Canada Putting Up No Fight Against Antimicrobial Resistance
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A number of recent developments in the last three months have catapulted antimicrobial resistance onto the world stage. Many other countries, such as the...
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...
The Dangers of Celebrating Too Early
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Clostridium difficile infections are a significant cause of death and harm in the United States. Despite their growing prevalence, surveillance and public reporting of...
Disease ‘X’ – The Next Pandemic?
When the WHO created the term Disease X in early 2018, Covid was not yet on the horizon. However, Disease X was mentioned together...
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...
Drug Resistant Malaria: Are Genetically Engineered Mosquitoes the Answer?
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Malaria is a deadly disease caused by parasites that mosquitoes transmit. It is responsible for hundreds of thousands of deaths each year. Effective chemical...
Pan Access: The Need for Open Access
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Valuable information from all over the world is being overlooked because the information is not being provided to the key players. Access to the...
Insurance Companies Pay the Price for HAIs
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Hospitals continually publicize their levels of quality and safety, but there is still a steady increase in occurrences and fatalities due to infections...
Zika Response Must Include Public Health Initiatives
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Zika virus fever is spreading in Latin America and has put the local and national health authorities, as well as the general population, on high...
Global Antibiotic Awareness Week
Antibiotics are sometimes revered as one of humankind’s greatest discoveries. Thanks to antibiotics, the lives of billions of people have been saved. The ubiquity of...
