A Content Analysis of Newspaper Coverage of the Seasonal Flu Vaccine in Ontario, Canada, October 2001 to March 2011: Journal of Health Communication: Vol 21, No 10doi:10.1080/10810730.2016.1222038SamanthaSchoolB.SchoolMeyerSchoolStephanieSchool
In Ontario, flu vaccines are prioritized when they first become available for certain individuals based on their risk for severe complications and spreading the infection to others. Individuals 6 months of age and older can get the flu vaccine at the same time as, or at any time before or af...
Yearlyinfluenza immunizationis recommended in patients with IBD, including sub-types of Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis. However, concern about vaccine-related adverse events may limit uptake. Given that Ontario has the highest rates of childhood-onset IBD in the world, and offers universalinf...
Distribution of the batch to six provinces -- British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario and Prince Edward Island -- was halted, she said. But she could not say how many doses had been used before distribution was suspended. The health ministry believes the number of adverse r...
flu-vaccine supplier and a unit of Sanofi-Aventis SA, lined up buyers for almost all of its available stockpile in just two days; How flu shots to be produced by Chiron Corp., which hasn't yet won regulatory approval, have sold out in advance; Preparation of the U.S. Centers for ...
Health-care workers who got the influenza vaccine were also protected from COVID-19 — but the effect might not last long. By Ewen Callaway Twitter Facebook Email Influenza vaccines have a surprising health benefit: they might also prevent COVID-19, particularly in its most severe forms1. ...
t have enough of the flu vaccine to meet demand. The Canadian Medical Association says more than 86 per cent of 1,459 respondents say they worry influenza season will put additional strain on the health-care system. Of those who offer the flu vaccine, half say they won’t have eno...
To use the resource, Toronto residents simply have to go to the website and choose whether they're looking for a pharmacy, community flu shot clinic, drive-through flu shot clinic, medical walk-in flu shot clinic, family doctor, public health office, travel vaccine clinic or all of the ab...
They studied a group of pregnant women who received a flu vaccine during pregnancy. Samples of each newborn's cord blood were taken to look at the immune response of the newborn babies at the cellular level. 40 percent of the samples have antigen-specific T and B immune cells and ...
The province makes the flu vaccine available for free to people six months of age and older who live, work or attend school in Ontario. U of T community members can obtain a flu shot at theirlocal pharmacyor visit a Toronto Public Health clinic, where appointments can be booked in advance...