccine Hesitancy
• CBC: National committee recommends longer interval between COVID-19 vaccine doses
• CP24: Most Canadians could have access to COVID-19 shot early this summer, member of Ont.'s vaccine task force says
• CTV Barrie:  Dr. Sohail Gandhi on the COVID-19 Vaccine
• CBC: Cambridge's Dr. Sharon Bal on role of family physicians in COVID-19 vaccine rollout
• Sudbury Star: Teachers, those over 80 should get vaccination priority
• CBC The Current: As the next phase of COVID-19 vaccinations begins, who should be prioritized?
• Independent Free Press: Dreaming of a more joyful time
• CBC: Why we need to rethink COVID-19 risk as the weather warms up
• Canadian Press: 55% of Ontario's nursing home workers opted for vaccine

February 2021

• Global News: What’s behind vaccine hesitancy in long term care workers
• CTV: Numb to the numbers: Canadians desensitized to COVID-19 case and death rates
• 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?