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“For every 100,000 Canadians, there were 142 #hospitalizations for #vaccinepreventable #respiratory #diseases in 2024 … Before the #pandemic, there were 66.” www.ctvnews.ca/canada/artic...

Hospital admissions for flu, R...

Hospital admissions for flu, RSV and COVID more than double

More Canadians are ending up in hospital with diseases vaccines can prevent. What’s driving the trend, and how is it affecting healthcare?

CTVNews

AARS Apr 21

"That’s why herd immunity is so important. If there hadn’t been an outbreak when Renae was a baby, I don’t think she would have contracted it. She was eligible for the vaccine just seven months later, and I gave it to her, but it was too late." #measlesoutbreak #vaccineswork #vaccinepreventable

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/21/opinion/measles-child-britain-vaccination.html?smid=nytcore-android-share

Opinion | My Child Died of Measles

If more people had gotten the vaccine, she might still be here.

The New York Times

Global News Apr 16

Hospitalizations for respiratory illnesses are rising across Canada: report
Nearly 60,000 people were hospitalized in what the CIHI calls 'vaccine-preventable respiratory hospitalizations' across Canada in 2024.
#Canada #Health #CIHI #COVID19Hospitalizations
https://globalnews.ca/news/11804167/covid-19-hospitalization-rates-canada-report/

Global News National Apr 16

Hospitalizations for respiratory illnesses are rising across Canada: report
Nearly 60,000 people were hospitalized in what the CIHI calls 'vaccine-preventable respiratory hospitalizations' across Canada in 2024.
#Canada #Health #CIHI #COVID19Hospitalizations
https://globalnews.ca/news/11804167/covid-19-hospitalization-rates-canada-report/

Global News Canada Apr 16

Hospitalizations for respiratory illnesses are rising across Canada: report
Nearly 60,000 people were hospitalized in what the CIHI calls 'vaccine-preventable respiratory hospitalizations' across Canada in 2024.
#Canada #Health #CIHI #COVID19Hospitalizations
https://globalnews.ca/news/11804167/covid-19-hospitalization-rates-canada-report/

Global News Health Apr 16

Hospitalizations for respiratory illnesses are rising across Canada: report
Nearly 60,000 people were hospitalized in what the CIHI calls 'vaccine-preventable respiratory hospitalizations' across Canada in 2024.
#Canada #Health #CIHI #COVID19Hospitalizations
https://globalnews.ca/news/11804167/covid-19-hospitalization-rates-canada-report/

CBC Top Stories Apr 16

Hospitalization rates for illnesses like COVID, flu have doubled since pre-pandemic, report finds
Striking new data from the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) shows hospitalization rates for vaccine-preventable respiratory diseases more than doubled in 2024, compared to pre-pandemic levels, all while vaccination rates are backsliding.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/hospital-rates-vaccine-illnesses-9.7165119?cmp=rss