Each new wave of COVID-19 automatically leads to new cases of long COVID. These patients, however, struggle to be diagnosed and are not always properly managed.
Measles, a highly contagious viral infection formally considered eliminated from Canada in 1998, is making a surprising comeback, challenging our public health systems and communities at large.
Canadian Immunization Guide chapter on meningococcal vaccines has been updated to incorporate the fourth quadrivalent conjugate meningococcal vaccine, MenQuadfi.
The highly infectious disease is still predominantly impacting unvaccinated infants, kids and teenagers, most in Southwestern and Grand Erie public health units.
The National Advisory Committee on Immunization recently issued an updated statement on the use of respiratory syncytial virus vaccines in older adults.
