IPAC News for the week of July 18 – 22, 2022
Ghana confirms its first outbreak of deadly Marburg virus NEWS Public Health Agency of Canada publishes National Advisory Committee on Immunization recommendations on the use of Moderna Spikevax COVID-19 vaccine for children under 5 Website Alberta Health Services rescinds COVID-19 immunization policy for its workers, including new hires and students NEWS Should you get your fourth COVID-19 vaccine dose now? NEWS Monkeypox cases continue to rise in Canada, concerns that the vaccine is not widely available, affecting spread...
IPAC News for the week of July 11 – 15, 2022
Examining the role of person-to-person transmission during a verocytotoxigenic Escherichia coli outbreak in Ontario, Canada. Journal Dynamic mapping of cholera outbreak during the Yemeni Civil War, 2016–2019. Journal Caution needed as Canada enters summer wave of COVID-19, experts say. News Macau shuts down casinos following Covid outbreak. News Non-travel methods investigated as mystery Cyclospora outbreak spreads to Canada. News N.L. is at more risk of a COVID surge than anywhere in Canada, says...
IPAC News for the week of July 4 – 8, 2022
Burden of vaccine-preventable diseases among at-risk adult populations in the US. Journal Nosocomial COVID-19 Infection in a Long-Term Hospital in Spain: Retrospective Observational Study. Journal Doctors urge Ontario to open 4th doses of COVID-19 vaccine to all adults. News DR Congo declares end to latest Ebola outbreak. News Listeria outbreak linked to Florida ice cream brand. News Almost 6,000 receive monkeypox vaccine in Toronto. News Ontario NDP calls for plan to expand access to 4th...
IPAC News for the week of June 27 – 30, 2022
Emerging strategies for environmental decontamination of the nosocomial fungal pathogen Candida auris. Journal Development of a Model for the Spread of Nosocomial Infection Outbreaks Using COVID-19 Data. Journal Canada outperformed most G10 countries during first two years of pandemic response: study. News Flu vaccination 'can reduce risk of Alzheimer's disease'. News Vietnam dengue outbreak tally rises to 77,000. News Wimbledon reviews Covid-19 protocols after Berrettini is forced out by virus. News What causes long COVID? Canadian...