Flu Season Canada

• Australia’s flu season is hitting kids the hardest. What does this mean for Canada?

  As Australia continues to navigate its influenza season, experts are warning about a surge in pediatric hospital visits caused by severe flu symptoms among children.

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  Jul 18, 2023
  
• ‘Kids are dying’: B.C. doctor speaks out over respiratory illness-related deaths

  The pediatric cardiac surgeon in Vancouver says recently, he’s had to transition from the operating room to supporting patients with respiratory illnesses.

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  Dec 14, 2022
  
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• Flu shot: What we know about this year’s vaccine and ‘virulent’ dominant strain

  With flu activity high in Canada, infectious diseases experts are urging Canadians to get their flu shot, as it contains protection against the strain of flu proving most dominant.

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  Nov 23, 2022
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• Canadian Paediatric Society urges families to get flu shot ‘as quickly as possible’

  Children under the age of five and those with chronic health conditions are more likely to need hospitalization if they catch the flu, the organization said.

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  Nov 18, 2022
• Wait times in children’s ERs are spiking. Here’s a look at how long you might wait

  With some children’s hospitals in Canada experiencing significant surges in patients, emergency wait times have started to soar. 

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  Oct 27, 2022
• Children’s hospitals ‘gravely worried’ about upcoming flu season amid ER crisis

  As flu season approaches, officials at children’s hospitals across the country say they are “gravely worried” about an influx of children with flu, COVID-19 or other viruses.

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  Oct 18, 2022
• Hardly any Canadians caught the flu last year. What can we expect this fall?

  The flu took a break last year in Canada, probably due to heightened COVID-19 public health measures. Could it come back this fall and winter?

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  Sep 12, 2021
• ‘Exceptionally low’: Canada’s flu season drops amid coronavirus restrictions

  Many health experts feared that a fall wave of COVID-19 would not only be worse than the first wave in the spring, but it would come just as seasonal flu infections started to spread.

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  Nov 17, 2020
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• Flu shot protected most people from infection during unusual influenza season: study

  The current flu season was the most unusual in about five years because of an early spike in influenza B as influenza A was circulating across Canada and the northern hemisphere.

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  Feb 20, 2020
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• Kids at higher risk of being hospitalized this flu season, health officer says

  More kids are ending up in hospital this flu season than usual, says Canada's chief public health officer.

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  Jan 17, 2020