flu

Health

CDC committee votes to remove mercury-based thimerosal from flu vaccines

Thimerosal, a vaccine ingredient that has been a topic of controversy for many years, was recently on the agenda for…

Read More »
Health

U.S. vaccine panel rejects flu shots with a specific preservative, despite safety data

The Trump administration’s new vaccine advisers have recently endorsed flu vaccinations for nearly every American this fall. However, they have…

Read More »
Canada

Judge refuses to allow more avian flu tests on ostriches at B.C. farm

Canada’s Federal Court of Appeal has made a decision regarding the fate of an ostrich farm in British Columbia that…

Read More »
US Election 2024

HHS cuts funding to ‘under-tested’ mRNA technology for bird flu vaccines

President Donald Trump’s Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has made the decision to terminate awards totaling more than…

Read More »
Health

Dr. Oz, billionaire John Catsimatidis offer to take B.C. ostriches ordered killed due to avian flu

High-profile officials in the U.S. federal government, along with a prominent billionaire, are now stepping in to weigh in on…

Read More »
Health

Testing confirms avian flu after hundreds of dead geese found near Lipton, Sask.

The discovery of hundreds of dead geese in fields near Lipton, Sask., has been linked to avian influenza, a highly…

Read More »
Canada

Protesters gather at B.C. farm as ostriches set to be killed over bird flu fears

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has announced that the cull of a flock of ostriches in southwest B.C. will…

Read More »
Health

Court dismisses application to stop B.C. ostrich cull over avian flu

A recent ruling by a Federal Court judge has upheld the decision to cull approximately 400 ostriches on a farm…

Read More »
Tech

Millions of migrating birds pass through southwestern Ontario. Here’s how researchers are tracking avian flu

At a conservation site in southwestern Ontario, research student Cam Chevalier is hard at work collecting water samples from various…

Read More »
Health

Alberta’s flu death toll highest in at least 16 years as vaccination rates drop

Alberta is currently facing its deadliest flu season in recent memory, with 193 Albertans already succumbing to the illness. This…

Read More »
Back to top button