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AI antibiotics for superbugs could lead to ‘golden age of discovery’
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for August 15, 2025 Source:AI antibiotics for superbugs could lead to ‘golden age of discovery’
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Mosquitoes test positive for West Nile in Ottawa. Overall risk to the public is low based on previously tabulated data.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for August 13, 2025 Source:Mosquitoes test positive for West Nile in Ottawa
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Northward spread of Aspergillus species poses increased health risks for susceptible individuals for which we are woefully unprepared.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for May 26, 2025 Source:A fungus that can ‘eat you from the inside out’ could spread as the world heats up
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The Ontario Government is not responsible for your personal decisions that have led to an increase in measles infections. It is responsible for providing the means to access the vaccine should you decide to use it and it has done so.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for May 8, 2025 Source:Ford and Jones defend Ontario measles response, despite 1,243 cases since October
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Study explores Long Covid prevalence and uncertainty in England
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for March 20, 2025 Source:Study explores Long Covid prevalence and uncertainty in England Reference:Exploring Long Covid Prevalence and Patient Uncertainty by Sociodemographic Characteristics Using GP Patient Survey Data
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Scientists hypothesize that an oral microbe might be responsible for the mechanism that leads to Alzheimer’s.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for February 24, 2025 Source:The Cause of Alzheimer’s Might Be Coming From Inside Your Mouth Reference:Porphyromonas gingivalis in Alzheimer’s disease brains: Evidence for disease causation and treatment with small-molecule inhibitors
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Bird flu genetically combining with human flu strains is a concern and is being actively monitored by health organizations like the Public Health Agency of Canada among others.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for February 19, 2025 Source:The danger of bird flu mixing with human flu? A potential pandemic
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Exposure of blood infections possible from 2 beauty salons in Ottawa
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for January 29, 2025 Source:Exposure of blood infections possible from 2 beauty salons in Ottawa
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Can cytomegalovirus infection lead to the development of Alzheimer’s later in life? Study suggests that there may be a link in a subset of people.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for January 8, 2025 Source:Scientists Discover Common Virus Could Be Causing a Type of Alzheimer’s Reference:Alzheimer’s disease-associated CD83(+) microglia are linked with increased immunoglobulin G4 and human cytomegalovirus in the gut, vagal nerve, and brain