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A few good local artists are having their art auctioned off Saturday night to help raise funds for HIV awareness. Calgary artists such as Sheila Kernan, Carla Tucker, Yvonne Cattoni, Nicole Musser, and...
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Critical flu symposium coming to Calgary
The flu took flight in 2009, just as my classmates and I embarked on our medical training. It morphed from the sniffles and brief sickness that so many of us had taken for granted, into a true...
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Ebola’s Past Can Inform Our Future: Lessons From its Discoverer
Guest article by Michael Mackley. “There’s no future in infectious disease” – that is what Dr. Peter Piot’s professors told him before he went on to co-discover the Ebola virus in 1976. Dr. Piot spoke...
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Where you can get your flu vaccine
Looking to get the flu vaccine? Here are the locations of clinics around Calgary. - Brentwood Village Mall, 3630 Brentwood Rd. N.W. - Northgate, 495 36th St. N.E. - Richmond Road Diagnostic Treatment...
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Calgarians line up for flu shots
Calgary residents lined up for flu vaccines at four clinics Monday as health officials hoped to immunize a much larger share of the population than last year. The flu vaccine, which the province aims...
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Myths prevent many from getting flu shots, says expert
Offering flu shots to children in Alberta’s schools could be an effective way to increase the province’s immunization rates and reduce health-care costs associated with influenza, says a University of...
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Editorial: A shot of common sense
Many Albertans have been wringing their hands over the prospect of Ebola arriving in the province, but it’s a certainty that another potential killer will be making an appearance: influenza. The...
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New study presents controversial conclusions about flu shots
Other infectious menaces might dominate recent headlines, but flu season is nevertheless around the corner. Influenza is a real threat to average Canadians, and it is estimated that every year, more...
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Three Albertans have died from the flu this season
Three Albertans — two in Edmonton and one in the province’s South zone — have died from the flu so far this season. Nearly two weeks after flu vaccination clinics opened across the province, Alberta...
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Clients of Calgary tattoo shop urged to get tested for hepatitis, HIV
Anyone who got inked at a home-based tattoo shop in northwest Calgary is urged by Alberta Health Services to get tested for a variety of viruses, including HIV, after the shop was ordered to close....
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Four flu deaths so far this season as number of Albertans immunized...
As the number of confirmed flu cases across the province continues to rise, more than 580,000 Albertans have been vaccinated at public flu clinics, doctor’s offices and pharmacies. Alberta Health...
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Update: Risk 'extremely low' that Calgary patient has Ebola, health officials...
Health officials in Calgary are testing a patient for Ebola, but they caution the risk is “extremely low” that she is infected with the deadly virus. The woman was admitted to Peter Lougheed Centre...
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Update: Ground beef being recalled for possible E. Coli contamination...
The country’s biggest meat processor is pulling more than 14,000 kilograms of ground beef from store shelves across Western Canada after random retail sampling found the product was tainted with a...
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Compelling Calgarian — Dr. Annalee Coakley
When Dr. Annalee Coakley pursued her interest in infectious diseases, she had no idea she would become an advocate for refugee health services, stepping into an intense spat with federal policies. “It...
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ER delays worsen as flu cases surge in Calgary
Fewer than a third of the sickest patients at Calgary hospitals are being admitted within the targeted eight hours as flu cases surge in the city. Public health officials report the number of...
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Whooping cough outbreak slow to leave Central Alberta
Cases of whooping cough are still being diagnosed in central Alberta — the only health zone in the province experiencing an outbreak. The zone’s medical health officer says there is no way to know how...
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One in five Albertans say vaccines can cause autism
One in five Albertans believe some vaccines can cause autism, according to a new poll that suggests a big segment of the population is wary about a perceived medical side-effect that has been widely...
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Health experts ask for mandatory education on vaccination
In the wake of an exclusive poll which found 21 per cent of Albertans believe vaccinations cause autism, health experts are asking the province to make education about vaccines mandatory for parents...
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Calgary woman leaves for Ebola-stricken Sierra Leone
When Valerie Heerema saw news coverage of the devastating situation in Ebola-stricken Sierra Leone, she felt compelled to help. On Sunday, the Calgarian departed for a Red Cross Ebola Treatment Centre...
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Alberta Liberals call for mandatory vaccines for schoolchildren
The Alberta Liberals want the Tory government to make vaccinations mandatory for all students. Liberal Leader David Swann raised the issue in question period Wednesday, saying that three Canadian...
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