Rsv

• Ontario residents can now get updated COVID-19 vaccine, flu shot

  The province says both vaccines are available at participating pharmacies, public health units and doctors' offices across the province, and it's safe to get them at the same time.

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  Oct 28
  
• RSV shot for infants available from some Ontario docs, with Quebec rollout set for November

  Some Ontario doctors have started offering a free shot that can protect babies from respiratory syncytial virus while Quebec will begin its immunization program next month.

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  Oct 21
  
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• RSV protection for all infants in Ontario, Quebec, Nunavut coming soon

  This fall and winter, Ontario, Quebec and Nunavut will offer nirsevimab — approved by Health Canada in the spring of 2023 —  to all babies going through their first RSV season.

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  Oct 1
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• Maternal RSV vaccination, antibody therapy urged in new WHO recommendations

   The World Health Organization on Tuesday recommended maternal vaccination and the use of an antibody therapy to prevent respiratory synctial virus (RSV) in infants.

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  Oct 1
• Alberta mother warns of severity of RSV in young babies: ‘It took everything out of her’

  An Alberta mother is sharing her story about RSV after her youngest child ended up in the hospital on oxygen after contracting the virus when she was just seven weeks old.

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  Sep 25
• Ontario offering RSV vaccines to more young children and to pregnant women

  Ontario is expanding its respiratory virus vaccination program this year for infants, high-risk children and pregnant women ahead of the fall flu season.

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  Jul 26
• NACI recommends universal immunization program against RSV for all infants

  The National Advisory Committee on Immunization is recommending a universal immunization program against respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, for all infants.

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  May 17
• B.C. doctors urge parent vigilance with respiratory season still in full swing

  On Thursday, the B.C. Centre for Disease Control reported that a third child's death had been associated with influenza.

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  Jan 5
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• Pfizer’s RSV vaccine for older adults, pregnant people approved by Health Canada

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

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  Jan 4
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• COVID is spiking in parts of Canada. What does this mean for holiday festivities?

  Holiday joy means potentially spreading the cold, flu, and COVID-19. And health experts caution Canadians to stay vigilant amid the festivities.

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  Dec 19, 2023