A first limited shipment of bivalent COVID-19 vaccines has arrived in Ontario, Minister of Health Sylvia Jones said Thursday, as the province reported 74 more people died with the illness over the last week.
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Bivalent COVID vaccines are here. What happens to the existing vaccines?
With newer, more targeted vaccines rolling out, what is Canada doing with its originals? Some experts are concerned this latest stage of vaccine rollout could mean more vaccines are wasted as demand from other countries dwindles.
What protection to expect from updated COVID vaccines this fall
Canada has just approved an updated COVID-19 vaccine to target the first highly contagious Omicron variant, with doses expected to start rolling out within days. But what exactly can we expect from these new shots when they land in the real world?
Alastair Campbell leaves Alan Titchmarsh staggered claiming ‘Blair led way on vaccines’
He delved further: “Let me tell you this, if you go back over the last 11 elections in this country, from a Labour perspective, the result goes as follows, lost, lost, lost, lost, Blair, Blair, Blair, lost, lost, lost, lost. “Winning three elections is hard. Winning three elections means you’re doing an awful lot right, […]
Boy spent 47 agonizing days in ICU with tetanus. Parents still refuse vaccines
Enlarge (credit: Getty | Thomas Samson) The young son of anti-vaccine parents endured excruciating pain and spent 47 days in pediatric intensive care after contracting tetanus, a devastating bacterial infection easily prevented by vaccines. Despite the nightmarish ordeal, his parents still refused to have him vaccinated, according to health officials in Oregon who helped treat […]
Why are there so many shortages of common vaccines?
Vaccines against Hepatitis A and B, shingles, yellow fever and even rabies are just some of the injections Canadians are having a tough time finding.
How opposition to vaccines caused a measles outbreak in Europe
A measles outbreak in Europe this summer is due to a lack of immunization, according to the World Health Organization. Researchers say that Russian trolls posting misinformation on vaccines are part of the problem.
Health Canada ordered to release confidential drug company data on HPV vaccines
A Federal Court judge has ordered Health Canada to release to an American researcher reams of clinical trial data on five medications, undercutting the federal government’s attempts to keep the information confidential.
Skipped vaccines for personal belief reasons ‘have caused a lot of damage’ in U.S. measles outbreaks, MD says
Since 2009, the number of ‘philosophical-belief’ vaccine nonmedical exemptions has risen in 12 of 18 U.S. states that currently allow this policy, researchers find.
Vaccines for addictions create the illusion that there’s a quick fix for drug dependence
A so-called anti-cocaine vaccine has just been approved for human trials. The vaccine works by absorbing the drug in the bloodstream and blocks the dopamine-induced high when the user consumes cocaine. CBC | Health News
