Preventive Care & Screening

1+ hour, 4+ min ago   (323+ words) Alberta is expanding publicly funded protection against respiratory viruses this fall, including new respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) coverage for vulnerable adults and antibodies for newborns. The province’s program covers influenza, COVID-19 and RSV, with appointments available to book starting on…...

14+ min ago   (325+ words) Parents have every reason to feel confused by the changing conversation around childhood vaccines. Recommendations are being debated nationally and Florida is reconsidering some of its school immunization requirements. Headlines can make it difficult to know what has actually changed…...

2+ hour, 24+ min ago   (875+ words) The government is planning to conduct an intensified measles-rubella catch-up vaccination campaign from the last week of this month amid a growing number of measles infections and deaths across the country. The drive is planned to start on September 26, but…...

1+ hour, 57+ min ago   (488+ words) Health officials recently say measles cases are rising at a metro Atlanta daycare, leading to an outbreak. As of Friday, there had been two new cases of measles at the unidentified daycare to bring the total to 10 cases related to…...

4+ hour, 4+ min ago   (301+ words) WASHINGTON CROSSING, PA — The Crossings Animal Society (CAS) has announced the launch of Bosco’s Fund, a new program providing preventative veterinary care to qualifying low income pet families in Bucks County, PA, and Mercer County, NJ. Bosco’s Fund will pay…...

3+ hour, 39+ min ago   (498+ words) Extra paediatricians are being drafted in and elective procedures are still being called off in the busiest flu season for Auckland's children's hospitals in years. PHF Science figures showed there had been about 70 children with the most severe respiratory symptoms…...

1+ hour, 5+ min ago   (323+ words) Alberta is expanding publicly funded protection against respiratory viruses this fall, including new respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) coverage for vulnerable adults and antibodies for newborns. The province’s program covers influenza, COVID-19 and RSV, with appointments available to book starting on…...

1+ hour, 53+ min ago   (197+ words) The WHO said the last reported case of dog-to-human rabies occurred in 1972. “This validation reflects decades of commitment to protecting communities from rabies and demonstrates the impact of sustained investment in public health,” WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in…...

5+ hour, 30+ min ago   (259+ words) Kelly Johnston, Cumming School of Medicine A new immunization, offered free to all infants through universal programs in Ontario and Quebec, provided strong protection against respiratory syncytial virus, commonly referred to as RSV, sharply reducing hospitalizations and intensive care unit…...

3+ hour, 26+ min ago   (186+ words) ATLANTA — The U.S. Department of Agriculture is expected to airdrop millions of rabies vaccine doses over several states, including Georgia, starting next month. The initiative follows a health advisory issued last week by the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and…...