Screening people leaving a country where there's a serious flu outbreak makes more sense then checking air travellers as they arrive at their destinat...
Imagine going to bed with flu-like symptoms and waking up three weeks later with no legs and only one arm. Bryan Cuerrier doesn't have to imagine. He lived it. He was diagnosed with Flesh Eating Disease. But his love and passion for life hasn't changed. To mark the third anniversary of the incident, he and his incredibly devoted wife have signed up for the Toronto Marathon on May 5.
The Fraser Health Authority is working to improve the flu shot’s effectiveness for seniors with a targeted vaccine program. According to...
Think just because it's stopped getting dark at 4:30 that flu season is over? We hate to be the bearers of bad news, but despite a slowdown in reporte...
Our immune systems respond differently to flu vaccines as we age, a small U.S. study suggests. The body's antibodies are often compared t...
People looking for ways to protect themselves from the flu should understand what works and what doesn't, with at least six more weeks of flu season t...
Health authorities in Toronto say they've seen more than 1,000 cases of influenza so far this season — more than triple the number they usually see....
TORONTO - Canadians who got a flu shot this year may have cut in half their risk of getting sick enough from flu to require medical care, new data sug...
TORONTO - After a couple of relatively mild seasons, this year the flu is really making headlines.But there are a lot of viruses making the rounds thi...
The common cold and flu are caused by different viruses but can have some similar symptoms, making them tough to tell apart. In general, the flu is wo...
TORONTO - The federal government is drawing on the national stockpile of the flu drug Tamiflu to relieve a shortage in the country.The move comes as m...
The holiday party is a tradition of the season. Thanks to germs, however, some of those memories may be less than pleasant. Infections are best spread in a crowd and the presence of a single person can lead to spread to some or all of the people in attendance. There are however, a few ways to minimize the chances for acquiring an infection and most are fairly easy to follow.
Natural disasters, like Hurricane Sandy, are common worldwide and leave the affected public vulnerable to the harsh realities of nature, including the onslaught of infectious diseases. The reality of any disaster of this magnitude is that public health measures are all but forgotten as people do everything they can to survive. The viruses will surely arrive before the area has recovered.
Flu vaccine is not as effective as public health messaging traditionally has claimed, says a new report that suggests overselling of flu shots is gett...
Far away from the headlines of this headline-grabbing Olympics is an important lesson that can bring solace to almost every germaphobe. Unlike any other Olympics before, these Games have shown that preventing infection is not only possible, but also relatively easily accomplished.
TORONTO - Ontario's universal flu shot program isn't making much progress with the under-two crowd, a new study suggests.Vaccination rates among child...
TORONTO - It's a bit confounding, even for influenza.This year's Northern Hemisphere flu season has been markedly mild in many places — Canada, the ...
Claims by the manufacturer of Cold-FX that its cold remedy provides immediate relief may not be supported by scientific evidence, a CBC M...
TORONTO - Were you out of commission for most of the holidays? Laid low by some alien that invaded your throat and-or chest and-or sinuses and wouldn'...
There is nothing like being sick to make you focus on what is important and what you want out of life.
Influenza scientists are worried they may be feeling a cold front moving in.A recent unprecedented decision by the U.S. government to ask two leading ...
The World Health Organization is urging countries to be on the lookout for new flu viruses.The WHO is stressing the importance of monitoring for new v...
Just as Health Canada is considering approval of the first vaccine that would prevent the devastating disease that is Meningitis B, information from a recent study analyzing long-term affects of Men B on its victims should send a chill up our -- ironically enough -- spines.
You wake with a case of the sniffles, achey bones and a scratchy throat on those crucial few days before a big project at work is due. What do you do?...
