November 25, 2019 General information Media focuses on the “comeback” of plague (it isn’t) yet ignores the measles epidemic that has claimed tens of thousands of children’s lives.
November 13, 2019 General information Bacterial antibiotic drug resistance is a major health issue and is not abating. Changes to agricultural and medical policy among other strategies are required to mitigate this trend.
November 11, 2019 General information Ottawa school has greatest philosophical vaccine exemption rate. The California policy change to eliminate it reversed this outcome in their schools.
October 28, 2019 Health Policy We wear seat belts don’t we just in case? Get the flu vaccine for the same reason and save yourself from 3-4 weeks of misery and for some, death.
October 9, 2019 General information U.S. maintains its measles elimination status for now but vaccine misinformation by antivaxxers continues to whittle away at it. Your (grand)mother and (grand)father would not be proud;they remember our disease history. Children suffered damage and died.
September 26, 2019 Health Statistics First case of West Nile Virus reported in Ottawa. It will pale in comparison to the upcoming (and risk generally ignored/dismissed by the public) flu season except you can do something to help prevent the flu.
September 20, 2019 General information Hand washing seems to be best compared to alcohol-based hand sanitizers when trying to eliminate flu virus.
September 18, 2019 Health Policy Governments’ political-expediency-yardstick that never looks past its nose will not spend the time and money preparing to protect its citizens from the next pandemic.
