Another two measles cases have been reported by Vancouver Coastal Health. News. How does herd immunity work? A Video from CBC. YouTube will no longer serve ads on channels that espouse anti-vaccination rhetoric. News. Bacterial pneumonia was implicated in 43% of all community-based, unexpected infectious disease deaths during a recent 2-yr study in Ont. The most common pathogen identified was S. aureus in...
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[…] Toronto is investigating a lab-confirmed case of measles in an adult who acquired the disease in another country. Public may have been exposed at the Vaughan Mills shopping mall in Vaughan, Ont. on March 20. News. USA. The number of U.S. measles cases through the first three months of this year have surpassed the count for all of...
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[…] and the ugly https://www.mybeeline.co/en/p/how-the-honey-bees-navigate http://www.pan-uk.org/about_neonicotinoids/ http://wlrn.org/post/mosquitoes-battling-zika-released-south-miami-neighborhood 17 Insect Threats to Crops http://www.fao.org/english/newsroom/field/locust_photo_gallery/locust1.htm http://www.fao.org/emergencies/emergency-types/plant-pests-and-diseases/en/ Swarms of millions of locusts can consume over 100,000 tons of crops per day, enough to supply food to tens of tho usands of people for a year. 18 Pests and Pesticides Farmers have been battling pests (insects, fungi, weeds) since the dawn of agriculture. 4500 years ago,...
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[…] antimicrobial susceptibility patterns (826) . BII j. Infection rates should be calculated periodical ly (such as monthly, quarterly, annually), recorded, and analyzed (10;827;828;831) . AIII k. The number of patient/resident/client days at risk or device usage-days should be used as denominators to express rates (10;821;831;836) . AII l. Surveillance data should be an alyzed promptly, reported back to the relevant healthcare personnel and administration,...
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Canadian experts say prolonged antibiotic treatment for Lyme disease ‘harmful’. News Children’s noses ‘hold clues’ to serious lung infections. News Drug-resistant superbugs may have found a new foe in the Irish soil. News Nearly four in 10 US HIV infections from people unaware of infection. News Being in outer space can have some odd effects on the body, including triggering dormant...
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Study finds influenza vaccine may be more effective in females than males. News ONA wins second decision on “unreasonable and illogical” Vaccinate or Mask influenza policies. News Antidepressants may cause antibiotic resistance. News Wal-mart in Surrey, BC that closed over concerns of Legionnaires’ disease reopens. Fraser Health has confirmed seven cases of Legionnaires’ disease in Surrey, all clustered in the...
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From Global news: Can you die from a dog lick? Veterinarian Dr. Ted Morris talks about a rare and potentially deadly bacterial infection that can come from a dog or cat lick. Video. Europe sees sharp rise in measles: 41,000 cases, 37 deaths. News Pregnancy planning for HIV-positive patients. For pregnant women, the chance of transmitting the HIV to the baby is nearly...
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National shortage for hepatitis A, B, and for rabies vaccines. The shortage affects vaccines that people would purchase, so not the publicly-funded ones that we can get through health units or healthcare providers. News. Health Canada said there have been a total of 33 acute flaccid myelitis or AFM cases reported so far in 2018, including 18 confirmed cases and 15 that are still...
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[…] 922 people – mostly children – have died of measles since October 2018, despite an emergency program that has vaccinated 2.2M of the 26M population so far. Now, parents trudge for miles to vaccinate their kids against it. News. USA. An unvaccinated boy contracted Oregon’s first tetanus case in about 30 years. It cost over $800,000. Read this to learn how a simple...
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Zika. The US CDC downgraded its travel restriction guidelines for pregnant women. Zika transmission has dropped in 88 countries. According to the CDC, the only country pregnant women should avoid traveling to is India. News. CDC zika webpage The Interior Health Authority has confirmed a new case of measles in 100 Mile House, B.C., nearly two weeks after a previous case of <mark...
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[…] record levels. News Pigs may be a host for Ebola virus. News Study details neuro, psychological problems in Ebola survivors. News | Journal WHO videos to engage attendees in understanding the 5 Moments: YouTube USA: More than 200 people are sick from a parasite discovered in Del Monte vegetables. News How to start a lab when funds are...
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[…] Sepsis Outcome Studies 2013 Comparison to EARSS data 2012 What’s missing? 50 What’s missing? Information regarding the Clinical impact of AMR Necessary to engage prescribers, the public and politicians 51 Improving Antimicrobial Stewardship • Community usage – Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme • Hospital usage – NAUSP • Practical stewardship issues 52 Relationship of quinolone consumption and resistance in E.coli Durham K. Eur J...
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[…] SARS-CoV-2 breakthrough infections and reinfections during the Omicron wave. Journal Advancing Diagnostic Stewardship for Healthcare-Associated Infections, Antibiotic Resistance, and Sepsis. Journal Students, schools gearing up for first in-person orientation since COVID-19 halted events. News Iraq: Cholera outbreak tops 1,000 cases. News Monkeypox outbreak can be stopped in Europe, WHO says. News COVID-19 viral loads <mark...
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Needle phobia keeps many adults from getting the annual flu shot. Here’s why that fear needs to be addressed, with different ways to fight the fear of needles. News. Why are there so many shortages of common vaccines? Either there has been a spike in demand somewhere in the world, or there has been a manufacturing problem that is interfering with...
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[…] in surgical and ICU patient. Stool testing cannot distinguish C. diff infection from asymptomatic colonisation. There is an opportunity for quality improvement. Study Mexican researchers may have found possible cure for Human Papilloma Virus (HPV). News The Public Health Agency of Canada says at least 30 Canadians who had surgery at a clinic in Tijuana, Mexico are at risk of potentially deadly <mark...
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SARS - nCoV - 2 → COVID - 19: Global Pandemic 2020 R. Ball, MD MPH FACP Robert T Ball Jr, MD MPH FACP Assistant Professor: Medical University of SC/ USA Department of Medicine, Divisions of Infectious Diseases & Public Health Sciences (ballrt@musc.edu ) FAMILY of coronaviruses ( α,β,γ,δ ) (7 strains in humans) cause ~ 1/4 of common colds, but some cause more severe diseases (...
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[…] 2021 Mapping EmergingViral Diseases•How toanticipate?•Preparedness•Howtoreact?•Ta s kforces•Howtobuildfor thefuture?•Education•Tra i n i n g•Ta l e n tDevelopmentMarstonHD,FolkersGK,MorensDM,FauciAS.Emergingviraldiseases:confronting threats withnew technologies. SciTranslMed.2014Sept 10;6(253)COVID192 AnimatedGraphic:CoronavirusInfectionsWeekByWeek.(2020,November16)..RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty.https://www.rferl.org/a/day-by-day-how-the-coronavirus-spread/30552844.html3 WhyCoronaviruses?•SARS-CoV-2isthe7thdocumented humancoronavirus•Fourcausecommoncolds(229E,HKU1,NL63,OC43);threecausesevere disease(SARS-CoV,MERS-CoV,SARS-CoV-2)•Five haveemergedthelast20years (SARS-CoV,MERS-CoV,HKU1, NL63, SARS-CoV-2)•Batsareinvolvedintheemergence offive(SARS-CoV,MERS-CoV,NL63, 229E, SARS-CoV-2)0.02Mi.arvalis/GermanyMi.fortis/Yuanjiang-15/China Mi.maximowiczii/China Mi.californicus/ USA Mi.pennsylvanicus/USA My.glareolus/RussiaPi.abramus/China Rh.affinis/China Rh.sinicus/China Rh.monoceros/China Ta.europaea/Hungary Ur.talpoides/Japan Ne.gibbsii/USA Sc.aquaticus/USAPe.maniculatus/USA Pe.leucopus/USA Re.megalotis/USA Re.mexicanus/MexicoEo.regulus/South Korea Eo.miletus/China Si.hispidus/USA Si.alstoni/Venezuela Ak.montensis/Brazil Ca.laucha/Paraguay Or.palustris/USA Or.couesi/Mexico Or.microtis/BoliviaAp.agrarius/Germany...
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Does a full hospital mean higher infection risk? – A new study finds the opposite to be true. News | Journal Finally, there’s a way to keep syphilis growing in the lab. News A century-old cure may help ward off superbugs, the ‘global climate change of health’. News First phage therapy center in the U.S. signals growing acceptance. News...
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[…] but less in LTCFs, a setting with unique challenges & available resources. Study suggest potential to reduce antimicrobial use in this challenging setting. Study. Microbes that live at the gym are pumped up on antibiotic resistance. News. USA: Record number of cases of ‘polio-like’ illness AFM confirmed. There have been 158 cases of the illness in 36 states so far among 311...
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[…] at the health care facility level. Publication Using Intervention Bundles to Reduce the Rate of Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections in Acute Care Settings. Journal Doctors brace for busy flu season without pandemic restrictions. News B.C. vaccine campaign: Health officials to release plan for fall boosters. News An E. coli outbreak associated with Wendy’s restaurants has now sickened 97...
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