‘So scary when children are that young’: Mother and doctors call for more RSV awareness and protection
A Calgary mother whose baby was hospitalized due to a common virus is sharing her story in hopes of protecting other infants heading into the respiratory illness season. Katrina Bellavance’s daughter was seven weeks old when she caught Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and was on oxygen in the hospital for four days. “It was pretty […]
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Opinion: RSV is hospitalizing Canadian infants—why aren’t we doing more?
Every expectant parent should know how to protect their newborn, and every infant deserves equal access—regardless of where they live By Dr. Vivien Brown, Federation of Medical Women of Canada and Dr. Shelley Ross, Federation of Medical Women of Canada As family physicians, we’ve seen firsthand the fear and helplessness that the Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) […]
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Increase in calls to make RSV immunizations available across Canada, CTV News TO, Aug. 11th, 2025
Increase in calls to make RSV immunizations available across Canada As summer will soon come to an end, respiratory virus season is also around the corner. And the Federation of Medical Women of Canada is urging all provinces to protect babies from RSV. CTV’s health reporter Pauline Chan reports.
As RSV Season Approaches, the Federation of Medical Women of Canada Urges National Response to Protect Infants Across the Country
FMWC’s Maternal RSV Task Force releases new white paper highlighting gaps in access and calls for immediate action ahead of RSV season TORONTO — Today, the Federation of Medical Women of Canada (FMWC) released its latest white paper through the Maternal RSV Task Force—a national group of experts in maternal, infant, and public health—highlighting the […]
RSV in newborns, hundreds hospitalized
Alberta doctors renew calls for RSV shot for all newborns, after hundreds hospitalized Province to offer newer preventative injection to high-risk infants this fall On the heels of a fall and winter that saw hundreds of Alberta babies and toddlers hospitalized and two young children die due to RSV, questions are being raised about whether […]
The race is on to protect infants from RSV this season
Ottawa mother Jessica Cohn still vividly remembers crumpling to the hospital floor when a team of doctors told her that her one-month-old may need to be intubated. Her healthy full-term newborn son Eitan had been diagnosed with RSV, a highly contagious virus that can be deadly for infants. While infants with some medical conditions are […]
RSV vaccine now available for Ottawa infants
For the first time, protective measures are being expanded to infants to ward off RSV this fall and winter. “This is a real game changer because looking at other countries that have put it in as a publicly funded program, we are seeing an 80 to 85 per cent reductions in hospitalizations,” said Dr. Paul […]