Ontario’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic was hampered by poor emergency preparedness, inadequate lab capacity and a disorganized public health system, according to a report issued Wednesday by the province’s auditor general.
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In May 2023, we investigated an mpox cluster affecting many vaccinated persons. No cause was identified but cases after two mpox vaccine doses were associa
Has bird flu already killed hundreds, if not thousands of penguins in Antarctica?
The disease and virus likely exists in the environment well beyond the state’s borders, making the new name more scientifically accurate, officials say.
HPAI Detection in Idaho Dairy Herd Boise, Idaho – The Idaho State Department of Agriculture (ISDA) identified today highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in a…
Canada’s public health agency says it is investigating an apparent link between a salmonella outbreak and contact with snakes and feeder rodents.
High disease incidence (ie, >100 per 100 000 person-years of observation) recorded in four countries, the prevalence of typhoid hospitalisations and complicated disease, and the threat…
Background: Mpox was first identified in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in 1970. In 2023, a historic outbreak of mpox occurred in the…
This summary of mpox (monkeypox) cases across Canada contains detailed data about the spread of the virus over time and in different regions of the…
In February 2024, Austria, Denmark, Germany, Sweden and The Netherlands reported through the Early Warning and Response System (EWRS) of the European Union, an increase…
