Immunocompromised

• High-risk people should get next COVID boosters this spring: Ontario’s top doctor

  Ontario's chief medical officer of health says people who are at greater risk of severe COVID-19 infection should get their next vaccine booster shot this spring.

  Health

  Apr 6, 2023
  
• Montreal public health director issues letter encouraging Quebec teens to get COVID-19 booster shots

  Montreal's public health director issued a letter to parents of 12- to 17-year-old children to encourage those with weakened immune systems to get their booster shots.

  Canada

  Apr 27, 2022
  
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• U.S. FDA authorizes 2nd COVID-19 booster for older Americans

  The Food and Drug Administration's decision opens a fourth dose of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines to people age 50 and older at least four months after their previous booster.

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  Mar 29, 2022
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• COVID-19: Immunocompromised Quebecers say they have been ‘forgotten’ by government

  Quebec is lifting more restrictions, including the mask mandate. Immunocompromised Quebecers say without masks, they are more at risk.

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  Mar 4, 2022
• Why we need to ‘learn to live’ with COVID-19, according to doctors and immunocompromised patients

  'This year we had Omicron, last year we had Delta; what is it going to be next year and how are we going to respond to it? We need to have a broader strategic plan.'

  Canada

  Feb 26, 2022
• Montreal pharmacist helps the immunocompromised get fourth COVID-19 shot

  For the immunocompromised getting the COVID-19 vaccine is essential. One Montreal pharmacist is offering a safe space to get it.

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  Jan 22, 2022
• 4th COVID-19 vaccine dose: What’s the science behind another booster?

  An additional dose can increase protection for the immunocompromised but it’s too early to give the general population a fourth COVID-19 shot, experts say.

  Health

  Jan 9, 2022
• Regina couple with cystic fibrosis ‘frustrated’ with province’s handling of COVID-19 pandemic

  Cassandra and Dillon Bumpus have been in isolation since March 2020 due to their life-long and incurable diagnosis of cystic fibrosis. 

  Health

  Nov 2, 2021
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• Immunocompromised may need a 4th COVID-19 vaccine booster, CDC says

  Anyone eligible for the additional COVID-19 booster should wait at least six months between their third and fourth shot, the CDC said.

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  Oct 27, 2021
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• COVID-19: N.B. now offering 3rd vaccine dose to immunocompromised people

  The province is reporting 52 new cases on Thursday. There are now 574 active cases in the province.

  Health

  Sep 23, 2021