Respiratory Virus

• Revised masking guidelines to be introduced in hospitals around London, Ont.

  As of Wednesday, LHSC, St. Joseph’s Health Care, and the St. Thomas Elgin General Hospital will be asking all patients to wear a mask in all clinical areas and care settings.

  Health

  Oct 2, 2023
  
• COVID, cold and flu clinics run by Hamilton hospitals to close as respiratory infections slow

  McMaster Children's COVID, cold and flu clinic and St. Joseph’s outlet on West 5th will close at the end of March amid low and stable respiratory virus indicators across Hamilton.

  Health

  Mar 23, 2023
  
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• Admissions resume at children’s hospice and palliative care service in Calgary

  AHS said the need for additional inpatient beds and services at the children’s hospital is trending downward, allowing for the deployed staff to return to their previous post.

  Health

  Jan 13, 2023
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• 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.

  Health

  Dec 16, 2022
• Influenza hospitalizations continue to mount in Alberta

  High influenza hospitalization trends continue in Alberta.

  Health

  Dec 15, 2022
• ‘I urge you to get the flu shot’: Alberta mom whose daughter was intubated in ICU

  As hospitals struggle with a surge in pediatric respiratory patients, parents and doctors alike are urging prevention, including immunizations for flu and COVID.

  Health

  Dec 6, 2022
• AHS redeploying staff to Alberta Children’s Hospital as respiratory viruses spike

  Alberta Health Services said, as of Friday morning, it has started to redeploy staff from Rotary Flames House to Alberta Children's Hospital in Calgary.

  Health

  Dec 2, 2022
• Respiratory illnesses put Stollery Children’s Hospital at capacity, doctors concerned about peak

  A surge in respiratory illnesses has put the Stollery Children's Hospital at capacity but its medical director says we won't be 'out of viral season in the next few months.'

  Health

  Nov 15, 2022
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• ‘Exactly where we knew we’d be’: Early start to respiratory virus season in N.S.

  The IWK Health Centre's pediatric ICU has been operating between 100 and 160 per cent capacity for nearly two weeks. 

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  Nov 15, 2022
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• Kingston, Ont.-area health-care unions call for more workers to be hired to address staffing shortages

  Calls for paramedics in Frontenac County are up by almost 12 per cent in first six months of 2022 over the same time period in 2021, according to officials.

  Canada

  Nov 1, 2022