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January 06, 2011

The holiday season brought not only joy and goodwill to Ontario, but the flu as well, according to public health officials.

City medical officer gets Doctor of the Year award for H1N1 work

February 10, 2010

The city’s top doc credited with leading the city through the recent H1N1 pandemic has received the Ottawa Physician of the Year Award.

Ottawa flu vaccination clinics to reopen doors

January 05, 2010

After vaccinating about 50 per cent of the city’s population before Christmas, Ottawa’s H1N1 clinics are back.

Editorial Cartoon for December 28, 2009

December 28, 2009

The latest wave in hand sanitizers

December 22, 2009

Seems like the latest don't-leave-home-without-it is a hand sanitizer.

Final days to receive H1N1 vaccines at roving clinics

December 21, 2009

Tuesday is the last day Ottawa residents can get a H1N1 vaccine or a seasonal vaccine from one of the city’s roving clinics in 2009.

Roving clinics open for H1N1 flu shots

December 15, 2009

After closing the city’s mass vaccination clinics Saturday, Ottawa Public Health opened the first of a series of roving clinics designed to administer vaccinations against H1N1 in various locations across the city Monday.

Last chance for shot at clinic sites

December 09, 2009

Saturday is the last day for Ottawa residents to receive an H1N1 vaccine from one of the city’s mass vaccination clinic sites.

Only 30 per cent of Ontarians have received H1N1 shot, says province's top medical official

December 04, 2009

Ontario's top medical official says only 30 per cent of the province's population has received the H1N1 shot.

City on target for November vaccination goal: Doc

November 26, 2009

More than a week since the city’s mass vaccination clinics reopened, Ottawa Public Health is continuing to see “very brisk interest” in the H1N1 vaccine, the city’s medical officer of health said Wednesday.

Nova Scotia officials confirm two more H1N1-related deaths

November 25, 2009

The number of H1N1 deaths in the province is now at five after provincial health officials confirmed yesterday two more infected Nova Scotians died last week.

Study to look at flu shot problem

November 24, 2009

Toronto researchers are trying to get to the bottom of the so-called “Canadian problem” — the suggestion that having a seasonal flu shot might raise one’s risk of catching H1N1 flu.

Honey, did you give the cat swine flu?

November 23, 2009

Sneeze into your arm, unless you’re holding your cat. Swine flu is spreading to pets.

Ottawa to close flu centres

November 20, 2009

After successfully serving nearly 3,000 people and reducing the number of people in hospital emergency waiting rooms, nearly all of Ottawa’s flu assessment centres will be closing after Friday due to declining demand.

Flu clinics open to all of Ottawa

November 19, 2009

Ottawa Public Health has opened its H1N1 vaccination clinics to the general public.

Few side-effects from flu shot: Top doc

November 18, 2009

The country’s chief public health officer says few Canadians have suffered serious side-effects from the swine flu shot.

Translation needed for H1N1 info, Liberals tell Ottawa

November 17, 2009

The Liberals are urging the federal government to translate H1N1 pamphlets into dozens of languages, but local public health officials say Ontario is already reaching out to linguistic minorities.

Ottawa vaccine clinics set to reopen tomorrow

November 17, 2009

With another 100,000 doses of the H1N1 vaccine expected to arrive in the city this week, Ottawa public health expects to have enough doses to reopen vaccination clinics Wednesday.

Will H1N1 usher in new era of telecommuting?

November 16, 2009

After all, the Toronto-based professional organizer figured, a worldwide pandemic meant scores of employees confined to their homes, desperate for the services of someone who specializes in establishing effective and ergonomic home offices.

Older kids next for flu shot

November 13, 2009

Ontario soon will move to the next phase of its H1N1 immunization plan by getting the swine flu vaccine to school-age children.

Clinics to suspend H1N1 vaccinations on Thursday despite new shipment of doses

November 12, 2009

Ottawa Public Health is suspending its H1N1 mass vaccination clinics at the end of the day Thursday.

QMJHL postpones games amid confirmed H1N1 cases

November 12, 2009

BOUCHERVILLE, Que. - The Quebec Major Junior Hockey League has postponed three games after some players on the Shawinigan Cataractes and P.E.I. Rocket contracted the H1N1 virus.

Lines at Ottawa H1N1 clinics 'steadily decreasing'

November 10, 2009

With wait times and lineups at city-run H1N1 vaccination clinics “steadily decreasing over the last two days,” Ottawa’s medical officer of health said it’s possible Ottawa may be getting close to a saturation point for vaccinating residents in priority groups.

Schools tackle H1N1

November 10, 2009

As H1N1 counterattacks are well underway in hospitals and doctors’ offices across the country, colleges and universities are also stepping up their efforts to ensure the safety of students.

U of Ottawa prof set to discuss health risks at WHO event

November 09, 2009

A professor from the University of Ottawa hopes to gather perspectives from around the world in terms of risks such as H1N1 and beyond, when she attends an international working group in Lyon, France, next month.

Push is on to vaccinate pregnant women

November 06, 2009

Now that they have the non-adjuvanted vaccine, Ottawa Public Health is working with hospitals to ensure that pregnant women have rapid access to it.

Vaccines for pregnant women ready

November 05, 2009

While the City of Ottawa has enough H1N1 vaccines for pregnant women for the foreseeable future, Ottawa Public Health is still unsure about when the next shipment of adjuvanted vaccines will come in for other priority patients.

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