This week, Canadian Minister of Health Leona Aglukkaq, announced that Health Canada and the Public Health Agency of Canada will be able to offer every Canadian citizen a H1N1 flu vaccination (the AREPANRIX vaccine produced by Canadian manufacturer, GlaxoSmithKline). Such a capacity is in in stark contrast to the United States where vaccinations are scarce and, when available, are generally only to be given to high risk groups including pregnant women, infants, young children, and adults with specific preexisting conditions.

A report by the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) has identified the top ten riskiest foods regulated by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The foods on the list are those that accounted for the most reports of foodborne illnesses and deaths characterized as outbreaks according to the Center's for Disease Control (CDC) between 1990 and 2006.