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.

November 23, 2009

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

November 20, 2009

The H1N1 public vaccination process reveals some ugly truths about human nature — or more precisely about the nature of some humans.

November 20, 2009

The number of people being vaccinated for the swine flu has swelled at the public health clinic at Metro Hall in Toronto since the government announced it was opening H1N1 shots to the general public.

November 19, 2009

Here is a list of hours and locations for H1N1 vaccination clinics in the Greater Toronto Area for Friday, Nov. 20 to Sunday, Nov. 22.

November 18, 2009

At least 17 public health units including Toronto have decided to now offer the H1N1 flu shot to the general public.

November 17, 2009

Ontario residents are flocking to their pharmacists with questions and concerns about the H1N1 flu virus.

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.

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.

November 13, 2009

November 12, 2009

Santa wants children with symptoms of H1N1 to stay home until they’re feeling better and not climb onto his lap for pictures because it could put others at risk of contracting the virus.

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.

November 11, 2009

First there were professional athletes. Then hospital boards. Now students at some private schools have received preferential access to flu shots.

November 10, 2009

Hospital board members who received the scarce H1N1 vaccine defended their position at the head of the queue yesterday, even after the province’s chief medical officer of health said they do not belong in the priority groups.

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.

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.

November 09, 2009

Can cheap and readily available treatments like steroids and cholesterol-lowering statin drugs help save the sickest of H1N1 patients? New efforts by researchers in Canada, the United States and France could help answer this pressing question.

November 09, 2009

November 06, 2009

Ontario Health Minister Deb Matthews vowed Thursday to investigate whether celebrity athletes jumped the queue for the swine flu shot while other groups are being forced to wait as the province’s supply dwindles.

November 05, 2009

Looking to brave the line-ups for an H1N1 flu shot? Here is a list of H1N1 vaccine clinics in the GTA for Friday, Nov. 6 to Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009.

November 05, 2009

November 04, 2009

Read the full statement and apology from Alberta Health Services regarding the vaccination of members of the Calgary Flames and their family members.

November 04, 2009

Premier Dalton McGuinty is refusing to bow to opposition pressure to cancel his trip to Mexico in support of the 2015 Pan Am Games today and instead stay in Ontario to oversee the continued rollout of the H1N1 vaccine.

November 04, 2009

November 04, 2009

November 03, 2009

Businesses are working to keep pace with the fast-changing developments surrounding the H1N1 virus by crafting or fine-tuning their pandemic preparedness plans. Yet one tool that more than likely won’t be in their arsenal will be the ability to distribute the vaccine independently through on-site workplace clinics.

November 03, 2009

The province is looking to set up vaccination clinics in schools and workplaces after a chaotic start to its mass immunization campaign as cases of H1N1 rapidly increase.

November 03, 2009

With supplies of H1N1 vaccine slowing to a trickle across the country, some Canadians may be wondering how to stave off infection while they’re waiting to get the shot.

November 03, 2009

November 02, 2009

Swine flu hysteria is all around us. Want to boost your immune system so you have a better chance to fight infection?

November 02, 2009

Looking to brave the line-ups for an H1N1 flu shot? Here is a list of H1N1 vaccine clinics in the GTA for Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009.

November 02, 2009

Looking to brave the line-ups for an H1N1 flu shot? Here is a list of H1N1 vaccine clinics in the GTA for Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009.

November 02, 2009

Looking to brave the line-ups for an H1N1 flu shot? Here is a list of H1N1 vaccine clinics in the GTA for Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009.

November 02, 2009

Within 15 minutes, Laura Delves’s two young sons were in their Etobicoke pediatrician’s office, the H1N1 vaccine injected, tears dried, and out the door.

October 30, 2009

Delivery of H1N1 vaccine to the provinces will slow a bit over the next couple of weeks because the country's vaccine manufacturer was asked to make special batches of product for pregnant women, Canada's Chief Public Health Officer said Thursday.

October 30, 2009

As Canadians roll up their sleeves for the H1N1 vaccination, there will likely be a few faces in the long lineups cringing at the thought of what’s to come — perhaps not the vaccine itself, but the delivery method.

October 30, 2009

Ontario residents seeking the H1N1 vaccine were urged Thursday to let those in high-risk groups go first, as high demand for the vaccine threatened to swamp clinics in Toronto and elsewhere.

October 29, 2009

Parents worried about swine flu are crowding emergency rooms in Toronto, forcing some to shut down other services to cope with a crush of new patients coming through their doors, officials said yesterday.

October 28, 2009

October 28, 2009

“I guess what frustrates me is the amount of mythology out there,” Dr. David Butler-Jones, the head of the federal public health agency, told reporters this week when asked what bothers him about the theories and fears about the swine-flu vaccine circulating online and in school parking lots.

October 28, 2009

Something more frightening than ghosts and goblins may be lurking in the shadows this Halloween when kids go door-to-door or dig into their candy stash.

October 22, 2009

Even though Ontarians in high-risk groups can start rolling up their sleeves Monday to get the swine flu vaccine, Toronto residents will have to wait.

October 21, 2009

October 19, 2009

H1N1, or swine flu, is going to get a lot of coverage this season. Perhaps the extra attention will inspire us to boost our personal habits of preventing all flu and cold viruses.

October 13, 2009

A “striking” number of women are becoming seriously ill after contracting H1N1, according to a new study, and researchers admit they have no explanation.

September 21, 2009

A choir of voices is calling for Canada to speed up the start of its pandemic flu vaccination program. Interestingly, though, some of the country’s leading public health and infectious diseases experts aren’t singing the same tune.