Flu Vaccine

• Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit starting secondary school catch-up immunization clinics

  The health unit is partnering with local school boards to offer school-based immunization clinics at Simcoe Muskoka secondary schools during February and March.

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  Feb 6
  
• Alberta doctors urge vaccinations as influenza deaths mount

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

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  Jan 6
  
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• Early results show flu vaccine more than 50% effective: BCCDC

  The BCCDC says this year's vaccine appears to cut the risk of medically attended influenza-like illness by more than half, with an estimated vaccine effectiveness of 55 per cent.

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  Dec 23, 2022
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• 200 more Albertans hospitalized with flu since last week

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

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  Dec 22, 2022
• Flu season: Why are so many Canadian children falling sick?

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

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  Dec 16, 2022
• Children experiencing hallucinations as part of Influenza A: Vernon doctor

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

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  Dec 13, 2022
• B.C. flu vaccination rate for kids edges upward after weekend blitz, but most still not immunized

  About 77,500 people had received the vaccine between Dec. 5 and Dec. 11, and 30 per cent of British Columbians aged six months and older have now been vaccinated.

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  Dec 12, 2022
• B.C. public health officer pledges weekly update after flu deaths of 6 kids, teens

  The statement was Henry's first mention of flu deaths among children, despite holding a media briefing Monday specifically to update the public on a surge in respiratory illnesses.

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  Dec 9, 2022
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• 6 children in B.C. have died of a flu-related illness this season: BC CDC

  The BC Centre for Disease and Control said it is aware of six reports of influenza-associated deaths among children and youth (under the age of 19) in the province.

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  Dec 7, 2022
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• B.C. doctor pushing for flu vaccine clinics at schools across the province

  Vancouver family physician Dr. Anna Wolak says school-based clinics would ensure the vaccine is connected directly with people who need it.

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  Dec 6, 2022