Pharmasave encouraging residents to get vaccinated as flu season arrives - DiscoverEstevan

A high level of respiratory illnesses continue to circulate across the Quinte and Kingston regions. Southeast Public Health along with partners like Quinte Health have issued a joint statement this week on fall vaccines.

The chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.), argued the Trump administration is not promoting vaccinations vigorously enough amid a massive measles outbreak that has claimed multiple lives in 2026. "My concern as a physician is that everyone should be vaccinated for measles," Cassidy told CNN's Jake Tapper. "And you may think it only affects me. That's not true because you infect other people. ""If I'm not protected, but you are, then I'm not exposed. I'm all about asking people to be immunized for yourself and for others," he added. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported Friday that U. S. measles cases this year had topped 4,000, with about 96 percent being associated with known outbreaks. By contrast, the agency recorded a total of 2,289 measles infections for all of 2025. About 95 percent of Americans infected with measles this year were either not vaccinated against the illness or had an unknown vaccination status, according to the CDC. During his CNN appearance, Cassidy urged Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and the CDC to further push for vaccinations.

Nfld. & Labrador"There really isn't any treatment for RSV specifically, so immunization really is the best way to prevent severe RSV disease and the complications that can happen from that," said Dr. Janice Fitzgerald, Newfoundland and Labrador's chief medical officer of health. Clinics will operate from Oct. 13-18, following expansion to newborns under six monthsAlex Kennedy · CBC News · Posted: Oct 05, 2026 12:41 PM EDT | Last Updated: October 5Listen to this articleEstimated 3 minutesThe audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Newfoundland and Labrador's chief medical officer of health, Dr. Janice Fitzgerald, said expanding RSV vaccine eligibility for seniors over 75 and newborns six months and under is a big step forward for the province. The expansion was announced by the provincial government in April. (Mark Quinn/CBC)Seniors over 75 can now book appointments to be vaccinated against RSV as the Newfoundland and Labrador government rolls out a previously announced expansion of eligibility.

Public health officials are encouraging the public to protect themselves against infectious diseases this season. Chatham-Kent health officials say vaccination is one of the most effective ways to protect yourself, your loved ones, and hospital patients from serious illness. (Postmedia Network files)

Bioengineer.org news storyFor people living with HIV, modern antiretroviral therapy can suppress the virus to levels below what standard laboratory tests can detect. Yet some patients on long-term treatment experience a curious phenomenon: a single test result showing a small, transient amount of virus in the blood, followed by an immediate return to undetectable levels. These events, known as viral blips, have puzzled clinicians and researchers for years, raising questions about whether they represent harmless statistical noise, brief bursts of viral production from hidden reservoirs, or early warnings of impending treatment failure. A new nationwide Swedish study, published in BMC Infectious Diseases, offers one of the most comprehensive answers to date. Drawing on the Swedish national InfCareHIV cohort, researchers analyzed data from 4,210 treatment-naïve adults who began antiretroviral therapy from 1 January 2007 onward, with follow-up data extracted through 30 September 2020. The median observation time was 5.5 years, with some individuals followed for as long as 13.7 years.