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The class action includes everyone in Quebec who was diagnosed with opioid use disorder after being prescribed opioid medications between 1996 and the present.

Students and staff at John Abbott College gathered to raise money for its 21st annual loonie line, which helps students at the college in need of financial assistance.

The idea earned them top prize in a green innovative competition sponsored by the CEGEP and Pfizer, as well as $1,000 toward implementing their plan.

The National Advisory Committee on Immunization issued guidance for updated COVID-19 vaccines in the spring, specifically for Canadians facing elevated risk of severe illness.

Health Canada has approved another respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine for adults over the age of 60 and for pregnant people. 

Pfizer on Wednesday forecast 2024 sales that were as much as $5 billion below Wall Street expectations due mostly to declining demand for COVID vaccines and treatment.

Between Dec. 16 and 30, 2023, the province's respiratory virus dashboard added 762 influenza hospitalizations, which included Albertans of all ages.

Health Canada on Tuesday approved the updated Novavax vaccine, marking the third booster available to Canadians alongside Pfizer and Moderna.

Of the top most-read stories in the valley, half involved summer wildfires that destroyed hundreds of homes and devastated communities. 

Pfizer on Tuesday reported weak demand for its COVID vaccine and treatment, which pushed the drugmaker to its first quarterly loss since 2019.

Around 20 million people need to be vaccinated with Moderna's updated COVID-19 vaccine for the company to reach US$2 billion in 2023 sales.

Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer is setting the price for a five-day treatment of Paxlovid at $1,390, but Americans can still access the pills at no cost -- for now.

More than 3,700 babies were born with congenital syphilis in 2022 — 10 times more than a decade ago and a 32 epr cent increase from 2021, the CDC said.

A group of researchers said the vaccine passport announcement increased first-dose uptake by 290,168 people, or 17.5 per cent.

Moderna said on Thursday its 2023 sales would only hit the low end of its previous forecast, reflecting weaker demand for COVID-19 vaccines.

Dr. Nazeem Muhajarine from the University of Saskatchewan says it's vital get an updated COVID-19 vaccine to protect against the subvariant that's now circulating widely in Canada.

Although a majority of Canadians have already received or intend to get a COVID-19 booster shot, 40 per cent of the population does not plan on rolling up their sleeves this fall.

The vaccine approval coincides with the emergence of two new COVID-19 variants within the country, and experts are warning about continued vigilance in public health measures.

Health Canada has already approved the Pfizer-BioNTech Comirnaty Omicron XBB.1.5. COVID-19 vaccines and the Moderna Spikevax vaccine.

According to the BC Centre for Disease Control's latest data, COVID-19 cases are on the rise across the province, with hospitalizations up 58 per cent in the past two weeks.