Infectious Diseases

Ontario releases plan to eventually offer booster COVID-19 doses to everyone
There are 2.75 million people who will become eligible for boosters starting Nov. 6—those aged 70 and older, healthcare workers and essential caregivers in congregate settings, people who received two doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine or one dose of Janssen, and First Nations, Inuit and Metis adults and their non-Indigenous household members.
QUIZ: What do you know about Staphylococcal infections?
Staphylococcal infections are common in community and hospital settings, and rise among seniors during fall and winter. They are usually caused by Staphylococcus aureus and increasingly methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA). Test your knowledge of S. aureus.

Recent cancer treatment increases risk of COVID-19 adverse outcomes

Study also finds cancer patients with no recent cancer treatment have similar or better COVID-19 outcomes than those without cancer.
Doctors increasingly prescribing antibiotics inappropriately, UManitoba study finds

Antibiotic prescriptions are on the rise, and often they are unnecessary or the wrong type.
Moderna says its low dose COVID shot works for kids 6 to 11

Moderna hasn't yet gotten the nod to offer its vaccine to teens but is studying lower doses in younger children while it waits.
Varenicline with nicotine patch no better than varenicline alone for smoking cessation

Study results also show extending duration of varenicline or varenicline + nicotine patch therapy from 12 to 24 weeks does not increase efficacy.
Frequency of short- and long-term post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection

Study shows more than half of COVID-19 survivors experience post-acute sequelae six months after COVID-19 recovery.
Frequency of short- and long-term post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection

Study shows more than half of COVID-19 survivors experience post-acute sequelae six months after COVID-19 recovery.
Pregnancy and COVID-19 vax: Talking about the evidence

Dr. Jen Gunter, the SOGC, ACOG and many other medical and health associations have a ‘strong medical consensus’ for vaccination of pregnant individuals against COVID-19.
Oral COVID-19 vaccines in early phases of development and study

Several companies pursuing COVID-19 vaccines that can be given by noninjectable routes of administration.

Ontario releases plan to eventually offer booster COVID-19 doses to everyone

QUIZ: What do you know about Staphylococcal infections?

Recent cancer treatment increases risk of COVID-19 adverse outcomes

Doctors increasingly prescribing antibiotics inappropriately, UManitoba study finds

Moderna says its low dose COVID shot works for kids 6 to 11

Varenicline with nicotine patch no better than varenicline alone for smoking cessation

Frequency of short- and long-term post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection

Frequency of short- and long-term post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection

Pregnancy and COVID-19 vax: Talking about the evidence

Oral COVID-19 vaccines in early phases of development and study