An advocacy group for seniors says vaccine access in New Brunswick has mostly improved, but it highlighted one persistent gap.
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· Posted: Oct 18, 2025 5:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 1 hour ago
A seniors’ group says New Brunswick and the rest of Atlantic Canada are making strides on vaccine access. (The Canadian Press)
An advocacy group for seniors says vaccine access in New Brunswick has mostly improved, but highlighted one ongoing problem in a recent report.
The group CanAge rated New Brunswick B-plus, which ties for third place with Newfoundland and Labrador and Yukon.
Neighbouring provinces Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island scored higher this year, with A-minus and A-plus.
“Well, it’s great news because two years ago New Brunswick was sitting at an F and has typically been at the bottom of the pack,” Laura Tamblyn-Watts, CEO of CanAge, said in an interview with CBC Radio’s Shift.
“The big differences are that New Brunswick actually started to fund some of the major vaccines that it hadn’t previously been funded.”
On most vaccines, she said, New Brunswick has moved in the right direction, such as a senior-specific influenza vaccine and others for pneumonia,
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