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Major shortage of flu vaccine next week

Source: Toronto Star
Winnipeg : Canada | about 1 month ago  
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A severe shortage of the H1N1 vaccine across the country has prompted Ontario public health officials to cancel vaccination clinics for the general public next week. In a sudden change of plans for the mass vaccination, Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Arlene King said only priority groups will...
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  • 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.
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  • Blog Source: www.washingtonexaminer.com
    A single dose of swine flu vaccine is enough to immunize adults and children over 10 against the pandemic strain, the World Health Organization said Friday.
  • Blog Source: www.vancouverite.com
    In addition, the province is scheduled to receive 58000 doses of adjuvanted and 25000 of unadjuvanted vaccine from Canada's pandemic H1N1 vaccine manufacturer GlaxoSmithKline – the latter specifically for pregnant women – late next week ...
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    One dose of swine flu vaccine is sufficient to induce an immune response in people aged six months and older, and pregnant women can safely be immunized with either of the licensed swine flu vaccines, the World Health Organization said ...
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    “Skipping seasonal flu vaccine does not protect from swine flu, but it leaves the child without protection against seasonal flu,” he said. Children under 2 are among the highest risk group of developing complications from seasonal flu, ...
  • Blog Source: www.go-to-canada.com
    Canada's second wave of swine flu started on the West Coast. In British Columbia, health officials are also grappling with shortages of the H1N1 vaccine. B.C. will receive 500000 fewer doses than it expected to have on hand by Nov. ...
  • Blog Source: www.theness.com
    At this time there are two slow panics spreading through the community – fear of the H1N1 “swine” flu pandemic, and fear of the vaccine to prevent H1N1 flu. Regarding the pandemic itself – this is a real threat, it is just not known ... with
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