From vaccinations for children under five to what a national pharmacare program would mean for Canadians, Unity Health Toronto experts offered insights this week into our rapidly changing world. Here are our top media hits for the week of March 26-April 1.

Who is still dying from COVID in Ontario?
Toronto Star on March 28, 2022
Interview with Dr. Sharmistha Mishra

Data suggest that COVID interventions are working for higher-income neighbourhoods, but aren’t reaching low-income communities, says Dr. Sharmistha Mishra, infectious disease physician at St. Michael’s Hospital.

Tired of waiting for a COVID vaccine for their toddlers, these parents brought them to a clinical trial in Etobicoke
Toronto Star on March 28, 2022
Interview with Dr. Anne Wormsbecker

A COVID vaccine for kids under five will boost equity and allow families with children to return to their ‘regular lives,’ says Dr. Anne Wormsbecker, consulting pediatrician at St. Michael’s Hospital and St. Joseph’s Health Centre.

How Toronto’s PocketHealth learned to sell technology to cash-strapped Canadian hospitals
The Globe and Mail on March 31, 2022
Interview with Dawn-Marie King

Unity Health Toronto was one of the first networks to use a new software that lets patients download medical images online. Dawn-Marie King, senior director of laboratory medicine & medical imaging, outlines the benefits of the program.

As some countries roll out fourth doses of COVID vaccine, Canada is struggling to get citizens to take a third
Toronto Star on March 31, 2022
Interview with Dr. Tara Kiran

Less than 50 per cent of Canadians have had their third COVID vaccine. Dr. Tara Kiran, family physician at St. Michael’s, tells the Toronto Star what factors are driving the low uptake rate.

Liberal-NDP deal promises nothing more than a pharmacare pantomime
The Hill Times on March 31, 2022
Opinion piece by Dr. Nav Persaud

In an op-ed in The Hill Times, Dr. Nav Persaud calls for politicians to deliver a national pharmacare plan for Canadians.

Perinatal mental health with two pregnant social workers
We Go There Podcast on March 30, 2022
Interview with Kayla Deverson and Melissa Luongo

Data show one in seven mothers shows signs of postpartum depression. Kayla Deverson & Melissa Luongo, social workers at St. Michael’s (who were both pregnant during this recording), discuss pregnancy & the postpartum period on the We Go There podcast.