Respiratory Illness

• Hamilton hospitals to ease mask rules amid ‘non-high risk period’ for illness

  As of Wednesday, Hamilton's major hospitals won't require patients, families, and visitors to wear masks within some hospital areas.

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  Apr 18
  
• Staff reassigned to children’s ICU in Winnipeg, some surgeries postponed: Shared Health

  Shared Health didn't say how long it expects the latest staff reassignments will be in place.

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  Mar 30
  
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• Winnipeg’s children’s hospital sees worst RSV season in 3 years, but patient volumes improving

  Over the past three and a half months the children's hospital at Health Sciences Centre in Winnipeg has seen 261 admissions for respiratory illnesses.

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  Jan 19
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• Strain on Ontario hospitals lessens amid drop in respiratory illness

  New data suggests the average number of young children who were taken to an emergency room on Jan. 2 dropped by 52 per cent compared to in November

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  Jan 3
• 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
• 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
• RSV, flu surge beyond pre pandemic numbers in Nunavut amid health care staff crunch

  Before the pandemic, in 2018-19, there were 142 cases of RSV in Nunavut. That dropped to 58 cases in 2019-20 and just two in 2020-21.

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  Dec 15, 2022
• N.B. top doctor says respiratory illness surge ‘has worsened in many respects’

  The latest weekly flu update has 836 positive results, which is the highest number seen in New Brunswick since the start of the influenza report in 2005.

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  Dec 13, 2022
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• New Brunswick influenza cases rise in latest report

  The New Brunswick department of health says that this year's influenza season has started earlier than expected, and at a stronger rate than in recent years.

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  Dec 6, 2022
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• Quebec public health warns of ‘difficult December’ as respiratory viruses spread

  Quebec's public health director said the coming weeks will be challenging due to respiratory viruses that are hitting the province's hospitals hard — COVID-19, influenza and RSV.

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  Dec 5, 2022