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Flu vaccination during pregnancy is safe for child in early years: Ottawa study
Posted on Wednesday, July 10, 2019 06:30 PM
Corresponding author, Dr. Deshayne Fell
OTTAWA — A study from Ottawa published today in The BMJ concludes that there is no association between exposure to the 2009 H1N1 “swine flu” vaccine during pregnancy and health problems in a child’s first five years of life.
“The findings of this paper should be very reassuring to pregnant women deciding to get a flu shot,” says corresponding author...
Welcome to CHEO’s new website
Posted on Tuesday, June 25, 2019 04:17 PM
Teens and families helped identify site’s new features
OTTAWA, ON – Today, CHEO unveiled its new bilingual website (www.cheo.on.ca), a collaborative effort between youth, families, staff and physicians who worked together to deliver a website that is clean and bright, easy to use and helpful.
The new site is mobile-friendly, which means its webpages automatically adapt and re-size to fit the screen of whatever device a visitor is using. It is...
CHEO’s WE Club paints Forward Movement icons
Posted on Friday, May 31, 2019 05:00 AM
OTTAWA — CHEO’s WE Club is holding a Forward Movement Painting Party to paint three parking spaces with the Forward Movement icon, the first at CHEO.
The CHEO WE Club is Canada’s only chapter composed entirely of youth with disabilities. They raised money to pay for the supplies and stencil needed to paint the parking spots.
In their invitation to the party they wrote, “This logo proves that just because we have a disability does not...
New CEO and Scientific Director of CHEO RI and VP Research of CHEO
Posted on Thursday, March 07, 2019 03:55 PM
The following is a letter to partners from Alex Munter, CHEO’s President and CEO, and Caroline Somers, the Board Chair of the CHEO Research Institute.
On behalf of the Boards of Directors of CHEO and the CHEO Research Institute (CHEO RI), we are pleased to share that Dr. Jason Berman will be the new CEO and Scientific Director of the CHEO RI and the VP Research of CHEO.
Dr. Berman joins us from Halifax’s IWK Health Centre and Dalhousie University, where he is the Interim Vice President Research,...
CHEO recognized as a Top Employer in region for 8th year
Posted on Friday, February 01, 2019 09:00 AM
Feb. 1, 2019—OTTAWA— For the eighth time, CHEO has been recognized as one of the National Capital Region’s Top Employers. The 2019 Top Employers list includes organizations from across the region that are at the forefront of their respective industries.
The National Capital Region’s Top Employers 2019 list is the 14th annual competition evaluating and recognizing exceptional places to work in the Ottawa area. CHEO is one of two health-care workplaces to...