Canada authorizes flu-COVID combination shot, CBC reports
The National's November 6 broadcast adds Canadian health developments to its coverage of Stephen Miller's promotion at the White House.
Why this story? One of CBC News: The National's most watched videos since yesterday, with 111,757 views.
CBC News: The National | Trump names Stephen Miller chief of staff
Things we can learn from the video
Press to jump
- 1:01Trump appoints Stephen Miller chief of staff after Republican midterm losses; Senator Thom Tillis criticizes the choice.
- 7:17CBC reports another month of Canadian job losses and an increase in unemployment.
- 7:40The federal government pledges funding toward ending homelessness within a decade, with an initiative in Winnipeg.
- 13:00Canadian researchers use 3D printing and cell-culturing techniques to develop skin substitutes for severe-burn treatment.
- 15:21Health Canada approves Moderna's combination flu-COVID mRNA vaccine for people aged 50 and older, CBC reports.
- 24:45British Columbia faces calls to expand prescribed burns, with resources and bureaucracy identified as obstacles.
A single shot combining flu and COVID-19 vaccination has received Health Canada approval for people aged 50 and older, according to CBC News: The National.
The authorization is one of the Canadian developments in a full newscast led by Donald Trump's appointment of Stephen Miller as chief of staff. Beyond the Washington shakeup, the broadcast brings together reporting on vaccine development, severe-burn treatment and wildfire prevention.
CBC's Tashauna Reid presents the Moderna combination-vaccine report, which includes the company's medical-affairs executive James Mansi, infectious-disease physician Dr. Isaac Bogoch and McMaster University immunologist Dr. Dawn Bowdish. Earlier, a separate segment examines Canadian researchers' use of 3D printing and cell-culturing techniques to develop skin substitutes for people with severe burns.
The opening Washington report pairs Trump's praise for Miller with Republican Senator Thom Tillis's objection: "Neither Pete Hegseth nor Stephen Miller are a step in the right direction." That places criticism from within Trump's party alongside the president's defense of his personnel choices.
Later, Lyndsay Duncombe examines calls for British Columbia to expand prescribed burning before destructive wildfires occur. Her report identifies resource shortages and bureaucratic hurdles as obstacles, setting prevention work against the financial burden of suppressing fires once they spread.
Canada’s federal department responsible for national health policy. Its responsibilities include oversight of pharmaceutical safety and regulation of pharmaceutical manufacturing and testing facilities.
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