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Pfizer’s RSV vaccine for older adults, pregnant people approved by Health Canada – National

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Health Canada on Thursday approved another respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine for adults over the age of 60 and pregnant people. Pfizer’s bivalent RSV vaccine, Abrysvo, has been authorized for the use of pregnant individuals from 32 through 36 weeks gestational age for …

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Moderna’s updated COVID vaccine targeting XBB.1.5 approved in Canada – National

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Health Canada has given the green light to an eagerly anticipated fall COVID-19 booster shot in hopes of bolstering the nation’s defence against the virus as the fall season approaches. The health regulator on Tuesday approved the updated vaccine made by Moderna …

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Winnipeg doctor encourages bivalent COVID-19 vaccine as uptake slows, variant spreads – Winnipeg

Amid shrinking access and demand, a Winnipeg doctor is urging Manitobans to get their bivalent COVID-19 vaccine as the highly infectious XBB.1.5 subvariant spreads across North America. The new hybrid, a recombinant Omicron variant dubbed the “Kraken,” is expected to bring a surge of breakthrough cases to the province. “We …

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COVID-19 vaccine rollout delay would have cost Canadian economy $156B: study – National

A study from the C.D. Howe Institute estimates Canada would have lost $156 billion in economic activity in 2021 had COVID-19 vaccines been rolled out six months later than they were. That would have been equivalent to about 12.5 per cent of Canada’s gross domestic product. “The results show that …

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This Ontario family wants a needle-free flu vaccine but can’t find it anywhere

A southwestern Ontario family is calling for a needle-free flu vaccine to be publicly funded again so that it’s a real option for children this flu season. Ryan McClanahan has been trying buy a nasal spray, such as FluMist, but says it’s impossible to find for his nine-year-old son who has a …

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Danielle Smith wants vaccine status to be a human right. Expect a petri dish of problems

There’s been much said, and justifiably so, about new Premier Danielle Smith’s remarks that the unvaccinated have been more discriminated against than any other group in the last half-century — a 50-year spell that’s been marked by systemic racism against various groups, the rise of Islamophobia and transphobia, ongoing homophobia …

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Health Canada approves Pfizer’s new bivalent COVID-19 vaccine

Health Canada has approved Pfizer’s new bivalent COVID-19 vaccine, which targets the virus strains now most common in Canada. The updated version of the Pfizer-BioNTech Comirnaty COVID-19 vaccine targets the Omicron BA.4 and BA.5 subvariants, as well as the original strain of the virus, and is authorized for use as a booster dose in …

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Moderna suing Pfizer, BioNTech for patent infringement in development of COVID-19 vaccine

Moderna is suing Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech for patent infringement in the development of the first COVID-19 vaccine approved in the United States, alleging they copied technology that Moderna developed years before the pandemic. Pfizer shares fell 1.4 per cent before the bell, while BioNTech was down about 2 …

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Two years after Trudeau promised a made-in-Canada COVID vaccine, the country is still waiting

In the early days of the pandemic, the federal government announced a multi-million-dollar funding agreement with the National Research Council (NRC) to expand a vaccine facility in Montreal — a site Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said would pump out Canadian-made COVID-19 shots by November 2020. Two years after the prime …

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