Measles vaccine available in Airdrie at Polaris Travel Clinic and Pharmacy For those who are unable to drive into Calgary for the mass measles vaccination clinics and are not able to make an appointment at the AHS Public Health Clinic in Airdrie, Polaris Travel Clinic and Pharmacy can provide a local alternative with no waiting Continue Reading

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Polaris Travel Clinic and Pharmacy is proud to announce they will be running a fundraiser for the Airdrie Health Foundation.  Polaris will donate $1 for every travel vaccine administered at the clinic from March 1, 2014 until June 30, 2014.  Funds donated will go towards helping the AHF advocate for 24/7 emergency Continue Reading

Polaris Travel Clinic and Pharmacy is proud to announce that they have donated $605 to the Airdrie Food Bank.  Polaris donated $1 for every travel vaccine administered at their clinic from the period of September to December 2013, resulting in a total of $605.  Funds donated will go to the food bank’s hamper program. The Continue Reading

As of Thursday, January 9, 2013 – We have run out of flu vaccine in the injection form, but we still have it in the nasal spray form.  Alberta Health announced that they will be keeping all remaining doses of vaccine for their own mass clinics and public health offices.  Once we use up our Continue Reading

Polaris Travel Clinic and Pharmacy has flu vaccine available as of Wednesday, January 8.  You can book an appointment by calling 403-980-TRIP (8747).   You can also drop in to our clinic at 191 Edwards Way SW without an appointment, but you will have to wait for an available time around the existing booked appointments. Continue Reading

Flu shots will be available on October 20, 2014 – for more information check out www.polaristravelclinic.ca/flu As of Thursday, January 9, 2013 – We have run out of flu vaccine in the injection form, but we still have it in the nasal spray form.  Alberta Health announced that they will be keeping all remaining doses Continue Reading

We are going to be open extended hours over the fall and winter.  Between flu shots and more people travelling, we want to make our clinic as accessible as possible.  We will provide information about extended hours on our News page on our website, on our Twitter feed @polaristravelrx and our Facebook page.  

Today (August 20) is World Mosquito Day.  It commemorates when British doctor Sir Ronald Ross mad the link that female mosquitoes transmit malaria between humans.  You can find out more information at http://malarianomore.org.uk/world-mosquito-day

Polaris Travel Clinic and Pharmacy donates $1 for every vaccine given at our clinic to a charity. From January to April our selected charity was Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders). We are happy to report that Polaris donated $215 to MSF as a result of this program. We have chosen Carpenters4Cambodia as our charity Continue Reading