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Effectiveness of flu shot under 20 per cent for dominant strain this season: experts

Effectiveness of flu shot under 20 per cent for dominant strain this season: experts

TORONTO — The effectiveness of this season’s flu shot has been extremely low, with the vaccine preventing only 10 to 20 per cent of infections caused by the dominant H3N2 strain affecting Canadians, researchers have found.
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Flu season in Canada ‘exceptionally low’ so far, public health says

Flu season in Canada ‘exceptionally low’ so far, public health says

Flu season in Canada ‘exceptionally low’ so far, public health says
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Effectiveness of flu shot under 20 per cent for dominant strain this season: experts

Effectiveness of flu shot under 20 per cent for dominant strain this season: experts

TORONTO — The effectiveness of this season’s flu shot has been extremely low, with the vaccine preventing only 10 to 20 per cent of infections caused by the dominant H3N2 strain affecting Canadians, researchers have found.
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Flu shots still available

Flu sufferers over the holiday season could have avoided their aches and pains if only they had been immunized.
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The flu season that never was: COVID-19 pandemic keeps other viruses at bay

The flu season that never was: COVID-19 pandemic keeps other viruses at bay

OTTAWA — The 2021 flu season will go down in history as the epidemic that never was.
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Flu season has officially started in Canada, public health agency says

Flu season has officially started in Canada, public health agency says

The dominant strain now will be influenza A type H1N1, says an infectious diseases specialist
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Kids across Canada more at risk of hospitalization from flu this season: doctor

Kids across Canada more at risk of hospitalization from flu this season: doctor

Canada’s chief public health officer says more children are being hospitalized this flu season because of an early spike in a strain of influenza B, which hits young people hard and is circulating across the country while a strain that typically targets the elderly also makes the rounds.
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Why not get flu vaccine?

Why not get flu vaccine?

Why on earth should Alberta’s health minister have to plead with the public to get the flu vaccine?
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Doctors brace for viral overload between cold and flu season and COVID-19

Doctors brace for viral overload between cold and flu season and COVID-19

Doctors brace for viral overload between cold and flu season and COVID-19
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Flu numbers climbing sharply

Flu numbers climbing sharply

The number of flu cases in Alberta has jumped over the last several weeks
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