Geneva — The mpox outbreak is not another COVID-19, the World Health Organization said Tuesday, because much is already known about the virus and the means to control it. While more …
Premier Doug Ford’s government is scrapping Ontario’s program for sampling wastewater to monitor the level of COVID-19 in the population. The program measures how much of the virus that causes COVID-19 is …
Scientists in the U.S. and Canada are watching wastewater for early signs of H5N1 as an outbreak of bird flu among American dairy cattle keeps growing. With cases confirmed in …
Busting myths you may have heard about the flu and cold Busting myths you may have heard about the flu and cold 02:14 This season’s influenza vaccines have been 42% …
Pope celebrates 87th birthday Pope celebrates 87th birthday 02:29 Vatican City — Pope Francis, who has been suffering from the flu, was brought to a hospital in central Rome after …
COVID-19 has killed 17 more New Brunswickers, including six over the holidays, while influenza has claimed nine lives. These are the first flu deaths of the season and they include a child under four, the latest …
Health officials say Influenza A and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) are both on the rise in B.C., and hospitals in the province are treating a record number of patients as the respiratory …
A growing number of health-care workers in Nova Scotia are not getting their annual flu shots, according to figures released by their employer, Nova Scotia Health. In response to a request …
Hospitals and emergency rooms could be forced to ration care by the end of this month, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned Thursday, saying recent trends in COVID-19 …
The health authority that oversees one of B.C.’s busiest hospitals is leasing transitional housing for dozens of patients who no longer need urgent care, hoping that moving those patients off-site …