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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...
Is Polio Coming Back?
It was an unwelcome surprise in 2023 when the news broke that Canada had detected the polio virus in wastewater. The Canadian sample analysis...
Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever – An Up “Tick” in 2023
What is CCHF?
Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever virus (CCHFV) is a tick-borne virus belonging to the genus Nairovirus, family Bunyaviridae (Kuehnert, 2021). The disease was first described in...
Laboratory-Acquired Infections and the Pandemic. Too Much Speculation, Not Much Action! (Part 1)
By now, we all have heard the latest Wall Street Journal news (1) stating that the U.S. Energy Department believes that the Covid pandemic...
Wastewater: A “Smelly” Source for Critical Epidemiological Information
Who would have thought that our wastewater would become so popular during the COVID outbreak? Yet here we are in 2023 and wastewater has...
Masking or Not Masking (the ongoing discussion)
It’s now the end of 2022, and in addition to Covid-19, Influenza and RSV have been causing a significant strain on the public’s health....
ISO and Infectious Diseases: Watch out for ISO 45006 Guidelines
ISO and Infectious Diseases: Watch out for ISO 45006 Guidelines for Organizations on Preventing and Managing Infectious Diseases
Usually when we hear about ISO, we...
It’s the gut, stupid! Aligning the Immune Connection with Viral Infections
In 1992 during the successful presidential campaign of Bill Clinton, his campaign manager James Carville blurted out “it’s the economy, stupid”. As the story...
Standardizing Infection Prevention Processes for Safety and Sustainability
Little has been written on the topic of standardization within the cleaning industry. Most facilities know to follow the standards and guidelines set by...
Antimicrobial Resistance: A Review of a Broad-Spectrum Problem and Future Needs
Abstract
The drivers of antimicrobial resistance are complex and multifaceted, often involving the interplay between lack of medical infrastructure, agriculture, the environment, inadequate surveillance and...
