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Pfizer asks FDA to clear updated COVID shot for kids under 5
Pfizer is asking U.S. regulators to authorize its updated COVID-19 vaccine for children under age 5 — not as a booster but part of their initial shots.
Dec 5, 2022 7:49 AM
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China eases controls, gives no sign when 'zero COVID' ends
BEIJING (AP) — China is easing some of the world’s most stringent anti-virus controls and authorities say new variants are weaker.
Dec 5, 2022 3:33 AM
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Most B.C. kids and adults younger than 60 infected with COVID-19 or vaccinated: study
A large study that chronicles the trajectory of COVID-19 over the first 2-1/2 years of the pandemic suggests most British Columbia children and adults younger than age 60 developed antibodies to slash their risk of severe illness — either through vac
Dec 5, 2022 1:53 AM
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New Zealand launches inquiry into its coronavirus response
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand is launching a wide-ranging inquiry into whether it made the right decisions in battling COVID-19 and how it can better prepare for future pandemics.
Dec 4, 2022 9:41 PM
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China reports 2 new COVID deaths as some restrictions eased
HONG KONG (AP) — China on Sunday reported two additional deaths from COVID-19 as some cities move cautiously to ease anti-pandemic restrictions following increasingly vocal public frustrations.
Dec 4, 2022 7:31 PM
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Canadian Red Cross to help CHEO amid surge in respiratory illnesses in children
A prominent children's hospital in Ottawa will soon be receiving help from the Canadian Red Cross as it grapples with a massive wave of pediatric respiratory illnesses that have stretched resources to the breaking point, the organization announced Su
Dec 4, 2022 3:09 PM
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Avian flu causing turkey shortage ahead of Christmas: BC Poultry Association
VANCOUVER — The avian flu is causing a turkey shortage in British Columbia, the BC Poultry Association said, warning it could pose a challenge for customers ahead of the high-demand Christmas season.
Dec 4, 2022 3:01 PM
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Respite-care staff redeployed to help out at Alberta Children's Hospital
CALGARY — A surge in patients at Alberta Children's Hospital in Calgary has prompted the province's health delivery agency to redeploy staff from a facility that helps dying children so they can offer extra support to the overburdened hospital.
Dec 4, 2022 2:05 PM
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Veterans' cases raise fresh concerns about expanding assisted dying law
OTTAWA — Revelations that some Canadian veterans have been offered medically assisted deaths while seeking help from the federal government are adding to worries about Ottawa’s plans to expand such procedures to include mental-health injuries and ill
Dec 4, 2022 1:48 PM
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FDA change ushers in cheaper, easier-to-get hearing aids
It's now a lot easier — and cheaper — for many hard-of-hearing Americans to get help. Hearing aids can now be sold without a prescription from a specialist.
Dec 4, 2022 6:05 AM
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