influenza

As Canada faces an ongoing shortage of children's medications, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he doesn't know if ramping up domestic production of pharmaceuticals is the right approach to addressing the problem.

Canada's premiers plan to hold a news conference in Winnipeg today, December 9, 2022, as children's hospitals struggle to deal with a wave of child illnesses. 

A flu season that started early, hospitalized far more children than usual and overwhelmed emergency departments has revealed that Canada's health-care system is chronically underfunded when it comes to the most vulnerable citizens, a pediatric infectious diseases specialist says.

Ontario's chief medical officer of health strongly recommended on Monday, November 14, 2022, that residents wear masks in indoor public settings to protect children from a "triple threat" of respiratory viruses, while Alberta's premier said she will not impose a mask mandate and urged people not to panic.