This year’s flu vaccine is “not a very good match” for a common strain of the flu that’s especially tough on children, according to the nation’s...
The new strain of coronavirus, in the same family as the deadly severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS), originated in Wuhan,...
BEIJING — The U.S. State Department warned Americans in China about an outbreak of pneumonia in the central city of Wuhan believed to be caused by...
On New Year’s Day, Wuhan health authorities closed a live animal market linked to the mysterious outbreak. NOEL CELIS/AFP/Getty Images By Jon Cohen, Dennis NormileJan. 14, 2020...
MONTREAL — Flu activity has been high in Quebec, according to the provincial public health authority (the INSP). Over the last three weeks, there have been...
WINNIPEG — A high school student has died in Manitoba where there has been a spike in flu cases this winter. Blaine Ruppenthal, a 17-year-old Grade...
A Chinese woman in Thailand has become the first person outside China diagnosed with a coronavirus that has affected more than 40 people in the country—raising...
The government is ramping up efforts to prevent a mysterious SARS-like virus first identified in China from entering Indonesia as neighboring Thailand marked the first outbreak...
TORONTO — The Public Health Agency of Canada is reporting a significant increase in influenza outbreaks. A total of 162 outbreaks were reported in a three-week...
There may have been limited human-to-human transmission of a new coronavirus in China within families, and it is possible there could be a wider outbreak, the...
