Flu cruise operator cuts back popular service to Canada
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Cruise operator, Victoria Clipper, started offering flu shot cruises to Canada for Americans desperate to get their vaccine soon after it was announced that the USA had lost 48% of its flu vaccine doses.
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OTTAWA (CP) - There may be over two million doses of surplus flu vaccine in Canada to send to the United States where there is a serious shortage, says Canada&#39;s public health officer.
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Nearly 120 passengers and crew members became sick with a stomach virus aboard a ship that returned to port Saturday after a five-day Caribbean cruise, Royal Caribbean International officials said.
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TORONTO - Health officials in at least two provinces are worried the increased demand for flu vaccine, triggered by publicity of the shortage in the United States, may lead to a shortfall in Canada this winter.
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Don&#39;t expect flu vaccines from Canada and overseas to fill the void left by the British government&#39;s decision to shut down a major US supplier, Secretary of Health and Human Services Tommy Thompson said Thursday.
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Canada suspended use of three batches of a mumps vaccine on Wednesday after five people fell ill in the midst of a vaccination campaign in the western province of Alberta.
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A ferry service that has been offering scenic cruises to Canada plus a flu shot ended the package deal Thursday. The Canadian clinic that had been providing the vaccine can no longer guarantee
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In an enterprising combination of tourism and health care, people are taking a high-speed ferry cruise across scenic Puget Sound to British Columbia, and getting a flu shot, too.
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About 230 people aboard a cruise ship fell ill with a gastrointestinal illness while on a Caribbean voyage, forcing the trip to end early.
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Thousands of low-income adults won&#39;t be getting their annual flu shot from county health centers or hospitals this year because the Harris County Hospital District&#39;s entire 60,000-dose order has been canceled.
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TORONTO (CP) - Canadian supplies of influenza vaccine will not be affected by the stunning withdrawal from the world market of millions of doses made by Chiron Corp.
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MONTREAL (CP) - ID Biomedical, Canada's main supplier of flu vaccine, has elected to sell its remaining surplus doses of vaccine in Canada, not the United States, the company announced Tuesday.
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With signs pointing to an early start of the influenza season, it&#39;s looking less likely the US will turn to a Canadian vaccine manufacturer to help ease the shortage south of the border.
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Hundreds of vaccination clinics scheduled across the Washington region were canceled abruptly yesterday as public and private health officials struggled to respond to the nation's loss of 48 million doses of influenza vaccine.
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HALIFAX (CP) - Canada has closed its ports to vessels from the Faroe Islands and Greenland in response to shrimp overfishing outside its territorial limit.
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Have the news stories that matter most sent to your inbox daily. Canada has closed its ports to vessels from the Faroe Islands and Greenland in response to overfishing of shrimp outside its territorial limit.
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VANCOUVER - Vancouver-based ID Biomedical has decided not to sell 1.2 million flu shots to the US after all - and will keep the vaccine in Canada, at the request of the federal government.