children's hospitals

Cases of influenza are continuing to drop in Canada following an early and significant peak several weeks ago of the virus that swamped children’s hospitals across the country and led to the declaration of a flu epidemic. Flu rates…

Canadian health care is facing a “national crisis” that requires federal action to solve, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says. “The Red Cross being called into children’s hospitals in Ottawa, trailers being set up because of the overflow in…

Canada’s premiers plan to hold a news conference in Winnipeg Friday as children’s hospitals struggle to deal with a wave of child illnesses. Hospitals across the country have been cancelling some surgeries and appointments as they…

Amanda Weger is still a bit stunned that what began with a mild fever and a cough for her 23-month-old daughter has now become a two-week-long stay at the Alberta Children’s hospital, including a week in intensive care. “A trauma team…

North and South America are experiencing a “triple threat” of respiratory illnesses with rising cases of COVID-19, flu and RSV – a situation that should be have all countries on “alert,” the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)…

The term “immunity debt” is circulating widely online as an explanation for a significant surge in respiratory illness in Canada, but infectious diseases experts say the term and the narratives around it are “dangerous” and can…

Sick Kids hospital is reducing surgical activity in an effort to safeguard critical care beds, the hospital announced, amid an unprecedented surge in patients requiring acute care. Pediatric hospitals across Ontario have been…

With an ongoing shortage of children’s pain medication in Canada, pharmacists say parents should be cautious in substituting pediatric medications with drugs like Advil and Tylenol made for adults. Pharmacists have been fielding an…

Burnt out from over two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, health-care workers across Canada are grappling with emergency rooms flooded with patients amid a summer surge of illnesses. Some children’s hospitals in the country are running…