Ontario’s Ministry of Health’s Vaccine Clinical Advisory Group (VCAG) issued recommendations on Exceptions to Extended Dose Intervals for COVID-19 vaccines. CAPA wrote this letter due to concerns about the time delay that the National Advisory Council on Immunization...
CAPA’s Board Member Therese Lane, a patient advocate living with Arthritis and Fibromyalgia for 25 years, presented the results of the CAPA #ArthritisThenNow campaign “ArthritisThenNow: Reflecting on treatment changes in inflammatory arthritis“ at the...
The Canadian Rheumatology Association (CRA), with input from the Canadian Arthritis Patient Alliance (CAPA) has developed a Decision Aid for the COVID-19 Vaccine in Patients with Autoimmune Rheumatic Diseases. This Decision Aid is for an adult of age >18 years...
The National Advisory Committee on Immunization’s (NACI’s) issued recommendations on the currently approved COVID-19 vaccines. As CAPA members, in our letter to NACI, we have asked to reconsider and revise the wording on the recommendations relating to those who live...
We would like to thank all participants of the CAPA Webinar on Disability Tax Credit (DTC) that was hosted by the Canada Revenue Agency representatives on Saturday, October 24, 2020. Participants were able to learn about eligibility criteria and how to apply for these...
CAPA hosted #ArthritisThenNow Twitter Chat on Saturday, September 26, 2020. The chat was well-attended and had some great discussions about how arthritis treatment, care, and the experience have changed or stayed the same over the past few decades with co-host Michael...
