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Ontario's top doctor says even though COVID-19 and flu activity is declining, the province ``must remain vigilant'' as a more transmissible variant gains ground.

With numbers changing and new subvariants emerging, how do you evaluate the risk of COVID-19? One doctor says we need to look how the virus has changed and at our own response.

The Alberta government said the acetaminophen shipment will bolster supply and ensure that children who are being treated at hospitals can get the pain and fever relief they need.

Ontario is through the worst of the respiratory virus season, with the three major viral threats on the decline, though a more transmissible variant may lead to a spring wave.

Advanced Education Minister Demetrios Nicolaides and Health Minister Jason Copping announced plans Thursday to look at offering more training in different areas of the province.

The latest weekly percentage of positive influenza cases rose to 11.7 per cent — more than double the seasonal threshold of 5.0 per cent.

High influenza hospitalization trends continue in Alberta.

Between Dec. 31, 2022 and Jan. 7, Alberta Health reported 13 more deaths and 106 more hospitalizations than the previous week, and 160 more lab-confirmed cases.

To Dec. 31, 2022, 77 Albertans had their deaths attributed to influenza. That number is approaching double the decade’s average.

Alberta’s health minister says the peak of influenza in the province may have passed, but it's far from done.

Illness has been soaring among children, with B.C. Children's Hospital being so busy that patients are often left waiting hours to see a doctor.

'Respiratory illnesses increase in the fall and winter, when people spend more time together indoors.'

The flu season started early this year in Canada, doctors say, which means kids started getting sick earlier.

As an emergency doctor I have seen many other kids hallucinating these last few weeks while sick with Influenza A.

Health officials are however warning that it's unclear whether holiday gatherings will lead to a resurgence of the respiratory illness in the province.

Misinformation about the flu and COVID-19 has been around since the start of the novel coronavirus pandemic, but now that flu season is upon us, it's time to fact check some myths.

"Exercise and eating well are massively more important than the more obscure ways people worry about dying.”

An updated online assessment tool can help Albertans determine whether they have COVID-19, RSV or influenza, and find out the best course of treatment.

Influenza is now being blamed for six deaths in Alberta this flu season, according to the latest data from the province. A four-year-old child is among those who have died.

The Spanish Flu of 1918 is seen as a benchmark in how the world sees, responds to and quantifies pandemics. But how does it compare to today?

The numbers put a figure on the severity of the novel coronavirus, which experts have been speaking to since the pandemic began.

Health experts are raising concerns about Alberta's low influenza vaccine uptake as lab-confirmed cases and hospital admissions keep rising.

The latest weekly flu update has 836 positive results, which is the highest number seen in New Brunswick since the start of the influenza report in 2005.

A child who tested positive for influenza has died, according to the Leeds, Grenville and Lanark District Health Unit.

With airborne viruses like influenza, COVID-19 and RSV circulating in Alberta schools, Education Minister Adriana LaGrange said she's not expecting to put in a mask mandate.