RSV Canada

• ‘Boost your defences’ ahead of winter viral spread, Ottawa urges in mail campaign

  The postcards were sent to six million households with an expected price tag of $1.08 million, according to a spokesperson for Health Canada and the Public Health Agency of Canada.

  Canada

  Dec 22, 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.

  Health

  Dec 15, 2022
  
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• Premiers demand ‘urgent’ meeting with Trudeau on health funding

  Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland says Canadians are “frustrated and frightened” by strains facing the country’s health system, but stressed focus on solutions, not dollars.

  Canada

  Dec 9, 2022
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• Most difficult time for pediatric ERs is now, Saskatoon doctor says

  A Saskatoon pediatric ER doctor said he's now seeing the wave of patients he feared he'd be treating at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

  Health

  Dec 5, 2022
• Will mask mandates return amid surges in kids hospitals? Trudeau, Ford won’t say

  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he is 'extremely worried' about children and families across Canada as high levels of respiratory illness continue to swamp pediatric hospitals.

  Health

  Dec 5, 2022
• Kids’ pain meds: Canada to get 500K additional units in coming weeks

  An additional shipment of 500,000 units of children’s pain medications will be brought to Canada in the next three weeks as shortages continue amid a surge in viral illness.

  Health

  Nov 25, 2022
• 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.

  Health

  Nov 23, 2022
• RSV not just a kids problem, doctors warn as infections surge in Canada

  As cases of RSV surge among children in Canada, doctors say an increasing number of older adults are also ending up in hospital with the contagious respiratory virus.

  Canada

  Nov 23, 2022
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• Americas should be on ‘alert’ as COVID, flu, RSV spread, health organization warns

  The Americas are experiencing a “triple threat” of respiratory illnesses with rising cases of COVID-19, flu and RSV, and all countries should be on “alert,” PAHO says.

  Health

  Nov 16, 2022
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• Low COVID-19 vaccine uptake in young kids concerning as viruses swirl, doctors say

  COVID-19 vaccines for children under five in Canada have been available for more than three months, but so far only a small fraction of eligible kids have received a pandemic shot.

  Health

  Oct 31, 2022