IPAC News for the week of April 26 to April 30, 2021
Updated characterization of poliovirus transmission in Pakistan and Afghanistan and the impacts of different outbreak response vaccine options. Journal Effect of Vaccination on Preventing Influenza-Associated Hospitalizations Among Children During a Severe Season Associated With B/Victoria Viruses, 2019–2020. Journal Canada to get 1.9M vaccine doses this week, including first Johnson & Johnson shots. News Brampton, Ont., teen among youngest Canadians to die with COVID-19. News Nova Scotia reports single-day record 66 new cases of COVID-19...
IPAC News for the week of April 19 to April 23, 2021
Ethics of emerging infectious disease outbreak responses: Using Ebola virus disease as a case study of limited resource allocation. Journal First reported outbreak of the emerging pathogen Candida auris in Canada. Journal Federal government expecting 1M vaccine doses this week after Moderna delays delivery. News Iqaluit’s COVID-19 outbreak adds three more cases. News Possible Legionnaire’s Outbreak in Missouri Hot Tub. News More COVID-19 outbreaks reported at Calgary daycares. News India's health system is collapsing as...
IPAC News for the week of April 12 to April 16, 2021
Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Subtype H5N8 in Poultry Farms, South Korea. Journal Clostridium difficile Infection Reservoirs Within an Acute Rehabilitation Environment. Journal BC Is Apparently Dealing With The Biggest P.1 Variant Outbreak Outside Of Brazil. News Employee at Canada Post facility in Toronto dies amid COVID-19 outbreak. News Huge gatherings at India's Hindu festival as COVID-19 surges. News OUTBREAK AT CANADA POST. A memoir from inside the Gateway Plant. News South African commercial...
IPAC News for the week of April 6 to April 9, 2021
MRSA improvement within a highly endemic hospital in Malta: infection control measures or clonal change? Journal Canucks' 'scary' COVID-19 outbreak sends chill through North Division. News Bring COVID-19 vaccines to essential businesses, owner says after outbreak. News Are youth sports an engine of B.1.1.7 outbreaks? News SickKids opens ICU beds to adults with COVID-19 to help strained health-care system. News Death connected to growing Vernon hospital COVID outbreak, Kelowna outbreaks holding steady. News 25 Canucks players,...
IPAC News for the week of March 29 to April 1, 2021
Epidemiology of and risk factors for mortality due to carbapenemase-producing organisms (CPO) in healthcare facilities. Journal Health Canada taking further action to confirm the benefit-risk profile of the AstraZeneca vaccine. News Pfizer study suggests COVID-19 vaccine is safe, protective in younger teens. News Ontario now has more COVID-19 patients in ICU than ever before. News Athabasca school moving classes online next week as COVID-19 outbreak grows to 47 cases. News Doctors fear Bengal is...
IPAC News for the week of March 22 to 26, 2021
Emergence of Macrolide-Resistant Mycoplasma pneumoniae during an Outbreak in a Primary School: Clinical Characterization of Hospitalized Children. Journal Increase in Tuberculosis Diagnostic Delay during First Wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Data from an Italian Infectious Disease Referral Hospital. Journal First Candida auris Outbreak during a COVID-19 Pandemic in a Tertiary-Care Center in Lebanon. Journal AstraZeneca says U.S. trial data shows 79% efficacy against symptomatic COVID-19. News March Madness blog: COVID outbreak ends NCAA tournament...
IPAC News for the week of March 15 to 19, 2021
Predictors of hospital-acquired bacterial and fungal superinfections in COVID-19: a prospective observational study. Journal Biofilms: The Stronghold of Legionella pneumophila. Journal Netherlands halts use of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine. News AHS website experiences ‘intermittent issues’ as Alberta begins Phase 2A of COVID-19 vaccine rollout. News India's COVID-19 cases rising despite widespread belief in country's natural immunities. News AstraZeneca vaccine can now be used on seniors in Canada, NACI says. News Ebola may have lingered in...