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Spending on health to reach a record $183.1-billion

A t a time when the Canadian economy has taken one of its biggest hits in decades, one industry has shown itself to be recession-proof: Health-care spending is expected to climb another 5 per cent this year. The Canadian Institute for Health Information, ...

From CAROLINE ALPHONSO, Globe and Mail,  20 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Robert Evans (politician)

Pharmacists remixing adult doses so kids can receive Tamiflu

A worldwide shortage of children's Tamiflu to treat H1N1 infections has the federal government dipping into its national emergency stockpile and pharmacists preparing doses the old-fashioned way – with a mortar and pestle. Meanwhile, the Canadian ...

From CAROLINE ALPHONSO, Globe and Mail,  16 Nov 2009

Cost of vaccinating the nation hits $1.5-billion and climbing

V accinating Canadians against H1N1 is costing the country nearly twice as much as health officials expected and the tally could easily climb above $2-billion before the pandemic has subsided. The national inoculation program is only a few weeks in, but ...

From PAUL WALDIE AND CAROLINE ALPHONSO, Globe and Mail,  12 Nov 2009

Related Topics: David Butler,  GlaxoSmithKline Inc

Flu vaccine shortage forces some clinics to shut doors

A shortage of H1N1 vaccine is forcing flu clinics in many parts of the country to shut their doors this week at a time when more Canadians are being admitted to hospital, leaving healthy people in limbo over when they will get the shot. Some clinics in ...

From CAROLINE ALPHONSO, Globe and Mail,  9 Nov 2009

Related Topics: GlaxoSmithKline Inc

Toronto doctor says he regrets urging flu shot for hospital board

A high-profile doctor who encouraged board members at his Toronto hospital to get the H1N1 vaccine last week shot says he now regrets it. Board members at Mount Sinai Hospital were offered the vaccine last Monday, the first day it became available, ...

From CAROLINE ALPHONSO, Globe and Mail,  6 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Toronto Maple Leafs,  GlaxoSmithKline Inc,  Calgary Flames

H1N1 hospital admissions, deaths up three-fold: health officials

I ntensive-care admissions and deaths due to the H1N1 virus increased three-fold this week over the previous week as a second wave of the pandemic disease moves across the country, federal health officials say. The latest death was a two-month-old baby ...

From CAROLINE ALPHONSO, Globe and Mail,  5 Nov 2009

Related Topics: David Butler,  GlaxoSmithKline Inc

B.C. strikes divisive tone on flu strategy

Canada's cohesive national vaccination strategy is starting to show cracks, with one province pointing its finger at others. British Columbia's Health Minister Kevin Falcon took aim Monday at other provinces for allowing all comers to receive the H1N1 ...

From CAROLINE ALPHONSO, Globe and Mail,  2 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Kevin Falcon,  GlaxoSmithKline Inc,  Ron Liepert,  House of Commons,  Todd Russell

H1N1 outbreak at Toronto hospital

T oronto's Mount Sinai hospital has an outbreak of the H1N1 flu, the first outbreak in a Canadian hospital. At a news conference today, Barbara Yaffe, Toronto's associate medical officer of health, confirmed an outbreak of H1N1 at the hospital. As well, ...

From CAROLINE ALPHONSO, Globe and Mail,  28 Oct 2009

The H1N1 vaccine: Six key questions

1 Will the vaccine give you the flu? AND what about side effects? The vaccine cannot give you influenza, because it doesn't contain a live virus. In fact, it contains antigens that trick the immune system into thinking it has been attacked by the H1N1 ...

From CAROLINE ALPHONSO, Globe and Mail,  27 Oct 2009

Ottawa buys 200,000 more does of flu vaccine for pregnant women

C anada has purchased 200,000 doses of unadjuvanted H1N1 vaccine for pregnant women, a group considered at high risk of being infected. Federal health officials said in a conference call Monday that the vaccine, purchased from CSL, an Australian ...

From CAROLINE ALPHONSO, Globe and Mail,  26 Oct 2009

Related Topics: CSL,  GlaxoSmithKline Inc,  David Butler

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