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COVID-19 Vaccines & Health Conditions

For information on how a COVID-19 infection affects transplant patients, go to: COVID-19 and Transplants

COVID-19 Vaccines for Transplant Patients: What You Need to Know - UHN Ajmera Transplant Centre
Your questions about COVID-19 vaccines and transplant answered in this video by Dr. Deepali Kumar, Transplant Infectious Diseases Specialist, Ajmera Transplant Centre at UHN.
National Transplant Consensus Guidance on COVID-19 Vaccine - UHN Ajmera Transplant Center; Canadian Society of Transplantation
Information on COVID-19 for transplant patients. Can transplant patients receive the COVID-19 vaccine? When the vaccine will be available and what are the side effects of the COVID-19 vaccine?

For information on how a COVID-19 infection affects people with cancer, go to: COVID-19 and Cancer

COVID-19 Vaccines and Pancreatic Cancer FAQ - Pancreatic Cancer Action Network - New
How the vaccines work, vaccine safety, and information for people with pancreatic cancer.
COVID-19 Vaccines in People with Cancer - American Cancer Society
The risks and benefits of getting the COVID-19 vaccines for people with cancer and cancer survivors.

For information on how a COVID-19 infection affects people living with diabetes, go to: COVID-19 and Diabetes

Diabetes and COVID-19 Vaccine - Diabetes Canada
Diabetes Canada encourages people living with type 1 or type 2 diabetes to receive the COVID-19 vaccine when it is accessible, in consultation with your health care provider. Read more about this and the vaccine side effects.

For information on how a COVID-19 infection affects people living with liver disease, go to: COVID-19 and Liver Disease

COVID-19 Vaccine Safety for Patients with Liver Disease - Canadian Liver Foundation [Webinar] - New
Why COVID vaccines are needed, the safety and development of vaccines, and what are the differences between types of vaccines.

Information about COVID-19 Vaccines for People Living with Liver Disease - Toronto Centre for Liver Disease, Francis Family Liver Clinic, UHN
People living with liver disease are strongly encouraged to get vaccinated against COVID-19. Here is the information about COVID-19 vaccines they need to know.

For information on how a COVID-19 infection affects people living with Multiple Sclerosis, go to: COVID-19 and Multiple Sclerosis

COVID-19 Vaccine Guidance for People Living with MS - MS Society Canada
People with MS should consider getting COVID-19 vaccine as soon as the vaccine is available to them.

For information on how a COVID-19 infection affects arthritis, go to: COVID-19 and Arthritis

COVID-19 FAQs: Medications, Treatments and Vaccines - Arthritis Foundation - NEW
Information about the novel coronavirus, including possible treatments, vaccines and how it affects people taking arthritis medications.
Canadian Rheumatology Association Position Statement on COVID-19 Vaccination - Canadian Rheumatology Association
Recommendations by Canadian Rheumatology Association regarding the COVID-19 vaccine for patients under the care of a rheumatologists.
COVID-19 Updates Vaccine for COVID-19 and Lupus - Lupus Canada
People with lupus may be at higher risk of severe illness from COVID-19. For this reason, current recommendations are for adults with lupus to be immunized against COVID-19 when it becomes available.

For information on how a COVID-19 infection affects pregnancy, go to: COVID-19 and Pregnancy

COVID-19 Vaccination during Pregnancy and Breastfeeding - UHN
The two available COVID-19 Vaccines (Pfizer and Moderna) have NOT been tested in pregnant or breast feeding women. Information on the benefits, risk of COVID-19 vaccines, and what do experts recommend to pregnant and breast feeding women.
SOGC Statement on COVID-19 Vaccination in Pregnancy - The Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada
The official statement on COVID-19 vaccination in pregnancy by Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada (SOGC).
Pregnancy, Breastfeeding and the SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine: an Ethics-Based Framework for Shared Decision-Making - Canadian National Advisory Committee on Immunization
Canadian guidance has recommended that the vaccine against COVID-19 should not be offered to individuals
who are pregnant or breastfeeding until further evidence is available; however, it is ethically justified to offer individuals
who are pregnant, trying to conceive or breastfeeding the option to receive the vaccine.