Vaccine & Covid Updates

The number of Albertans who got a COVID-19 vaccine during this winter’s immunization campaign is about half the number who got vaccinated in the province during the same time period last season. “It’s completely unsurprising, given the government’s approach to vaccination, that we would see a drop o

Dr. Kirk Milhoan, a pediatric cardiologist who leads the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, said a person’s right to refuse a vaccine outweighed concerns about illness or death from infectious diseases.

Growing evidence shows shots for older adults may also reduce dementia, heart risks, and hospitalizations but many remain unvaccinated.

Inhaled nebulized unfractionated heparin with standard care markedly lowers the risk for intubation or death compared with standard care alone in hospitalized, nonintubated patients with COVID.

Moderna said on Tuesday its updated COVID-19 vaccine formulation elicited a strong immune response in all adults aged 65 and older, as well as in individuals aged 12 to 64...

Toronto Public Health just released new individual-level COVID-19 data in order to help people examine the pandemic's trends over time, and it's all …

In April 2020, Chinese researchers at Weifang Medical University published the first peer-reviewed meta-analysis about medical comorbidities and COVID-19 disease severity. They screened several…

Months into a pandemic that has killed nearly 500,000 people worldwide, scientists are still trying to answer crucial questions about the coronavirus.

People who recover from mild COVID-19 have bone-marrow cells that can churn out antibodies for decades, although viral variants could dampen some of the protection they offer.

Approving COVID-19 booster shots seemed like a slam dunk, but two influential advisory boards raised a host of complicated questions.

Governments are launching booster programmes over fears about waning immunity levels, but vaccines are still highly effective at what matters most – preventing severe disease.

For the most part, getting a Covid-19 vaccination shouldn’t change any of your typical health, fitness, or wellness routines, or at least not for more than a day or two. Still, it’s reasonable to…

Pandemic dreams are remarkably common across multiple countries, according to a suite of new studies.

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Isaac Chotiner interviews Jeffrey Shaman, a professor at Columbia University and the lead author of a new study projecting that COVID-19 cases and deaths will rise significantly if more states reopen.

Expert reveals the symptoms of Covid in 2025 - and how long infection now lasts - Experts warn that the virus that sparked the pandemic, SARS-CoV-2, is still circulating

The pandemic's 2nd biggest wave of infections and what the JN.1 variant is telling us

Fascinating new research shows mollusk blood proteins have strong antimicrobial properties, especially when combined with existing antibiotics.

New shots from Pfizer and Moderna will be available within days. Here's how to get yours

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In the meantime, here's how to protect yourself from ticks. The post A Lyme Disease Vaccine Is Coming—Here’s What You Need to Know appeared first on Reader's Digest Canada.

Largest Study Yet on Vaccine Side Effects Shows Increased Risk, But Covid Poses Greater Danger.

One type of flu virus has gone missing for so long, it doesn’t make sense to vaccinate against it.

There’s so much at stake with this study.