Infectious Diseases

As a United Nations effort to negotiate a treaty on plastic pollution wraps up this weekend, let’s test your knowledge of the ubiquitous and potentially hazardous pollutants known as microplastics.

University of Waterloo researchers develop a liposome-based drug delivery platform that releases the drug in response to a toxin.

‘You have to assume that raw milk, unpasteurized milk, has potential infectious agents that can cause serious illness in the people who drink it.’

On Tuesday night, Trump nominated Dr. Jay Bhattacharya to lead the National Institutes of Health, tapping an opponent of pandemic lockdowns and vaccine mandates to lead the nation’s top medical research agency.

The most recent figures from New Brunswick’s Health Department are notable given the ongoing outbreak of measles in the province.

Beata Halassy administered strains of virus prepared in her own laboratory to treat a recurrence of triple-negative breast cancer.

The infection announced earlier this month was the first human case of H5N1 avian flu acquired in Canada.

OR medical staff should be included in the design process.