By Nicole Ireland and Hannah Alberga The Canadian Press Posted September 24, 2024 12:40 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Health Canada has approved Pfizer-BioNTech’s updated COVID-19 vaccine that protects against one of the most recently circulating variants of the virus. The mRNA vaccine, called Comirnaty, targets the KP.2 … Read more
A new Covid strain is reported to be spreading across Europe and has been branded “more contagious” than some previous variants. The XEC variant – which derives from Omicron – could soon become the dominant strain across the continent according to experts. In a post on X, Eric Topol, director of the Scripps Research Translational … Read more
Do provinces and territories need to destroy their old COVID-19 vaccines before getting the new fall booster shots? As Canadians prepare for the rollout of a fall booster campaign, some provinces have said they are being ordered to destroy old supplies of the existing vaccine before they can get new supplies. With vaccination on hold … Read more
