If you take the time to read the product information leaflet on the Arepanrix H1N1 pandemic influenza vaccine, it is a chilling reminder of the stand Health Canada took on authorizing the sale of this vaccine under limited clinical testing in humans, and in many of the age categories there ...
Next, we calculated the marginal rate of substitution between attributes with efficacy in the denominator, to answer the question “How much PrEP efficacy is an individual willing to forego in order to realize gains in other attribute levels?” Details of the calculations using the logit transformed...
The clinic organized by Kensington Health, Midwest Toronto Ontario Health, and the University Health Network (UHN), was the site of arecent standoffbetween members of the public who refused to leave the site and community members lining up for doses of the vaccine. FOCTclaimed in astatementpos...
I took on another job administering shots at a Toronto Public Health clinic. I wanted to do everything I could to help end the pandemic. But that meant I had no days off. When I wasn’t working 12-hour shifts at Ontario Shores, I was working 12-hours ...
Men who have sex with men (MSM) are disproportionately affected by anal cancer, predominantly caused by high-risk (HR) human papillomavirus (HPV) infection. Currently, the nonavalent HPV vaccine provides coverage against nine HPV genotypes, including sev
The chances of being seriously injured by a COVID-19 vaccine are astronomically rare, less than one in a million, according to the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC). And yet, with tens of millions of doses expected to be administered ... NewsLegal News Fighting for the Legal Rig...
Is the public good guiding government decisions? It doesn’t look like it. July 12, 2021 Israel Not Tracking Post Vaccine Problems Every health system in the world should be keenly interested in Israel’s adverse vaccine reactions. But the data doesn’t exist. ...
To address this issue, a Toronto startup created a flu shot locator that shows a map of all clinics and pharmacies offering the vaccine within a specific area. "There are many articles about the difficulty finding pharmacies and clinics with flu shots," Ryan Doherty of Empower Health told blo...
Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong has now turned his attention to the global incidence of Covid-19 and its persistence among the poorer nations. He looks forward to a vaccine that can be delivered as a pill and developed in his native South Africa for distribution to other African countries. He is ...
“It’s important to get accurate measures of the potential benefits of air pollution regulations, namely improved quality of life and reduced health-care costs, in order to guide regulatory decision-making,” McKitrick said. “We did find consistent evidence that lower smoking rates lead ...