Twice as many children were hospitalized for respiratory infections at CHEO this fall than in previous years — and those patients were sicker than before,…
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In a viral season that’s brought “unprecedented” patient volumes due to influenza, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and COVID-19, Ottawa’s children’s hospital is accepting some staffing…
A meeting of the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board Tuesday evening ended without a vote on imposing mask rules after people who oppose such mandates disrupted…
On Tuesday, Ottawa’s biggest school board will debate a motion to reinstate mandatory masking for students and staff. Many OCDSB trustees feel that, as children’s…
The viral season that is already slamming children’s hospitals across Ontario will get worse before it gets better, warned the medical director of the pediatric…
The respiratory virus crisis at CHEO intensified this week, even as adult hospitals were asked to begin taking some teen patients and more non-emergency surgeries…
Ottawa’s medical officer of health is urging people to get a COVID-19 booster and a flu shot this fall amid what’s shaping up to be…
Record-high levels of the RSV illness plus new cases of COVID-19 and the flu are all driving an unprecedented surge in demand at CHEO that…