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A cat died of bird flu late last month in southeastern Saskatchewan and now the province is reminding owners how to keep their pets safe this spring. On the morning of April 20, the pet cat was said to be acting normally. Then, symptoms of the H5N1 strain of avian …
Read More »U.S. FDA changes course and agrees to review Moderna’s mRNA flu vaccine application
Listen to this article Estimated 2 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Moderna says the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has agreed to review its influenza vaccine, …
Read More »FDA refuses Moderna’s application for new mRNA flu vaccine, company says
Listen to this article Estimated 3 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is refusing to consider Moderna’s application for a new flu …
Read More »An unusually severe flu season is pushing hospitals in the northeast beyond capacity
Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. An unusually virulent respiratory illness season in northeastern Ontario is pushing hospitals to their limits like …
Read More »Why Canada’s food inspection agency won’t do interviews as avian flu outbreak in Ontario grows
Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by text-to-speech, a technology based on artificial intelligence. As the number of birds culled in an avian flu outbreak on turkey farms near Strathroy, Ont., approaches 100,000, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) says it …
Read More »Flu vaccines take months to make. Here’s what could speed it up
This story is part of CBC Health’s Second Opinion, a weekly analysis of health and medical science news emailed to subscribers on Saturday mornings. If you haven’t subscribed yet, you can do that by clicking here. For decades, the flu virus in the shots you’re offered every fall has been grown …
Read More »Province to charge majority of Albertans $100 for COVID-19 vaccine this flu season
The Alberta government says most people in the province will now have to pay $100 if they want a COVID-19 vaccine dose this fall. In a news release on Friday, the province said Albertans who are ineligible for a free COVID-19 vaccine will now be charged an administration fee for each dose, whereas …
Read More »U.S. reports 1st outbreak of deadly H7N9 bird flu since 2017
The United States reported the first outbreak of the deadly H7N9 bird flu on a poultry farm since 2017, as the country continues to grapple with another bird flu strain that has infected humans and caused egg prices to hit record highs. The spread of avian influenza, commonly called bird …
Read More »U.S. health agencies joined WHO’s flu meeting despite Trump’s plan to pull out
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration took part in a World Health Organization meeting to discuss flu vaccine composition, an official at the UN agency said on Friday. President Donald Trump started the 12-month withdrawal process for the U.S. to leave the …
Read More »U.S. hasn’t sent essential seasonal flu data to WHO ahead of key vaccine meeting
Seasonal flu vaccines need to be updated each year because the virus changes so frequently. But the U.S. hasn’t contributed its information on what’s spreading there since January, a World Health Organization (WHO) official said. For seasonal influenza, which forced schools to shut down in some American states earlier this …
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