IPAC News for the week of February 27 – March 3, 2023
Characteristics associated with influenza vaccination uptake in pregnancy: a retrospective cohort study. Journal Education and training for infection prevention and control provided by long-term care homes to family caregivers: a scoping review protocol. Journal Measles outbreak that sickened 85 children declared over in Ohio. News New assessment on the origins of Covid-19 adds to the confusion. News Want to know how COVID-19 subvariants are behaving in Alberta? Now it's a...
IPAC News for the week of February 21 – 24, 2023
Increase of invasive pneumococcal disease in children temporally associated with RSV outbreak in Quebec: a time-series analysis. Journal Merck's COVID pill fails to prevent infection among household members. News COVID-19 linked to rise in heart attacks and other cardiovascular problems. News Blackhawks' Jonathan Toews Taking Break from Hockey to Deal with Continued Long COVID Symptoms. News Vaccines help battle cholera outbreak in Malawi. News FDA expands warning over contaminated eye...
IPAC News for the week of February 6 – 10, 2023
Rapid emergence of extensively drug-resistant Shigella sonnei in France. Journal Understanding the Barriers and Attitudes toward Influenza Vaccine Uptake in the Adult General Population: A Rapid Review. Journal Masking alone wouldn't have eased respiratory virus surge in the fall: PHO document. News Measles outbreak in central Ohio ends after 85 cases, all among children who weren’t fully vaccinated. News White-tailed deer harbouring COVID-19 variants thought to be nearly extinct in humans: study. News COVID-19 denier...
IPAC News for the week of January 30 – Feb 3, 2023
A two-ward acute care hospital outbreak of SARS-CoV-2 delta variant including a point-source outbreak associated with the use of a mobile vital signs cart and sub-optimal doffing of personal protective equipment. Journal Antimicrobial resistance in patients with COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal Community-Scale Wastewater Surveillance of Candida auris during an Ongoing Outbreak in Southern Nevada. Journal WHO says coronavirus remains a global health emergency. News No ‘elevated risk’ of stroke from Pfizer’s...