Due to the shortage of H1N1 vaccine, Halton Region is temporarily closing the H1N1 immunization clinics.Clinics will resume for people who are considered high priority by the Ministry of Health and…
Is the new H1N1 vaccine safe?
November 8, 2009
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Question: Is the new vaccine for H1N1 (swine) flu safe? I am pregnant and am worried that if I get it, my baby might be harmed. And if I do…
Novartis Receives Regulatory...
November 7, 2009
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H1N1: Jewish General...
November 7, 2009
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MONTREAL – As thousands of Montreal adults wait anxiously to get their H1N1 flu shots next month, the top 200 donors of the Jewish General Hospital have already been inoculated, The…
Health unit asks pregnant...
November 6, 2009
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The Porcupine Health Unit will be giving H1N1 vaccinations to all pregnant women starting today.PHU officials are encouraging people in the high-risk groups to get vaccinated while there are no lineups…
Doc’s dire warning comes...
November 6, 2009
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As four more H1N1 deaths were confirmed in Alberta, the nation’s top doctor said the virus is rapidly spreading in the West, with death and hospitalization rates three times greater than…
H1N1 vaccine clinics could...
November 5, 2009
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Toronto – Some immunization clinics in Ontario may have to close in the next few days because the province’s vaccine supply is expected to run out by the end of the…
Flu scandal hits Alberta
November 5, 2009
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EDMONTON – Controversy raged yesterday over the decision to release H1N1 vaccine to Calgary Flames players and their family members, as an Alberta health authority employee was fired, and the scandal…
A/H1N1 flu death toll rises to...
November 4, 2009
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ANKARA, Nov. 4 (Xinhua) — The Turkish Health Ministry announced on Wednesday that four more Turks died of influenza A/H1N1 in Turkey, bringing the A/H1N1 flu death toll to 15.
The ministry…
The Swine Flu Vaccine Screw-Up
November 4, 2009
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If you can’t find any swine flu vaccine for your kids, it won’t be for a lack of positive thinking. In fact, the whole flu snafu is being blamed on “undue…
Use Of Low Dose Aspirin To...
November 3, 2009
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The latest issue of the Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin (DTB) reports that the use of low-dose aspirin to protect against heart attacks and strokes in individuals yet to develop obvious…
H1N1 sufferer calls flu brutal...
November 3, 2009
Loading ...With a fever, bone-chilling body aches and difficulty breathing, H1N1 is the worst flu she’s ever had, says an Edmonton woman.
“It was brutal. I’ve never had a flu like that,”…
Alberta’s top doctor...
November 2, 2009
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CALGARY – As Alberta’s health minister faced calls for his resignation Sunday, the province’s top doctor took responsibility for the H1N1 immunization plan that has left Calgarians angry, frustrated and confused…
A medical narrative may help...
November 2, 2009
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A medical narrative may help persuade Canadians to take the H1N1 vaccine.
At a recent press conference, federal Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq said that people have a responsibility to “get the…
H1N1 clinics now only for high...
November 1, 2009
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The Alberta government has halted all H1N1 flu shot clinics across the province in the wake of a shortage of the vaccine and growing demand from citizens to access it.
When flu…
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