Mexico’s Health Ministry said in a statement that the girl from the western state of Durango died early Tuesday after she was hospitalized with respiratory complications caused by the infection.
Measles, a highly contagious viral infection formally considered eliminated from Canada in 1998, is making a surprising comeback, challenging our public health systems and communities at large.
Canadian Immunization Guide chapter on meningococcal vaccines has been updated to incorporate the fourth quadrivalent conjugate meningococcal vaccine, MenQuadfi.
Last week, Ontario’s chief medical officer of health told the Canadian Press that the measles outbreak is likely to continue into the summer, but a stable rate of new cases is a hopeful sign that it will not worsen.
Ten is an interesting number. It got me to think, what questions would I like answered about medicine? After a long career dealing with medical quandaries, I thought I’d list 10.
In an editorial published in the CMAJ on Monday, editor-in-chief Kirsten Patrick said it’s important for medical journals to stand up for science and condemn the erosion of public health surveillance and data collection south of the border.
The highly infectious disease is still predominantly impacting unvaccinated infants, kids and teenagers, most in Southwestern and Grand Erie public health units.
