Booster Shot

• Pfizer’s updated COVID vaccine approved by Health Canada

  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.

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  Sep 28, 2023
  
• Moderna’s updated COVID vaccine targeting XBB.1.5 approved in Canada

  Health Canada has authorized the Moderna COVID-19 booster shot, with the aim of strengthening people's protection against the virus for the fall.

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  Sep 12, 2023
  
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• COVID booster messaging ‘truly confusing’. What the latest guidance says

  Some health experts say you might be better off waiting until the updated COVID vaccines become available, while others say not to wait.

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  Sep 1, 2023
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• U.S. is mulling shift to annual COVID-19 boosters. What about Canada? 

  A U.S. proposal to move to annual COVID-19 boosters could increase uptake if a similar policy were adopted in Canada, but it may be too early to make such a move, some experts say.

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  Jan 27, 2023
• Is it too late to get a COVID booster or flu shot before the holidays? What experts say

  Experts are urging Canadians to get their COVID-19 boosters and flu shots even with the holidays nearing.

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  Dec 21, 2022
• Nova Scotia is offering Omicron targeted COVID 19 vaccine to residents 18 and up

  Public Health is recommending that everyone 18 and older receive the new vaccine, which is said to offer more protection than the first-generation vaccines.

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  Sep 21, 2022
• Omicron vaccine available to most in B.C. by end of October: top health officials

  In a joint statement, Dr. Bonnie Henry and Health Minister Adrian Dix say B.C. is set to begin distributing doses of Moderna's newly approved vaccine as soon as supply arrives.

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  Sep 1, 2022
• Canada to throw away more than half of expired AstraZeneca vaccine doses

  Canada also has yet to explain how it plans to manage millions of doses of both Novavax and Medicago vaccines that the country bought.

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  Jul 5, 2022
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• Canadians urged to get COVID-19 booster shots ahead of potential fall wave

  Federal health officials are urging Canadians to get booster doses of the COVID-19 vaccine in advance of a possible resurgence of the virus in the fall.

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  Jun 30, 2022
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• It’s unclear whether everyone will need 4th COVID shot, B.C.’s top doctor says

  "We do not yet know if all of us will need another dose of vaccine come the fall or if protection from the three doses will carry most of us through," Dr. Bonnie Henry said.

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  May 10, 2022