Four lesser known facts about Dengue
Like many tropical countries, India witnesses a cyclical spike in the number of Dengue cases every 4-5 years1. The current year has been one...
What’s in a Name? Canada’s new “Biocide” Regulation coming in 2024!
As 2023 has ended and we reflect on the past year, we also look at the new year for what will happen around the...
Endoscopes: A Patient versus Worker Health Dilemma – Total Health
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As the public becomes more aware of the possibility of becoming infected with drug resistant pathogens from inadequately reprocessed endoscopes when they undergo endoscopic...
The case for Antimicrobial Stewardship: A Student Call to Action.
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Antibiotic resistance is a modern-day crisis. Medical professionals are quickly running out of antibiotics that we can use to treat deadly bacterial infections and...
Zika Threat Warning Raised Without Proof of Causation
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Dr. Margaret Chan, Director-General of the World Health Organization, convened an Emergency Committee of 18 experts and advisers to assess the level of threat...
It’s not too Late (to Fight Back Against Infectious Diseases)
Antibiotic resistance is a major threat reaching pandemic levels. Bacterial infections that were once easily treated with the antibiotics are becoming resistant to not...
Hepatitis C Virus Still Unacceptably High Risk for Healthcare Workers
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Background: A recently published study describes that the prevalence of occupational hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is higher than the general population. This study...
Public Health and Emerging Disease Outbreaks: Why Talking to the Community is a Good...
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The keys to combat infectious diseases are out there. Due to insufficient communication between key players, we still don't know how to compile all...
The MMR Vaccine and Autism Conspiracy. Enough Already!
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Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water, the anti-vaccination “conspiracy” movement continues to attempt to raise its ugly...
The Post-Antibiotic Era
In April 2014, the World Health Organization (WHO) released a report detailing the serious threat of antibiotic resistance. The ‘post-antibiotic’ era is fast approaching...
