The Public Health Agency of Canada said Wednesday it's purchased 500,000 doses of a human vaccine to protect against avian ...

The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) and its partners are taking proactive measures to protect the health of people in ...

Alberta is reviewing new guidance on H5N1 avian influenza vaccines, and who might get them, as shipments are readied to fan ...

In other avian flu developments, tests at the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) have confirmed the H5N1 strain in rats for ...

The Public Health Agency of Canada says the purchase of 500,000 vaccines are a 'proactive' measure to ensure the doses are ready if they need to be used.

The National Advisory Committee on Immunization, Canada's advisory group on vaccines, has also released preliminary guidance on using the vaccine in a non-pandemic context. Health officials are ...

The National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) is an External Advisory Body that provides the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) with independent, ongoing, and timely medical, scientific, ...

As H5N1 avian influenza spreads among poultry and waterfowl in Canada, the federal government has announced it is purchasing vaccines to protect people at greatest risk of exposure. Risk to the ...

Following similar deals in countries like the United States and the U.K., Canada is bolstering its stockpile of bird flu ...

The federal government has secured 500,000 doses of GSK’s Arepanrix H5N1 vaccine to protect workers at higher risk of exposure to avian influenza A(H5N1), according to the Public Health Agency of ...

The Canadian government has purchased an initial supply of 500,000 doses of human vaccine against avian influenza.