COVID-19

• ‘I am on it’: Health minister accelerates audit of vaccine injury program

  "I cannot add any comment more for now, but I am on it," Health Minister Marjorie Michel stated when a reporter pressed for more information about the accelerated audit.

  Investigations

  Jul 23
  
• Health Minister: Ottawa will try to improve Vaccine Injury Support Program

  'We are tracking it. It's unacceptable what we heard about this ... We will try to improve,' Health Minister Marjorie Michel said in brief remarks about the VISP program.

  Investigations

  Jul 21
  
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• Tory MPs, health group call for investigation and overhaul of vaccine support program

  'The Liberals handed out tens of millions of dollars to high priced consultants while the very Canadians this program was intended to help have been neglected,' the Tory MPs said.

  Investigations

  Jul 18
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• Federal auditors target vaccine injury program amid surprise Oxaro office visit

  PHAC officials will continue to visit Oxaro's VISP offices “on short notice and in-person to ensure that performance standards are met,”a confidential source told Global News.

  Investigations

  Jul 3
• ‘Nothing was ready’: Inside Canada’s Vaccine Injury Support Program

  Former VISP workers described a culture that was more play than work. 'I felt like I was there to kind of hang out and socialize,' one said. 'It was kind of like school in a way.'

  Investigations

  Jul 3
• Vaccine injury programs elsewhere also face challenges, criticism

  Some Britons have also criticized their program as too slow to assess injury cases, while setting thresholds too high to qualify, and payouts made too low for those who get them.

  Investigations

  Jul 2
• WHO still seeking COVID-19 origin, says all scenarios ‘remain on the table’

  The World Health Organization's probe into the cause of COVID-19 has not resulted in a definitive reason, with its director-general saying all scenarios 'remain on the table.'

  Health

  Jun 27
• ‘Razor blade’ sore throats? What to know about latest COVID variant

  The COVID-19 variant currently spreading in some countries may cause painful sore throats, giving it a new nickname: "Razor blade throat" COVID.

  Health

  Jun 18
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• Alberta Medical Association raises concerns over province limiting free COVID vaccines

  Smith says her government is looking to prevent wastage, recover costs, and target vaccinations to those who need them the most.

  Health

  Jun 17
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• New COVID-19 variant sees rise in cases in some countries. Here’s where

  Airport screening in the United States has detected the new variant in travellers arriving from those regions to destinations in California, Washington, Virginia and New York.

  Health

  May 28