By Mike Stimpson, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Thunder Bay Source KENORA — With respiratory illness season underway, the Northwestern Health Unit is encouraging residents to get their influenza, COVID-19 and RSV shots. Getting flu and COVID vaccines “with the most up-to-date strains is your best defence against severe illness and can prevent unnecessary visits to the hospital,” according to a news release from the health unit. Additionally, the vaccine for respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, is available to everyone 75 and older in the region. RSV is a seasonal virus that usually causes only mild illness but sometimes requires hospitalization, according to Health Canada. RSV symptoms include coughing, sneezing, wheezing, fever and a runny nose. One RSV outbreak in a facility was reported to the Northwestern Health Unit in 2024,…
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