News Source: Xinhuanet.com
| 28 days ago
The A/H1N1 influenza has infected more than 410,000 people and caused some 5,000 deaths worldwide since it was first identified in North America in April, according to the WHO. The agency has said that vaccination is "one of the best tools"...
News Source: Delhi News-Record
| 28 days ago
As H1N1 vaccine supplies dwindle, healthy Toronto adults are being told to step aside for higher-risk people. With greater-than-expected turnouts at clinics and a national shortfall of swine flu serum, Ontario public health officials announced...
News Source: Toronto Star
| 28 days ago
Compounding the problem, there are 36 local health units delivering the vaccines and running their own clinics – and while some are efficient models, others are not, said Dr. Vivek Goel, CEO of the Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion.
News Source: Independent
| 28 days ago
An advisory group on immunisation said there had been a number of "worrisome reactions" to the vaccine but no more than for the normal flu vaccine. From Monday, GPs will be administering the vaccine to the public, beginning with high-risk groups...
News Source: Toronto Star
| 28 days ago
Instead of beginning mass immunizations next week, Ontario public health units are being forced to ration limited inventories, delaying plans to vaccinate healthy people so that those at risk of complications from the H1N1 virus and health-care...
News Source: Anchorage Daily News
| 28 days ago
They estimate they need 11,000 hours of volunteer time to ensure the clinics can handle demand for the vaccination, they said.