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.
September 17, 2019 Health Policy Toronto Medical Officer of Health says province should scrap philosophical and religious exemptions for student vaccinations
August 29, 2019 Infectious Disease There are likely several reasons for the increasing number of people contracting syphilis infections.
August 2, 2019 Health Statistics CBC’s report on STIs in Canada leaves a lot of important discerning detail out of the discussion effectively nullifying its premise until specific questions are properly answered.
July 18, 2019 General information Severe Australian flu season may be what we can expect to see in North America’s upcoming season.
July 11, 2019 Infectious Disease Sticking to proper contact lens hygiene instructions will reduce your risk of a parasitic eye infection described in recent news.
