Infectious Diseases

However, some still firmly oppose any effort to increase pharmacists’ scope of practice, including those related to public health activities.

Anaplasmosis, babesiosis and Powassan virus are now classified as 'Diseases of Public Health Significance' and have been added to the reportable disease list in Ontario.

Add to your to-do list: Take your patients' sexual history.

According to the survey, in March 2021, 92% of two-year-olds in Canada had been vaccinated against measles and polio—similar to the vaccination rates in 2019.

The bivalent vaccines, manufactured by Moderna and by Pfizer-BioNTech, have previously been used only as booster shots for people five years of age and older.

Study described as “profound and potentially landmark.”

NACI recommends offering influenza vaccine annually to anyone six months of age or older who does not have a contraindication to the vaccine. 

Filmmaker Leslie Ann Coles knew ‘almost immediately’ something was wrong after her COVID-19 infection in January 2021.