On Thursday, in its first update of October, the BCCDC reported 422 people in hospital with the coronavirus – more than quintuple the August total, and the highest figure reported all year.
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B.C. COVID-19 hospitalizations up 58 per cent in two weeks, as infections, deaths also spike
COVID-19 cases are on the rise in British Columbia, with the BC Centre for Disease Control reporting hospitalizations have increased 58 per cent in the past two weeks.
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Mask mandates are returning to some hospitals. Should they be there to stay?
Some doctors are calling for more preventative measures to protect vulnerable patients in medical settings.
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Vaccine Scientist Warns Antiscience Conspiracies Have Become a Deadly, Organized Movement
Vaccinologist Peter Hotez explains how the movement to oppose science and scientists has gained power.
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Novavax touts non-mRNA COVID-19 vaccine, hopeful to meet domestic production deadline
The last remaining manufacturer to offer an alternative to mRNA COVID-19 vaccines in Canada is hopeful it will meet the government’s 2024 deadline to make the shots domestically.
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Novavax espère toujours fabriquer un vaccin contre la COVID-19 au Canada
The last manufacturer to offer an alternative to COVID-19 mRNA vaccines in Canada hopes to meet the government’s 2024 deadline for domestic dose production.
Novavax, based in Maryland, USA, held a press conference on Wednesday to tout the safety and efficacy of its new vaccine, which targets newer strains of COVID-19.
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COVID-19 outbreak declared at Victoria hospital
Health authorities have declared a COVID-19 outbreak at Victoria General Hospital after 11 patients were found to have contracted the illness on an acute-care ward.
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CHEO extending masking requirements in advance of viral season
CHEO is extending mandatory masking requirements to all areas of the hospital where one metre distance cannot be maintained and introducing visitor restrictions, as the children’s hospital prepares for the viral season.
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N.B. offers no new advice on COVID-19 as 2 new deaths, rise in hospitalizations reported
New Brunswick has no plans to change its advice about COVID-19, including returning to mandatory masking, the Department of Health said Wednesday.
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This MacArthur ‘genius’ knew the initial theory of COVID transmission was flawed
The groundbreaking research of Linsey Marr, an aerosols expert and professor of civil and environmental engineering at Virginia Tech, showed that the SARS-CoV-2 virus is airborne as opposed to traveling in large droplets that fall with gravity.
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Horizon brings back mask rules for hospitals ahead of expected COVID increase
Horizon Health Network says it’s bringing back masking requirements in anticipation of an increase in COVID-19 cases and other respiratory viruses in its hospitals and wider community.
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FDA authorizes Novavax’s updated COVID vaccine for fall 2023
The Food and Drug Administration announced Tuesday it had authorized Novavax’s updated COVID-19 vaccine, adding a third option for Americans ages 12 and older looking for a new shot this fall and winter.
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Debunking COVID-19 myths and misinformation
“The COVID-19 pandemic is over and we are ‘post-pandemic’”
There have been multiple declarations that the pandemic is “over” — perhaps the most well-known was President Joe Biden’s declaration in 2022. When the World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 to no longer be a global emergency, many misconstrued this to mean the pandemic is “over.” However, what was largely ignored was WHO then explaining COVID-19 continues to be a global threat, continues to kill and disable millions, and variants are still emerging.
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Sask. COVID-19 rates rising ahead of anticipated fall surge
Saskatchewan saw a 73 per cent increase of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the latest two-week surveillance report.
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COVID-19 levels in N.S. remain low as respiratory-illness season approaches, Strang says
COVID-19 levels in Nova Scotia remain well below those seen during previous waves of the virus, according to Nova Scotia’s chief medical officer of health, who gave a briefing Tuesday on the upcoming respiratory-illness season.
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Scientists behind mRNA COVID Vaccines Win 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
This year’s Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine goes to a transformative medical technology that significantly altered the path of the pandemic and saved millions: the mRNA vaccines against COVID. Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman were jointly awarded the prize for advancements that have changed the field of vaccine development and researchers’ understanding of how messenger RNA (mRNA) interacts with the body’s immune system.
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Deux pionniers des vaccins à ARNm reçoivent le Nobel de médecine
On Monday, the Nobel Prize for Medicine recognized the work of Hungarian researcher Katalin Karikó and her American colleague Drew Weissman in the development of messenger RNA vaccines, decisive in the fight against COVID-19.
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COVID-19, flu vaccines on the way as cases rise: CRISP report
Just in time for the province’s flu season, Saskatchewan residents will be able to get their flu and COVID-19 shots starting next week.
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