Postal codes shouldn’t determine protection: What RSV reveals about vaccine equity in Canada
Source: theconversation.com Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a familiar seasonal illness, but the tools to prevent it are new. Canada has recently approved vaccines for older adults and pregnant people, along with a long-acting monoclonal antibody that can protect infants through their first RSV season. These innovations offer new ways to reduce hospitalizations and severe […]
Alberta doctors urge province to offer free RSV shot to all newborns to cut health risks, hospital visits
Source: www.cbc.ca Provincial government says cost-effectiveness analysis underway Pediatricians are calling on the Alberta government to provide a preventative RSV shot for free to all newborns this fall, saying the move could spare many babies from getting very sick and reduce pressure on hospitals during the busy respiratory virus season. Alberta began offering the antibody […]
INFANT RSV PROTECTION
Vivien Brown, MDCM, CCFP, FCFP, MSCP, Family Physician Toronto, ON, Assistant Professor, Department of Family & Community Medicine, University of Toronto Shelley Ross, MD, CCFP, FCFP, ICD.D, Family Physician, Burnaby BC, Clinical Instructor, University of British Columbia We are, once again in the middle of RSV season, when hospital emergencies and pediatric wards typically are, […]
Canadian physicians aim to prevent RSV in infants
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