IPAC News for the week of May 16 – 20, 2022
Recurring outbreaks by the same Escherichia coli ST10 clone in a broiler unit during 18 months. Journal
Facilitators and barriers of infectious diseases surveillance activities: lessons from the Global Polio Eradication Initiative – a mixed-methods study. Journal
National rates and disparities in childhood vaccination and vaccine-preventable disease during the COVID-19 pandemic: English sentinel network retrospective database study. Journal
About 11 per cent of admitted COVID patients return to hospital or die within 30 days: study. News
Wildlife rescue on Vancouver Island to limit visitors as avian flu continues to spread in B.C. News
Lyme infection rate is 40 per cent in blacklegged ticks in parts of N.S., says researcher. News
Pakistan hit by deadly cholera outbreak as heat wave grips South Asia. News
North Korea on brink of Covid-19 catastrophe, say experts. News
Parents anxiously awaiting updates as Health Canada assesses COVID-19 vaccine for young kids. News
Investigators search for culprit behind norovirus outbreak in B.C. oysters. News
Mozambique declares polio outbreak after confirming case in northeastern Tete province. News
2 monkeypox cases confirmed in Quebec — the first in Canada. News
Two of four Ontario party leaders sick with COVID-19. News
Have Albertans come to accept COVID’s high death toll? Experts weigh in. News