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Protectionism has been a recurring theme throughout the COVID-19 pandemic as countries scrambled to secure valuable resources. With delays already impacting vaccine supply chains, experts warn that so-called vaccine nationalism will cause long-term harm in the global response to the pandemic.

Canada's hopes of speeding up COVID-19 vaccinations brightened slightly over the weekend as regulators began work to approve a new inoculation, even as the federal government sought to head off any restrictions on vaccine shipments from Europe.

A World Health Organization team looking into the origins of the coronavirus pandemic has visited the food market in the Chinese city of Wuhan that was linked to many early infections.

As the pandemic widens the gap between young adults and their peers, the frontline supports, comfortable confidants and surrogate families usually found in friendships are falling apart.

With COVID-19 vaccine shipments from both Pfizer and Moderna delayed or cut in recent weeks, the Trudeau government has faced criticism for its procurement and distribution process. But given the challenges, Dr. Noni MacDonald says the roll out has so far been relatively successful.

Quebec astronaut and medical doctor David Saint-Jacques is currently in training at the McGill University Health Centre. 'Now is not the time to let our guard down, even though we've all had enough,' he says.

Four Canadians explain how COVID-19 health measures have changed their lives, sometimes in positive ways.

As COVID-19 cases surge in Whistler, B.C., and health officials urge against non-essential travel, residents are torn between keeping the tourism-driven ski town's economy running and protecting locals. 

Canada's chief public health officer is highlighting the mental health impact that the pandemic has on front-line workers and stressed the importance of following public health measures to lessen that burden and to continue driving COVID-19 cases down.

A leading Canadian health expert on the federal government's COVID-19 Vaccine Task Force says the pandemic should be viewed as a wake-up call for Canada to create its own domestic vaccine manufacturing capacity.

In the early days of the pandemic, Rebecca Hickman would carefully watch each sample being tested for the novel coronavirus in her lab at the B.C. Centre for Disease Control.

In a week bookended with significant COVID-19 vaccine delays while cases of coronavirus variants continue to climb in Canada, experts are divided on whether vaccines should be diverted from parts of the country with fewer cases to those with hot spots.

The Alberta government is planning to lift some restrictions, including allowing restaurants to reopen in-person dining and gyms to reopen with limited capacity. 

Ontario will move ahead with mandatory testing for international arrivals at Pearson airport, despite an announecment from Ottawa that the federal government has its own plan to do so.

Swift Current's Bella Thomson, 7, was diagnosed with three rare conditions at birth, but that hasn't stopped her from enjoying everyday pleasures. Now, a video showing her drawing a picture for a short story she is writing has amassed over 11 million views. 

Canada's vaccination campaign is facing yet another hurdle in the race to inoculate people against the deadly novel coronavirus with the announcement today that Moderna will delay some shipments of its product next month.

Travellers entering Canada will soon have to quarantine in a hotel — at their own expense —  as the federal government introduces tougher restrictions to discourage international travel.

Regulators authorized AstraZeneca's coronavirus vaccine for use in adults throughout the European Union on Friday, amid criticism the bloc is not moving fast enough to vaccinate its population.

Johnson & Johnson's long-awaited vaccine appears to protect against COVID-19 with just one shot. It's not as strong as some of its two-shot rivals but still potentially helpful for a world in dire need of more doses.

To get the extra dose from the Pfizer-BioNTech vials requires the use of a low-dead-volume syringe, which is not as common and is now in high demand.

The new director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control says officials have "scaled up" their surveillance of new coronavirus variants in the United States.

A new, more contagious COVID-19 variant is advancing through Brazil's Amazon region, where the coronavirus death rate is more than triple that of Canada's. ICUs are full and oxygen supplies are running low while the disease spreads in remote and poor areas.

A COVID-19 outbreak in Whistler has now registered a total of 288 cases between Jan. 1 and Jan. 26, according to Vancouver Coastal Health.

A year into the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada, doctors are learning how to help keep more patients alive, but the proven treatment options remain limited.

Makers of COVID-19 vaccines need everything to go right as they scale up production to hundreds of millions of doses and any hiccup could cause a delay.

Canada has fallen behind other developed nations in the number of shots administered per capita as supply disruptions derail planned vaccinations.

Quebec Premier François Legault said the COVID-19 situation is improving across the province, but not enough to lift the majority of public health restrictions on Feb. 8 as hoped. That means the curfew is likely to stay in place as it is working, he said.

Ontario has been over reporting the number of people who have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 in the province, the Ministry of Health said Thursday.

A survey of 765 registered practical nurses in the province suggests 71 per cent have reached a "breaking point" during the pandemic, with 34 per cent saying they're considering leaving the profession.

The federal government will cap two days of meetings this week meetings into eliminating anti-Indigenous racism in the health-care system by announcing plans to begin co-developing new legislation to overhaul Indigenous health, according to sources who spoke to CBC News.

Germany's health minister said there are at least "10 hard weeks" ahead amid difficulties in getting large quantities of vaccines.

Many of our sons, fathers, brothers, husbands, colleagues and friends are in danger of suffering psycho-social difficulties and becoming isolated from society, writes Rob Whitley.

The spread of more contagious coronavirus variants in Canada amid already high levels of COVID-19 makes it a critical time to think about the masks we wear.

A growing number of officials and organizations in Canada, including police and prosecutors, are calling on the federal government to decriminalize the possession of small amounts of drugs. In British Columbia, change has already started.

Despite the temporary shutdown of a Pfizer plant in Belgium and threats from the EU to limit export of COVID-19 vaccines, Canada will likely have enough doses by the fall to inoculate every Canadian, experts say. Whether every Canadian will have received a shot by that time may be more of a challenge.

During the coronavirus pandemic, Canadians are being told to stay home to keep hospitals from being overwhelmed. Yet most of us have no idea about what's happening inside our hospitals, specifically intensive care units. Watch how staff at two of Canada's largest hospitals deal with the stress and strain they're up against day after day.

The global scramble to vaccinate the human race against COVID-19 is bigger than Canadian politics. But every Canadian politician no doubt understands the political and human importance of this country seeming to do well in this multinational competition

A doctor who works at a Greater Toronto Area hospital network says the organization is terminating his contract as interim medical director of critical care because he has spoken out about the province's pandemic response.

B.C. Premier John Horgan has promised those ignoring COVID-19 public health orders that officials will "come down on you like a ton of bricks," but no new penalties or enforcement measures have been announced.

Yukon's Community Services Minister John Streicker says he is "outraged" by the selfish behaviour of a B.C. couple who allegedly flew to Beaver Creek last week to get vaccinated. As a result, the territory is changing vaccine eligibility requirements to ensure only residents receive doses.

At least 53 University of Guelph students have now tested positive for the COVID-19 coronavirus as the university continues to blame "unsanctioned gatherings" in residence buildings mid-January for the outbreak.

Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller said Wednesday the federal government is still committed to its ambitious plan to vaccinate remote First Nations, Métis and Inuit communities by the spring even as the country grapples with a scarcity of shots.

A Canada Post employee who worked at the Crown corporation's Gateway East plant in Mississauga, Ont., and contracted COVID-19 earlier this month has died.

Reconciliation will take generations, but Canada must reckon with systemic racism, says Sen. Murray Sinclair, who retires from the Senate this week.

A Vancouver couple who allegedly flouted COVID-19 rules by flying to Yukon to get the first doses of a vaccine will have to wait their turn for their second doses, says B.C.'s Ministry of Health.

John and Helen Eberherr, who met at Christmas dinner in 1965, found out they both had COVID-19 on Christmas Day in 2020. They died just days apart.

Air Creebec pilot Willard Petagumskum flew vaccines to all of the coastal Cree communities in Quebec on Jan. 16.  It was the start of a regional vaccination campaign across the Cree territory.

Poorer countries face a best-case scenario of a six- to eight-month lag behind richer nations in getting access to COVID-19 vaccines, philanthropist Bill Gates said on Wednesday.

Answering growing frustration over vaccine shortages, President Joe Biden announced that the U.S. is ramping up deliveries to hard-pressed states over the next three weeks and expects to provide enough doses to vaccinate 300 million Americans by the end of the summer or early fall.

Despite headline-making reports of seniors falling ill despite getting a shot of COVID-19 vaccine, Canadian physicians stress these vaccines are proving overwhelmingly safe for the vast majority of elderly recipients — a population at the highest risk of dying from the illness.