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The jury is still out on one or two doses of H1N1 vaccine for small kids: PHAC

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 06:56:00 +0000

TORONTO — The jury is still out on whether there will be a change in the recommendation on how many H1N1 shots children need, the head of the Public Health Agency of Canada suggested Tuesday. But a...

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Swine flu vaccine offered online

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 05:49:00 +0000

B.C.'s medical health officer says Victoria police are investigating a case of someone trying to sell a vial of swine flu vaccine on the internet. Dr. Perry Kendall said Monday the seller claimed to...

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11 children in Brampton, Ont., get double dose of H1N1 flu shot by mistake

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 08:09:00 +0000

TORONTO — A Brampton, Ont., man is questioning why the nurse who gave his young daughter and almost a dozen other children double the recommended dose of the H1N1 flu vaccine is still giving out the...

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H1N1 vaccine shortage likely as B.C. waits for new shipment: Health officer

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 06:06:00 +0000

VANCOUVER, B.C. — More people will "probably" get sick as British Columbia waits for an H1N1 vaccine top-up to a supply that's expected to dwindle quickly in the coming week, B.C.'s provincial...

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London baby, seniors likely died with H1N1

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:50:00 +0000

Health officials in London, Ont., say a two-month-old baby and two seniors have likely died as a result of the H1N1 virus. The death of the baby is the first recorded in Ontario for an infant under...

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Probe ordered after Calgary Flames score flu shots while public waits

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 05:27:00 +0000

CALGARY — The Alberta government has launched an investigation into how members of the Calgary Flames and their families scored swine flu shots at a special clinic as thousands of people waited in...

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Alta revamps program to limit flu shots to pregnant women, youngsters for now

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 05:32:00 +0000

EDMONTON — Alberta is revamping its swine flu vaccination program to focus the remaining doses of a dwindling supply on pregnant women and children between six months and five years of age. After...

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Health minister will look into H1N1 doses given to private clinic

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 05:27:00 +0000

TORONTO — Ontario's Health Minister Deb Matthews says the province will look into Toronto Public Health's decision to give doses of the H1N1 vaccine to a private clinic in Toronto. "I'm not going to...

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Quebec urges patience in flu shot campaign

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 04:13:00 +0000

Quebec health officials say there will be enough of the H1N1 vaccine for everyone who wants to be inoculated, but people will have to be patient. The demand for Arepranix H1N1 has skyrocketed across...

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Flu clinics close early as crowds swell

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 04:11:00 +0000

Many flu clinics across the country had to close early Saturday as thousands of Canadians joined long lineups to get the H1N1 vaccine. People lined up for hours as clinics were overwhelmed by the...

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Privacy watchdog OKs see-through scanners

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 04:52:00 +0000

OTTAWA — Airport scanners that see through the clothes of travellers have received the blessing of Canada's privacy czar. Chantal Bernier, the assistant federal privacy commissioner, said Friday the...

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Scientists patch damaged lungs for transplanting

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 04:18:00 +0000

WASHINGTON — Call it a genetic patch job for worn lungs: Canadian researchers took donated lungs deemed too damaged to transplant and repaired them with outside-the-body gene therapy. It will take...

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H1N1 confirmed in Toronto teen's death

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 04:20:00 +0000

A 13-year-old Toronto boy, described as "healthy as can be," has died of the H1N1 virus. Evan Frustaglio, who played in a minor hockey league, died Monday night at St. Joseph's hospital. "Toronto...

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Number of teenagers with risk factors for heart disease is rising: study

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 04:18:00 +0000

CALGARY — More than one in five teenagers has at least one risk factor for heart disease such as obesity and high cholesterol, a jump from just six years earlier, suggests new research. Researchers...

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Young girls 'embarrassed' by jab

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 04:55:00 +0000

One in four girls having the cervical cancer jab would not tell a boyfriend they had been vaccinated, research shows. One in five (21%) think the vaccine is embarrassing because it is for a...

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Get H1N1 vaccine: health minister

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 05:01:00 +0000

Health officials on Sunday were preparing the launch of the biggest vaccination program in Canadian history, targeting the pandemic H1N1 virus. Beginning Monday, H1N1 influenza vaccine will be...

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Obama declares swine flu a national emergency

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 04:08:00 +0000

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama declared the swine flu outbreak a national emergency, giving his health chief the power to let hospitals move emergency rooms offsite to speed treatment and...

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Drug-makers aim to boost Tamiflu supply for kids

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 04:27:00 +0000

Health Canada issued a reminder Friday to pharmacists and health-care providers on how to properly transform capsules of the antiviral drug Tamiflu into a liquid form suitable for children. Some...

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NY officials rescind mandatory H1N1 flu shot order

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 04:21:00 +0000

ALBANY, N.Y. — New York state health officials have suspended a ruling that would have forced health care workers across the state to get vaccinated against the swine flu by the end of November or...

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Health authorities in B.C. ready to roll out H1N1 vaccine next week

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 04:54:00 +0000

VICTORIA, B.C. — The largest vaccination program in Canadian and B.C. history will begin next week. Priority for the vaccine against H1N1 influenza will be given to women who are more than 20 weeks...

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Wall promising 'surge' to eliminate health backlog

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 04:12:00 +0000

Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall promises he will put in place the means to reduce lengthy waiting times for surgeries in the province. Wall made the commitment just ahead of the fall sitting of the...

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Obama urges Democrats to unite around health care

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 03:42:00 +0000

NEW YORK — President Barack Obama is telling Democrats to stay focused on the reason the health care system needs an overhaul, which he says is extending insurance to millions of people who don't...

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Approval of H1N1 vaccine expected this week

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 04:56:00 +0000

The federal government is expected to approve the release of the H1N1 swine flu vaccine this week, CBC News has learned. In the last few days, up to five million doses of the vaccine have been...

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Health unit pushes for inclusion of apartments, condos in anti-smoking act

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 04:24:00 +0000

TORONTO — Peel Public Health is pushing Queen's Park to add more restrictions to the Smoke-Free Ontario Act. The health unit wants the province to enact legislation that protects residents in...

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Ont. seeing spike in flu-like activity, says medical officer of health

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 04:35:00 +0000

TORONTO — Ontario's chief medical officer of health says she's seeing a spike in flu-like activity in the province, but stopped short of calling it a second wave of the swine flu. Dr. Arlene King...

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