Source Feed: The Globe and Mail
Author: Alanna Smith
Publication Date: August 4, 2025 - 06:00
Quebec’s RSV immunization program greatly lowered infant hospitalizations, study says
August 4, 2025
Quebec’s universal respiratory syncytial virus immunization program proved more than 85 per cent effective in reducing infant hospitalizations, emergency-room consultations and intensive-care admissions, according to a new study.
The province was the first in Canada to announce a publicly funded nirsevimab program for the 2024-25 RSV season. Ontario, Nunavut, Yukon and the Northwest Territories later followed suit.
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The paper detailing the four-year research project and its findings were published online in the peer-reviewed journal Nature Ecology & Evolution on Monday.
August 4, 2025 - 12:53 | Globalnews Digital | Global News - Canada
Debbie Nightingale produced movies and television shows before a personal plot twist led her to become a goat farmer. Over time, her Ontario farm became a popular tourist attraction.Ms. Nightingale, who has died at 71, was a prominent member of the Canadian film and television industry whose many credits included co-founding a documentary festival now known as Hot Docs.
August 4, 2025 - 12:00 | Tom Hawthorn | The Globe and Mail
On Monday morning, Environment Canada issued a special air quality statement for the vast majority of southern Ontario, predicting "poor air quality" as a result of forest fires.
August 4, 2025 - 11:53 | Isaac Callan | Global News - Ottawa
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