Canada loses measles elimination status
In what amounts to a national embarrassment on one side of the coin and a public health failure on the other, Canada has lost its measles elimination status, something it has held for 25 years.
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Province shares spring COVID, flu and measles update
Around 40 people were in hospitals across BC with COVID as of Friday, Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry said during a press conference.
BC’s measles vax rate lower than Gaines County, Texas
In Gaines County, Texas, where a measles outbreak has killed one six-year-old and one adult, the measles vaccination rate among kindergarteners is just 82 per cent, according to reporting by The Atlantic. That’s a higher measles vaccination rate than children have here in B.C.
NACI recommends spring XBB vaccine for vulnerable groups
While Canadians are still knee deep in the trials and tribulations of winter, Canada’s National Advisory Committee on Immunization is already looking to spring when it says certain groups of people vulnerable to severe illness from COVID-19 should get an extra dose of the latest vaccine.
Three child influenza-associated deaths prompt CDC caution
The BC Centre for Disease Control (CDC) is reminding people to take prevention measures and seek care as levels of influenza and Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) infections in the province rise and have resulted in three influenza-associated deaths among children (under the age of 19) in the last two weeks of December.
Volunteers sought for RSV vaccine study
Okanagan Clinical Trials (OCT) is seeking volunteers 19 years old or older to participate in an ongoing research study for an investigational vaccine for Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV). The study is investigating a potential prevention option for RSV in those who are considered high risk.
Pfizer-BioNTech bivalent vax arrives in BC next week
Following the approval last month of the Moderna bivalent COVID-19 vaccine, the Pfizer-BioNTech version has now been approved by Health Canada.
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Health Canada approves Omicron-targeted booster
B.C. will soon be rolling out an Omicron-focused COVID-19 booster shot approved today by Health Canada for all residents 18 years and older.
Boost now or wait? What you should know
Public health officials said on July 8 that most adults under 70 won’t be eligible for a fourth shot until the fall. That’s when a new vaccine offering greater protection against the Omicron COVID variants is expected to be approved and available in B.C.
Health officials pondering fourth vaccine dose
British Columbia health officials are still undecided on whether fourth vaccine doses will be made available to the general population as immunity to COVID-19 wanes and the possibility of future, more transmissible variants loom.
COVID-19 vax for children aged 5-11 as soon as early-Nov
Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry says B.C. is hoping to be ready to provide vaccines for the 340,000 children in the province between the ages of 5 and 11 by early-November.
B.C. Vaccine effort ahead of schedule, frontline workers to get vaccinated in April
Dale Boyd Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The province announced plans Thursday to vaccinate...
B.C. heads into next phase of vaccine rollout
Dale Boyd Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Over 400,000 people in British Columbia will soon...
B.C. unveils plan to vaccinate millions by September
Dale Boyd Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Nearly one year after the first case of COVID-19...
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First vaccines administered in Kelowna, Kamloops
The first vaccines in the Interior Health region have been administered in Kelowna and Kamloops....
B.C. announces vaccination game plan
Dale Boyd Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The first few doses of the Pfizer vaccine arriving...