Alberta Children’s Hospital is facing an influx of kids sick with respiratory viruses so it’s adding capacity in an effort to meet demand. “The emergency departments are quite full, very …
Canadians raced to get vaccinated against COVID-19 in the first years of the pandemic, but data suggests there’s far less of a rush to get the latest shots available this …
When Mike McDerment called 911 after spotting a car on fire on a Toronto highway this September, he was put on hold. He watched the time tick by for more …
Alberta hospitals are squeezing in extra intensive care unit beds as respiratory virus cases balloon and ICUs fill up. Alberta Health Services has added 17 adult surge beds since last week …
“They should not be let in.” This is the advice given by a B.C. infectious disease expert for this holiday season if a dinner guest shows up coughing on the …
More Nova Scotians than ever are arriving at hospital emergency departments with conditions rated in the most serious categories, a development experts say is highlighting how the health-care system is …
It’s another busy fall in Canadian hospitals, with emergency department closures, long wait times, and ongoing staff shortages all making headlines. The situation can turn deadly: Two people died while waiting …
Reports of clusters of unexplained pneumonia among children in multiple cities in China made headlines this week. Yet Chinese authorities and close watchers of the situation say the rise in …
The World Health Organization (WHO) has asked China for details on an increase in respiratory illnesses and reported clusters of pneumonia in children, which its China office on Thursday called …
Parents take their children to see a doctor at the pediatric emergency department of a hospital in Shanghai, China, November 14, 2023. Recently, Shanghai seasonal change, A influenza and mycoplasma …