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Japan authorizes Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for use with young children
A girl wearing a mask sits in a school bus heading to the Emporium kindergarten in Koriyama, west of the tsunami-crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, Fukushima prefecture February 28, 2014.
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Second doses of monkeypox vaccine available in B.C. this week
FILE - Jonathan Parducho, a pharmacist, removes a tray of vials of of the Jynneos vaccine for monkeypox from a box containing 20 doses, in the vaccine hub at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital, July 29, 2022, in San Francisco. The U.S. will declare a public health emergency to bolster the federal response to the outbreak of monkeypox that already has infected more than 6,600 Americans. That's according to two people familiar with the matter said. (Lea Suzuki/San Francisco Chronicle via AP)
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Why is the U.S.’s bivalent COVID-19 vaccine different than Canada’s – and is it better?
A person draws out Moderna vaccine during a drive through COVID-19 vaccine clinic at St. Lawrence College in Kingston, Ont., on Sunday Jan. 2, 2022. The Manitoba government is expanding access for a COVID-19 bivalent booster to people ages 18 and older. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Lars Hagberg
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Bivalent COVID-19 booster vaccines now available for all adults in Ontario
Hundreds of people line up for the Peel Region Doses After Dark vaccination clinic in Mississauga, Ont. on May 15, 2021. The top doctor in a COVID-19 hot spot says he's looking into what could be done locally to create a vaccine certificate program if the Ontario government doesn't implement one. Peel Region's Dr. Lawrence Loh says he's reiterating a call for the province to bring in a vaccine certificate program, which could limit access to certain non-essential activities to those who are fully immunized. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn
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Number of young children getting COVID-19 vaccine in Ontario lower than experts expected
Christina Sibian holds her 13-month-old daughter Alexis Willschick after she received her first COVID-19 vaccine at the Crossroads Plaza immunization clinic at in Toronto, on Thursday, July 28, 2022. Ontario opened COVID-19 vaccine bookings for babies and preschoolers and shots started being administered to the youngest age cohort. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Tijana Martin
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Manitoba expands access to COVID-19 bivalent booster to all adults
A person draws out Moderna vaccine during a drive through COVID-19 vaccine clinic at St. Lawrence College in Kingston, Ont., on Sunday Jan. 2, 2022. The Manitoba government is expanding access for a COVID-19 bivalent booster to people ages 18 and older. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Lars Hagberg
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Nova Scotia now offering Omicron-targeted COVID-19 vaccine to residents aged 18 and older
A vehicle enters Nova Scotia's first drive-thru COVID-19 vaccination clinic at the Dartmouth General hospital in Dartmouth, N.S., on Monday, May 10, 2021. Nova Scotia’s weekly COVID-19 data report is showing an increase in hospital admissions and 24 new deaths attributed to the novel coronavirus. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
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EU health regulator says COVID-19 pandemic not over, despite Biden’s remark
FILE PHOTO: The exterior of EMA, European Medicines Agency is seen in Amsterdam, Netherlands December 18, 2020. REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw/File Photo
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Fauci calls COVID-19 'complicated' after Biden says pandemic over
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Yukon expecting shipment soon of bivalent Moderna vaccine, health minister says
A nurse loads a syringe with the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at an inoculation station next to Jackson State University in Jackson, Miss., Tuesday, July 19, 2022. More people in Saskatchewan will be able to book a COVID-19 bivalent booster shot on Monday.THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Rogelio V. Solis
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Newfoundland and Labrador launches COVID-19 vaccination drive as people move indoors
A jar full of empty COVID-19 vaccine vials is shown at the Junction Chemist pharmacy during the COVID-19 pandemic in Toronto on Wednesday, April 6, 2022. As of June 1, Newfoundland and Labrador will no longer require certain public and private sector employees be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
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New York governor declares ‘state of emergency’ after polio found in wastewater
(FILES) In this file photo taken on August 17, 2022, a polio vaccine box is displayed at a health clinic in Brooklyn, New York, on August 17, 2022. - Since the first polio case was identified in July in New York's Rockland County, the disease has been detected in New York City sewage, suggesting the virus is spreading. The developments are leading experts to fear that polio, once one of the most feared diseases in America but now endemic to just a couple of developing countries, may wreak devastation stateside again. "I had considered it a virus that was on its way to extinction," John Dennehy, a virologist at the City University of New York, told AFP. (Photo by Ed JONES / AFP) (Photo by ED JONES/AFP via Getty Images)
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Health Canada approves Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for kids under five
Doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine are prepared at a one-day pop-up vaccination clinic at the Muslim Neighbour Nexus Mosque, in Mississauga, Ont., on April 29, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christopher Katsarov
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B.C. rolls out its booster program for the dose tailored to the Omicron variant
Pharmacist Mario Linaksita, right, administers the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine to Jonathan Vogt, 62, at University Pharmacy, in Vancouver, on Thursday, April 1, 2021. Residents between the ages of 55 and 65 in the Vancouver Coastal Health and Fraser Health regions were able to book appointments to receive the AstraZeneca vaccine after B.C. enlisted 150 pharmacies to distribute 13,500 doses. B.C. Health Minister Adrian Dix said 43,000 additional doses are expected to be sent to pharmacies later this week. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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N.W.T. changes plans on expanding access second booster of COVID-19 vaccines
FILE PHOTO: Syringes ready to be administered to residents who are over 50 years old and immunocompromised and are eligible to receive their second booster shots of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines are seen in Waterford, Michigan, U.S., April 8, 2022. REUTERS/Emily Elconin/File Photo/File Photo
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Some Manitobans will soon be eligible for newly approved COVID-19 vaccine
Dr. Jazz Atwal, Manitoba deputy chief provincial public health officer, speaks at a press conference at the Manitoba legislature in Winnipeg on March 5, 2020. Atwal says eligibility for the new COVID-19 vaccine will be expanded to all adults in a few weeks as more shipments arrive. THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Woods
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EU states urged to roll out COVID-19 booster shots to fend off winter infections
FILE PHOTO: A woman holds a small bottle labelled with a "Coronavirus COVID-19 Vaccine" sticker and a medical syringe in this illustration taken October 30, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/File Photo
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Morning Update: Student test scores plummet in U.S., underlining pandemic’s toll on children
Desks are stacked together in a classroom at Chalmers Elementary school in Chicago, Wednesday, July 13, 2022. America's big cities are seeing their schools shrink, with more and more of their schools serving small numbers of students. Those small schools are expensive to run and often still can't offer everything students need (now more than ever), like nurses and music programs. Chicago and New York City are among the places that have spent COVID relief money to keep schools open, prioritizing stability for students and families. But that has come with tradeoffs. And as federal funds dry up and enrollment falls, it may not be enough to prevent districts from closing schools. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
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Better vaccines are coming, just in time for a new booster campaign
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Health Canada approves first bivalent COVID-19 vaccine that targets Omicron variant
A person draws out Moderna vaccine during a drive through COVID-19 vaccine clinic at St. Lawrence College in Kingston, Ontario, on Sunday January 2, 2022. Ontario's health minister says the province expects to receive the first doses of the newly approved COVID-19 vaccine that protects against the Omicron variant. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Lars Hagberg