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  • Flu cases surging in Ontario, BC, and Quebec, warns Niagara Health

    Flu cases surging in Ontario, BC, and Quebec, warns Niagara Health

    Canada Global (Web News) Niagara Health is reporting a sharp increase in flu cases across regional hospitals, with a growing number of patients requiring hospitalization, including intensive care.

    Dr. Kashif Pirzada, a Toronto emergency physician, has observed a similar trend, noting that many individuals are facing long waits for ambulance services.

    “The flu can feel like being hit by a truck,” Dr. Pirzada explained. “Symptoms include body aches, extreme fatigue, and high fever lasting about a week. Many children and elderly patients need fluids or oxygen to recover, often requiring hospital stays, which is adding strain to our healthcare system.”

    The Public Health Agency of Canada confirms that flu activity is widespread across Ontario, B.C., and Quebec, with cases expected to continue rising in the coming weeks.

    Health officials emphasize the importance of flu shots in reducing the severity of illness. They also urge individuals to seek medical attention if experiencing severe dehydration, extreme fatigue, or rapid breathing. Typically, flu activity would have peaked by now, but experts predict this season’s peak may still be weeks away.

  • One dose of Pfizer will protect against Corona and four other diseases

    One dose of Pfizer will protect against Corona and four other diseases

    Canada Global(web news)One of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies, which produced several million Covid-19 vaccines, is now working on developing a mixed influenza and coronavirus shot.

    American regulators have given the green light to Pfizer and BioEntech for the initial phase and have also asked the companies to quickly prepare its single dose vaccine. After the vaccine is ready, it will work to protect people from the flu virus as well as the omicron variant strain. The companies have already started preliminary trials to evaluate the safety and efficacy of this mixed vaccine on healthy adults.

    Pfizer and BioEntech will use mrna  technology to target the BA·4 and BA·5 Omicron variants as well as four influenza viruses. These omicron variants and four main strains of flu viruses have been identified by the World Health Organization (WHO) this year. If this experiment is successful, it will be the first attempt to protect against two respiratory diseases with a single dose.

    Pfizer is already working on a modified influenza vaccine. In September, the pharmaceutical company announced a trial of 25,000 people in the US. If this trial is successful, according to Pfizer, this flu shot can be ready by 2024. Moderna is also working on this side.

  • Trudeau will hold a virtual news conference today about struggling children’s hospitals

    Trudeau will hold a virtual news conference today about struggling children’s hospitals

    Canada Global (web news) Canada’s premiers will hold a news conference in Winnipeg. Children’s hospitals are struggling due to the increasing number of sick children.

    Hospitals across the country are having to cancel some surgeries and even essential appointments as the number of children admitted to the hospital has increased and hospitals are having to re-instruct their staff. Many posts are lying vacant in hospitals and in such a situation cases of respiratory disease RSV, influenza and covid-19 are also being found more in children.

    Due to staff shortages in Ottawa, two teams of Canadian Red Cross workers are relieving staff by alternating overnight shifts at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario. Not only here, the situation is so bad that many patients are being referred to adult health care facilities for treatment.

    A Calgary pediatric clinic has been temporarily closed as staff have to be transferred to a children’s hospital. Looking at the poor condition of health care across the country, there is a demand to improve it.