Tag Archives: Flu

Despite the shocking news of three toddler deaths due to influenza in Saskatchewan this flu season, walk-in clinics in Saskatoon aren't seeing a spike in patients looking for a vaccination. Clinics ac...

Saskatchewan health officials are are encouraging people not to wait to get their flu shots with the peak season over a month away. The Saskatchewan Health Authority says a "small" number cases of inf...

The Saskatchewan Health Authority will begin distributing free flu shots this week. The vaccinations will be available provincewide starting Oct. 22 at public health clinics, local pharmacies and some...

Whether it be a cough or a sniffle, flu cases have run rampant across Saskatchewan this year. Numbers published by the ministry of health show confirmed flu cases rose by more than 94 per cent in the ...

People who got this year's flu shot should probably be glad they did. Simon Kapaj, Deputy medical health officer with the Saskatoon health region, said this year's vaccine contained the H3N2 strain. "...

It's that sneezing, coughing, feel-lousy time of year -- flu season has arrived and health officials in the Saskatoon health region are warning it's going to ramp up over the holidays.   "It's pi...

The number of flu cases in Saskatchewan is growing and the province's chief medical health officer expects that to continue. "We'll probably see more ICU admissions and, unfortunately, deaths for the ...

Public Service campaigns to get people immunized ahead of influzenza season begin in the fall, but the Saskatoon Health Region is making a mid-winter call after seeing an upswing in cas...