Protection from shots like the flu vaccine typically takes a couple of weeks to kick in, so getting one now may offer ...

Health officials say it's important to get flu and COVID-19 vaccines ahead of the holidays when respiratory bugs tend to ...

Nov. 6, 2024 — New research is providing a more precise prediction of COVID-19 severity that can be found by looking at autoantibodies in the nasal cavity, leading to more personalized treatment ..

Oct. 28, 2024 — A strain of H5N1 avian influenza virus found in a Texas dairy worker who was infected this spring was able to spread among ferrets through the air, ... Aug. 19, 2024 — The ...

B.C.’s provincial heath officer, Dr. Bonnie Henry, has reported the first suspected human case of avian flu had been detected ...

A Canadian teen is hospitalized in critical condition with what is believed to be bird flu, a British Columbia health ...

BioNTech vaccine for children may be available in Hong Kong by October “The chances of Covid-19 outbreaks are relatively small in the winter. Instead, influenza has a higher chance of outbreaks ...

A teenager in British Columbia, Canada, is hospitalized with the country's first confirmed case of the H5N1 bird flu virus.

Although H5N1 causes symptoms similar to seasonal flu, such as cough, fever, shortness of breath, headache, muscle pain, sore ...

Local health unit encourages residents to take preventative steps, including receiving vaccination, to protect community ...

Amid confirmation that a B.C. teen hospitalized last week is the first person to acquire H5N1 avian flu in Canada, health ...