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The dropping of the flu vaccine mandate follows what health officials described as a particularly severe flu season, during which U.S. infections surged.

A team at the University of Cambridge say this is the first time that a vaccine whose active component was 'designed entirely by computer simulations has been tested in humans.'

The University of Saskatchewan's Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization (VIDO) will be the first educational institution in Canada to have Containment Level 4 labs.

Researchers at the University of Saskatchewan's Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization (VIDO) say they are in the early stages of preclinical testing a hantavirus vaccine

A judge has recommended better vaccination campaigns and solutions to overcrowded housing after the death of a six-year-old Indigenous boy in northern Alberta.

Jan Przeranski says that as a result of his vaccination, he suffers from severe lymphedema, a chronic, progressive condition that has caused swelling and infections in his arm.

Four Canadians are isolating across the country after exposure on the hantavirus-hit MV Hondius cruise ship. The outbreak has left three dead and 11 other identified cases.

The research paper was to appear in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's flagship publication.

The 11-year-old boy was at a cottage in northern Ontario in the summer of 2024 and was awoken by a bat lying on his nose and mouth, the case report said.  

If not immunized, it is estimated that 75 per cent of sexually active Canadians will have an HPV infection at some time in their lives.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) defines meningitis as "inflammation (swelling) of the lining of the brain and spinal cord."

There has also been 165 hospitalizations since the outbreak began, with eight admissions into the intensive care unit and four deaths.

Quebec's measles outbreak has grown to 27 confirmed cases, with the majority linked to the Quebec City area and new exposure sites identified west of the provincial capital.

Health officials in Toronto are warning the public they may have been exposed to measles if they visited a Scarborough hospital or walk-in clinic last week.

His rescuer was determined to help. She planned to take him home, nurse him back to health and eventually adopt him. Those plans quickly changed

Conservative MP Cathay Wagantall says she plans to resign her seat in the House of Commons at the end of the summer.

Toronto healthcare workers have spent months preparing for possible threats — from mass-casualty events to outbreaks of viral illnesses such as measles and norovirus.

Nearly 60,000 people were hospitalized in what the CIHI calls 'vaccine-preventable respiratory hospitalizations' across Canada in 2024.

The CDC said it is working with the patient's employing organization, other U.S. federal agencies and public health authorities 'to help prevent further transmission.'

Symptoms are similar for all strains of Ebola and can start with fever, fatigue, muscle pain, headache and sore throat, according to the World Health Organization.