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Public health officer David Butler-Jones speaks at a news conference on H1N1 in Vancouver on Nov. 3, 2009.

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The calm face at the centre of Canada's immunization campaign

David Butler-Jones on the delays that have tripped up delivery of the H1N1 vaccine, and why the country's response program is a success

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The daily H1N1 question

Come back daily for answers to your questions from the Globe's public health reporter on the H1N1 virus. Today's question: Why aren't seniors a priority when it comes to vaccinations?

Your H1N1 travel questions answered

What you need to know to travel safely as we head into one of the busiest travel seasons

JANN ARDEN, musician: “I’m not [getting the shot, because] of all the reading and stuff that I’ve done. I’m coming into a period of time where I meet probably 100 people every night and shake their hands and have a picture taken with them. But having said that, I’m a chronic hand washer. I don’t think I’d be kissing strangers on the cheek or anything of the sort ... I’m not in that really touchy age group which is teenagers kind of up to 35, 38 and then the elderly, so I don’t really fit the profile. I’m 47 and I’m just not afraid of that. Am I crazy?”

In Pictures

Q&A: Are you getting the H1N1 shot?

Why Rick Mercer is planning on getting vaccinated and Jann Arden isn't.

Sheila Garcia, 3, has a mask put on her head before visiting a patient at the hospital in Palo Alto, Calif. on Oct. 19, 2009.

Ask André Picard

A guide to H1N1 for parents

The Globe's public health reporter answers your questions about children and swine flu

UK's Dept of Health ad on how to protect against H1N1.

Adhocracy

In the battle against H1N1, these ads are different strains

Changing behaviour is not like selling soap. But each territory has its own approach

Licensed Practical Nurse Elsabet Rahemeto prepares a dose of the swine flu vaccine for a patient in Phoenix on Saturday. Several Canadian provinces are set to roll out their own vaccinations programs this week.

ROB Magazine Interactive

Scale of a pandemic

Tracking the human and economic costs of H1N1

A picture of a syringue and two flasks of Pandemrix A (H1N1) vaccine from Glaxo Smith Kline.

Canada's flu vaccine leftovers being sent overseas

Manufacturer exporting excess antigen, the vaccine's key component, because it's producing more of it than it can actively put into vials

B.C. strikes divisive tone on flu strategy

Debate over national immunization campaign comes as some clinics are forced to turn people away, and provinces are recasting their priority lists

State of conflusion

Flu fears eat into the buffet biz

With H1N1 in mind, restaurant managers are being told to track illnesses, be lenient with sick leave

Lineups diminish as clinics enforce flu shot rules

Those who did not meet the eligibility requirements turned away at door of former Mount Pleasant Community Centre

State of conflusion

Ill this fall? Don't be a hero

Coming into the office with the chills or even a persistent sneeze has become a workplace faux pas

No business like flu business

It's a season of uncertainty, but sales are booming: Companies see an upside to the pandemic with surge in demand for face masks and sanitizers

Funeral

Swine flu 'wearing the face of our beautiful son'

Father's eulogy marvels at ‘the Evan effect,' the 13-year-old flu victim's capacity to touch the lives of others

Private-clinic patients jump the line for flu shot

Health agencies give clinics in Toronto and Vancouver access to vaccines amid shortage; Ontario vows review

State of conflusion

Adjuvant worries dispelled by MDs

Amid confusion over the safety of adjuvants, the Canadian Paediatric Society has restated that vaccines with the immune-boosting substance don't pose any risks

Eleven year-old Kerimal Suriel receives an H1N1 swine flu vaccine at the Children's Hospital Boston primary care clinic in Boston, Massachusetts October 7, 2009.

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My 10-month-old got H1N1, and now I feel better

Reaction to swine flu seems like a horror movie. But when my son came down with it, I actually felt calmer

Discussion
H1N1 myth busters

Dr. Michael Gardam of the Ontario Agency of Health Protection and Promotion answers your questions and debunks common misconceptions on the swine flu vaccine

Dr. Michael Gardam in a lab at UHN in Toronto, August 29, 2007.
Health and safety
Should I get the H1N1 shot?

We answer six key questions on Canada's largest-ever mass immunization campaign

Volunteer Kevin Fairbairn holds a sign as he encourages residents of the Downtown Eastside to enter a clinic to receive the H1N1 flu vaccine in Vancouver, B.C., on Monday October 26, 2009.
FAQ on H1N1
Send questions to The Globe's André Picard

Our Public Health Reporter will regularly scan your queries and answer as many as he can

Andre Picard
Globe Essay
Fear's old struggle with vaccination

The alarm over H1N1 pales beside the battles over smallpox – especially in 19th-century Montreal

People wait in line to receive the H1N1 vaccine in Haltom City, Tex.
Photogallery
A closer look at the H1N1 virus

Images from around the world on the fight to prevent the swine flu spread

An employee holds out a plush toy model of the H1N1 swine flu virus at the Newbury Comics store in Boston, Massachusetts October 16, 2009.
Flu videos
Watch flu videos from around the world

Watch videos from around the world about the pandemic and how health-care workers and everyday people are coping

A woman receives a flu vaccination in the western German city of Mainz on Oct. 7, 2009.
Swine flu resources
Useful Web sites, Twitter links and blog posts

There's a lot of information out there, but what's reliable? We put it all in one place

Medical masks by the Moldex company are on display as delegates from around the world arrive for the International Swine Flu Conference in this August 19, 2009 file photo at the Hyatt Regency Washington Hotel in Washington, DC.
How companies are fighting H1N1

Workers are calling in sick, employment lawyers are swamped with calls; doctors urge employers not to demand sick notes

People sit in a waiting area for turn to be injected with the H1N1 flu vaccine at a clinic in Ottawa.