Infectious Diseases

Full details regarding influenza immunization, including recommendations for immunocompromised persons and those with other chronic health conditions

Fever in a returning international traveller should initially be considered a medical emergency that requires prompt and thorough evaluation.

Rilpivirine is the fifth NNRTI to be marketed in Canada.

Some people at high risk for HIV infection harbour misconceptions about HIV vaccine research, generating confusion and mistrust of the medical profession; however, many people are keen to contribute to this area of investigation as a way of giving back to their community, a new study suggests.

The vaccine was authorized for sale in Canada for the 2010/11 influenza season, but the NACI did not issue recommendations for its use until now.

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Even in a province with a universal influenza immunization program, nearly half the children in a major Toronto hospital were not given flu vaccine in the winter of 2010.