What Is RSV

• Health Canada approves 1st RSV vaccine for older adults

  Health Canada has approved the RSV vaccine manufactured by GSK called Arexy for adults 60 and older, the drugmaker said on Friday.

  Health

  Aug 4, 2023
  
• World’s 1st RSV vaccine approved in U.S. for adults aged 60 and up

  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Arexvy, the first respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine approved for use in the United States.

  Health

  May 3, 2023
  
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• 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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• 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
• 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
• Vaccinating pregnant women with new RSV vaccine helped protect newborns: Pfizer

  Pfizer's maternal vaccine is the same recipe it tested successfully in older adults and it plans to seek Food and Drug Administration approval for those vaccinations by year's end.

  World

  Nov 1, 2022
• Canada’s ER crisis: Doctors urge governments to stop finger-pointing and find solutions

  Emergency room doctors say it’s time federal and provincial governments stop pointing fingers over the “crisis” in health care and instead come up with solutions.

  Health

  Oct 30, 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. 

  Health

  Oct 27, 2022
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• What is RSV? Here’s what to know about the virus as cases surge in Canada

  Canada is reporting an increase in respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) activity that is "above-expected levels for this time of year," according to the Health Canada website.

  Health

  Oct 27, 2022
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• Canada could see resurgence of potentially deadly childhood respiratory virus this summer: report

  Respiratory syncytial virus is common, is quite contagious and infects most kids before their second birthday — that is, it did before the COVID-19 pandemic happened.

  Health

  Jul 26, 2021