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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
international business
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
health & fitness
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. 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
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Data on COVID-19 in Canadians’ blood show impact of vaccination campaigns, new study finds
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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Ottawa lags on invitation to join global group that crafts vaccines for world’s poor
This photo taken on March 11, 2020 shows Animal Research Facility supervisor Kim Seung-yeon putting on protective clothing required to enter a testing lab to be used for development of a COVID-19 novel coronavirus, at the International Vaccine Institute (IVI) in Seoul. - The COVID-19 novel coronavirus outbreak has exposed a lack of global research on ways to combat the spread of infectious diseases, with health authorities failing to learn lessons from previous flare-ups, experts said on March 3. The last outbreak of worldwide signficance was the SARS virus scare of the early 2000s, which killed 774 people, and more recently the Mers virus killed more than 850 people, although the outbreak was largely contained to the Middle East. (Photo by Ed JONES / AFP) (Photo by ED JONES/AFP via Getty Images)
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Health Canada approves first RSV vaccine for adults age 60 and over
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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External review found Canadian military’s COVID-19 vaccine policy violated Charter of Rights
A tribunal that's part of the military grievance process has found that the COVID-19 vaccine policy violated Armed Forces members' Charter rights. A health-care worker fills a syringe with a COVID-19 vaccine at Jackson Memorial Hospital on Oct. 5, 2021, in Miami. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Lynne Sladky
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Why do I need another COVID shot this fall?
A person draws out Moderna vaccine at a COVID-19 vaccine clinic in Kingston, Ont., Sunday, Jan. 2, 2022. Canada's National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) says people should get another COVID-19 booster in the fall if it's been at least six months since their last dose or COVID-19 infection. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Lars Hagberg
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Canadians should get COVID booster in fall, advisory committee recommends
A vaccine is drawn at a clinic in Winnipeg, Friday, March 19, 2021.The Manitoba Labour Board has dismissed several complaints from workers who wanted their unions to fight COVID-19 requirements.THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Woods
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The key to fighting ticks? Getting to know them better
FILE - This undated photo provided by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows a blacklegged tick, which is also known as a deer tick. Ticks will be more active than usual early in spring 2023, and that means Lyme disease and other tick-borne infections could spread earlier and in greater numbers than in a typical year. Ticks can transmit multiple diseases that sicken humans, and deer ticks, which spread Lyme, are a day-to-day fact of life in the warm months in New England and the Midwest. (CDC via AP, File)
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Nova Scotia funding meningitis vaccine for university students after recent deaths
A portrait of Kai Matthews, who died suddenly from meningitis b while attending Acadia University in 2021, in his parents’ home in Hubley, N.S. on Saturday, February 18, 2023. Kai’s father Norrie Matthews maintains there is a “huge” awareness gap about the vaccine to prevent the fatal disease and has led a fundraising campaign to pay for every student at Acadia to get the vaccine. Darren Calabrese/The Globe and Mail
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World’s animal health body backs bird flu vaccination to avoid pandemic
FILE PHOTO: Ducks are seen in a field in Bourriot Bergonce, southwestern France, January 7, 2017, after France ordered a massive culling of ducks in three regions most affected by a severe outbreak of bird flu as it tries to contain the virus which has been spreading quickly over the past month. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau