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The federal government has added $36.4 million to a program designed to support people who have been seriously injured or killed by vaccines since the end of 2020.

Public Health says high school students have until the end of April to get their vaccination records in order or valid exemptions in place before suspensions kick in on May 1.

The trial is centered around Michael Gordon Jackson, a 53-year-old who pleaded not guilty to abduction in contravention of a child custody order.

The mother told the courtroom she and Michael met in 2013 and after three and a half years of marriage, the couple separated.

Two companies that make measles vaccines are reporting shortages, saying remaining doses are reserved for public health programs. The shortage comes as global cases rise.

Medical associations are concerned that cases of two preventable diseases are climbing. Alberta pharmacists are requesting permission to offer measles vaccines.

Vaccinating children who missed their measles shots during the COVID-19 pandemic is critical, a senior World Health Organization official said on Tuesday.

Jackson is accused with abducting his daughter to prevent her from getting a COVID-19 vaccine.

Low rates of childhood vaccinations in Alberta rural communities as whooping cough warning issued

In 2022, an average of 77.1 per cent of children up to two years old had their first measles vaccine, and 72.4 per cent had their second by age seven.

Jackson was found guilty after being on trial for contravention of a custody order, after allegedly abducting his daughter in Nov. 2021 until Feb. 2022 to avoid a COVID-19 vaccine.

Manitoba is measles-free so far, but an expert says it's worth it to be prepared with a vaccine. 'It's one of the most effective vaccines that we have available to us,' he said.

Although fully vaccinated people can get measles, Dr. Sumontra Chakrabarti, an infectious diseases physician at Trillium Health Partners, stressed how infrequent it is.

Peterborough Public Health and the Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit advise residents to review immunization records and get updated with the measles vaccine.

A German man voluntarily rolled up his sleeve for hundreds of COVID-19 shots. This is what doctors found when they examined him.

After the first lab-confirmed case of measles was detected in the region, the health unit is hosting a number of vaccine clinics this week to prevent further spread.

Seventeen per cent of parents are 'really against' vaccinating their kids, which is four times higher than in 2019 — just before the pandemic.

A Kelowna anti-COVID lockdown who made national headlines when he told a South Asian security guard at a vaccine clinic to go home to his country has been found not guilty.

The measles vaccine is given in two doses in B.C. — the first one on a child's first birthday and the second around the time of starting school.

The Saskatchewan Health Authority is reminding residents to get their measles vaccine.