B.C.’s health minister has announced a spring COVID-19 booster campaign, with shots recommended for seniors, Indigenous people over 55 and long-term care home residents in particular. Invitations to book a …
The B.C. Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) is reporting another influenza-related death of a child under 10. In its latest weekly update, the centre says the death was reported during the …
Warning: This story contains graphic descriptions and images. The Current19:15What a Canadian doctor saw in Gaza A Canadian eye surgeon has described removing shrapnel from children’s shattered eyeballs during a …
Testing of the mysterious respiratory illness affecting dogs across the United States has not yet revealed any new pathogens or any common cause for the wave of infections that have …
A nurse at Winnipeg’s Health Sciences Centre is sounding the alarm on the situation in the hospital’s adult emergency department. In a post on X (formerly Twitter) on Monday, the Manitoba Nurses …
Only about 14 per cent of eligible New Brunswickers have received the new COVID-19 vaccine designed to target the Omicron XBB.1.5 subvariant, figures from the Department of Health show. Meanwhile, more than a third …
“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 …
“It is necessary to increase paediatric outpatient services and extend service hours,” Mi said, also noting the need to “ensure the supply of medical materials” and “guarantee the supply of …
The Karnataka government’s health department has put its healthcare infrastructure across the state on alert mode following reports of a surge in respiratory illnesses among children in China. The action …
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 …