Infectious Diseases

NACI issues new guidance on use of pneumococcal vaccines, incorporating the new 21-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (Capvaxive).

Given this rapid pace of growth, it can be challenging to keep current. This article offers an overview of vaccines recently approved and/or marketed in Canada to help make sense of all these recent changes.

At a walk-in, the variety of problems is wide—and so is the amount of time that elapses since a concern began, Dr. Robert Dickson finds again.

Experts at the Canadian Immunization Conference discussed Canada’s plans to prevent a pandemic.

Meta-analysis of 3,374 cases of complicated appendicitis operated on by laparoscopy has once again called into question the relevance of this practice.

Delivery of RSV immunization by family doctors better than expected.

By monitoring the signature of urinary tract infections using a mass spectrometer and then comparing them with those of the bacteria in a patient's urine, researchers can determine the UTI bacteria rapidly.

Data provides new way to frame discussions about influenza vaccines with older adults.