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Why measles vaccination needs to be a top priority
Jessica Hopkins
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Ottawa injects another $36.4-million into vaccine injury compensation fund
A person draws out Moderna vaccine during a drive through COVID-19 vaccine clinic in Kingston, Ont., on Sunday Jan. 2, 2022. British Columbia is rolling out another round of COVID-19 vaccination boosters, with invitations starting to go out Monday. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Lars Hagberg
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B.C. launches spring COVID-19 booster program, targeting vulnerable and unvaccinated
New data suggest that COVID-19 activity in British Columbia continues to decrease, while influenza and RSV are on the rise. This colourized electron microscope image made available by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases in November 2022, shows cells, indicated in purple, infected with the omicron strain of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, orange, isolated from a patient sample, captured at the NIAID Integrated Research Facility (IRF) in Fort Detrick, Md. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-HO, NIAID/NIH
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Geneos cancer vaccine shrinks liver tumors in small trial
An employee of BioNTtech works at the "Area 100 R&D" research laboratory for personalised mRNA-based cancer vaccines at a new facility of BioNTech in Mainz, Germany, July 27, 2023. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay
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Measles cases in Canada are increasing, Canada’s chief public health officer warns
Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Theresa Tam speaks during a press conference in Ottawa on Monday, June 19, 2023. Tam issued a statement Wednesday saying the Public Health Agency of Canada is aware of 40 measles cases in Canada so far this year.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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Elon Musk’s X to pay legal bills for Canadian doctor chastised over COVID-19 tweets
Elon Musk's X says it's funding legal bills for a Canadian doctor previously chastised by regulators for her tweets about COVID-19. Jars full of empty COVID-19 vaccine vials are shown at a pharmacy in Toronto on Wednesday, April 6, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
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Rise in mpox virus cases prompts alert from Toronto public health officials
A health professional prepares a dose of a mpox vaccine at the Edison municipal vaccination centre in Paris Wednesday July 27, 2022. Toronto Public Health says 21 cases of mpox have been confirmed in the city since the start of this year compared with a total of 27 cases in all of 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Alain Jocard, Pool via AP
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It’s ‘critical’ to catch up on measles vaccinations to stem outbreaks, senior WHO official says
A measles, mumps and rubella vaccine is shown on a countertop at a pediatric clinic in Greenbrae, Calif. on Feb. 6, 2015. Measles outbreaks internationally have health officials in British Columbia encouraging people to check their immunization records if they plan to travel abroad during spring break. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Eric Risberg
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India’s Serum looks beyond COVID-19 with new vaccines for malaria, dengue
A man walks past the logo of the Serum Institute of India, inside the facility in Pune, India, February 27, 2024. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas
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How to check if you need a measles vaccine, as cases occur in Canada
A measles, mumps and rubella vaccine is shown on a countertop at a pediatric clinic in Greenbrae, Calif. on Feb. 6, 2015. York Region's medical officer of health says a man who got measles had "close contacts" among students and teachers at a high school in the region. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Eric Risberg
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Ten cases of measles reported in Quebec
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B.C. measles case prompts exposure alert as officials urge vaccination before travel
A measles, mumps and rubella vaccine is shown on a countertop at a pediatric clinic in Greenbrae, Calif. on Feb. 6, 2015. Measles outbreaks internationally have health officials in British Columbia encouraging people to check their immunization records if they plan to travel abroad during spring break. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Eric Risberg
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Are you fully immunized against measles? Canada’s public health agency says to check
The Public Health Agency of Canada is strongly advising everyone in Canada to check that they're fully immunized against measles, especially before travelling. A measles vaccination is in Mount Vernon, Ohio in a May, 2019 file photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Paul Vernon
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Older, immunocompromised people may get COVID-19 vaccine dose in spring, NACI says
Canada's National Advisory Committee on Immunization says some groups of people vulnerable to severe illness from COVID-19 may get another dose of vaccine in the spring. A pharmacist prepares to administer a COVID-19 vaccine at a CVS, Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023, in Cypress, Texas. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Melissa Phillip-Houston Chronicle via AP
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Health agencies launch rollout of new ‘breakthrough’ malaria vaccine in Africa
FILE PHOTO: A nurse administers the malaria vaccine to an infant at the Lumumba Sub-County hospital in Kisumu, Kenya, July 1, 2022. REUTERS/Baz Ratner/File Photo
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We must protect the most vulnerable Canadians from the risks of influenza
Brian Conway
world
Researchers return to Alzheimer’s vaccines, buoyed by recent drug success
A doctor points out evidence of Alzheimer's disease on PET scans at the Center for Alzheimer Research and Treatment (CART) at Brigham And Women's Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., March 30, 2023. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File photo
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No more needles? Gates Foundation funds patch-style vaccine technology
FILE PHOTO: A person passes by on a scooter in front of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in Seattle, Washington, U.S. May 5, 2021. REUTERS/Lindsey Wasson/File Photo
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Pfizer looks beyond COVID as Paxlovid charge sparks swing to quarterly loss
FILE - A man walks by Pfizer headquarters, Friday, Feb. 5, 2021, in New York. Pfizer reports earnings on Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2023. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)
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Ontario offers flu shots, COVID-19 vaccines for all over six months as of Monday
<div>People in Ontario who are six months and older will be able to receive their free flu shot and the new COVID-19 vaccine starting on Monday. Pediatric doses of Moderna's Spikevax COVID-19 vaccine are seen a clinic in Ottawa, on Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang</div>
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Doctors say we need the updated COVID-19 shot. So why haven’t we heard more about it?
Doctors say it's important to get the updated version of the COVID-19 vaccine, which offers protection against the XBB.1.5 subvariant driving a current rise in cases. A pharmacist prepares to administer a Moderna Spikevax COVID-19 vaccine at a CVS, Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023, in Cypress, Texas. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Melissa Phillip-Houston Chronicle via AP
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Rollout of updated COVID-19 vaccines confusing, experts say
A Toronto Public Health nurse draws a Pfizer dose into a syringe, at a Toronto vaccination clinic e on Feb 3 2022. Fred Lum/The Globe and Mail. The clinic was held at a TCHC residence in Toronto’s Parkdale neighbourhood.
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About 4 million Americans got updated COVID vaccines in September
FILE — A registered nurse prepares the COVID booster at a vaccine and booster event at the Quinn Center in Maywood, Ill., on Sept. 13, 2022. Fewer than half of adults older than 65, and just about one in five American adults overall, opted for the bivalent booster shot offered last fall. (Jamie Kelter Davis/The New York Times)
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Parents in Pakistan could face prison time for not vaccinating their kids against polio
A health worker administers a polio vaccine to a child at a railway station in Karachi, Pakistan, Monday, Sept 18, 2023. Authorities in one province of Pakistan are turning to a controversial new tactic in the decades-long initiative to wipe out polio: prison. Earlier this month, the government in Sindh introduced a law that threatens to imprison parents for up to one month if they fail to get their children immunized against polio or eight other common diseases. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)
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B.C. announces fall vaccine campaign, but awaiting guidance on offering RSV jab
A Fraser Health registered nurse draws a dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine into a syringe at a walk-up vaccination clinic at Bear Creek Park, in Surrey, B.C., on Monday, May 17, 2021. The detection in British Columbia of the country's first known case of the latest COVID-19 variant should have Canadians ready to roll up their sleeves for newly formulated vaccines to protect against the SARS-CoV-2 virus, as well as influenza and RSV in some cases, an immunologist says.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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Health Canada authorizes updated Pfizer-BioNTech COVID vaccine
FILE PHOTO:The word "COVID-19" is reflected in a drop on a syringe needle in this illustration taken November 9, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
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U.S. CDC panel backs Pfizer’s maternal RSV vaccine to protect infants
FILE PHOTO: A company logo is seen at a Pfizer office in Puurs, Belgium, December 2, 2022. REUTERS/Johanna Geron/File Photo
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‘My body, my choice’ – except when it isn’t
André Picard
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What you need to know about RSV this flu season
Seniors wait after receiving a first dose of COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination clinic in Montreal on Wednesday, March 10, 2021. Health Canada has approved the first vaccine for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) for adults age 60 and over. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson
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Ontario to cover RSV vaccine for nursing home residents as province unveils fall COVID-19, flu shot plans
Toronto Public Health nurse Carla Hidalgo Fernandez innoculates seventy three year old Pablo Efrain Mejia, with his third Moderna dose on Feb 3 2022. The vaccination clinic held at a TCHC residence in Toronto’s Parkdale neighbourhood. Fred Lum/The Globe and Mail.
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Health Canada approves new Moderna COVID-19 vaccine for fall
A Fraser Health registered nurse draws a dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine into a syringe at a walk-up vaccination clinic at Bear Creek Park, in Surrey, B.C., on Monday, May 17, 2021. The detection in British Columbia of the country's first known case of the latest COVID-19 variant should have Canadians ready to roll up their sleeves for newly formulated vaccines to protect against the SARS-CoV-2 virus, as well as influenza and RSV in some cases, an immunologist says.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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Moderna, Pfizer say updated COVID shots generate strong response vs newer variant
(FILES) In this file photo the Moderna logo is seen at the Moderna campus in Norwood, Massachusetts on on December 2, 2020, where the biotechnology company is mass producing its Covid-19 vaccine. - US biotech firm Moderna said on July 7, 2021 it had dosed its first participants in a human study of an mRNA vaccine that targets multiple strains of influenza. The company intends to recruit 180 adults in the United States for the Phase 1/2 portion of the trial to evaluate the safety and strength of immune response to the shot, called mRNA-1010. (Photo by Joseph Prezioso / AFP) (Photo by JOSEPH PREZIOSO/AFP via Getty Images)
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EU authorizes use of adapted Pfizer/BioNtech vaccine for COVID-19 variant
FILE PHOTO: A vial of Biontech-Pfizer's Comirnaty vaccine against COVID-19 and syringes are seen during vaccination at the Institute for Health and Food Safety of Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina, December 16, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/File Photo
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Will this fall’s COVID vaccine booster shot protect me from the new variant?
Second-year medical student Nina Hadzimustafic delivers a COVID-19 booster shots at Jabapalooza, a pop up vaccine clinic, in Ottawa, on Monday, Dec. 20, 2021.&nbsp;Mass immunization clinics in which vaccinators and volunteers move around a circular set-up of chairs - with clients staying seated - was by far the most efficient model in an Ontario government study comparing different sites. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
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J&J’s Janssen to close part of its vaccine division, media reports say
FILE PHOTO: The exterior of Johnson and Johnson's subsidiary Janssen Vaccines in Leiden, Netherlands, March 9, 2021. REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw
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Maternal RSV vaccine passed by U.S. FDA to protect infants
FILE PHOTO: Pfizer logo is seen in this illustration taken, May 1, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo