Medical Equipment

InsuJet, a needle-free insulin injection system, uses jet-injection technology to deliver insulin subcutaneously in persons six years of age or older.

The company says it expects the RSV vaccine—called mRESVIA—to be available in early 2025.

The protein-based vaccine, called Nuvaxovid, has been reformulated to target the JN.1 subvariant of Omicron.

A spokesman for the provincial health officer says B.C. residents are encouraged to wait for the updated COVID vaccines if possible, but people can still get last season’s shots if they need them.

The researchers say the declines in hospitalization and ER use amount to significant savings for the provincial healthcare system.

The treatment could be a gamechanger, especially for children for whom emergency injections to treat allergic reactions can prove to be as scary as the allergic reaction itself.

Moderna already has a bird flu vaccine in very early-stage testing that uses the same mRNA technology that allowed rapid development and rollout of vaccines to protect against COVID-19.

If vaccinating cows protects dairy workers, that could mean fewer chances for the virus to jump into people and mutate in ways that could spur human-to-human spread.