Infectious Diseases

Auditor general Michael Pickup says the Health Ministry had ways to estimate vaccination rates for residents and staff in about 500 long-term care and assisted-living facilities but the process was cumbersome.

Here are some reasons why the conclusions of this Cochrane Review are misleading.

The World Health Organization says although H5N1 has “spread widely in wild birds and poultry for 25 years,” there are now several international reports of spillover infections to mammals—including minks, otters, foxes and sea lions.

A booster shot during pregnancy bolstered protection against the Omicron variant in particular, said the study authors from the Canadian Immunization Research Network.

Those who received peginterferon lambda within three days had an 89% reduction in risk of hospitalization.

U.S. Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System used to determine risk of Guillain-Barré syndrome following use of three different COVID-19 vaccines

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this week sent a health alert to doctors, saying the outbreak included at least 55 people in 12 states. One died and at least five others had permanent vision loss.

Health Canada and other international regulatory agencies have not observed an elevated risk of stroke or any signals.