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Topic: British ColumbiaView all posts for the topic: British Columbia

Respiratory illness on the rise as B.C. residents begin busy holiday season

Published December 22, 2024

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Published by: Vancouver Sun
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By Tiffany Crawford

As B.C. begins the busy holiday season of social gatherings, health officials are reporting a steady increase in respiratory illness, including respiratory syncytial virus and walking pneumonia in children.

RSV is up 10.3 per cent over last week, predominantly in children in the Lower Mainland, the B.C. Centre for Disease Control reported in an update Friday.

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Topic: ChinaView all posts for the topic: China

Pneumonia outbreak in Chinese kids linked to known pathogens

Published November 27, 2023

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Published by: CIDRAP
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By Chris Dall

The surge in respiratory infections in young children in northern China is being driven primarily by known viral and bacterial infections and not by a novel pathogen, the World Health Organization (WHO) said late last week in an update.

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