Updated Canadian guidance on influenza vaccine during pregnancyNACI recommends that individuals at any stage of pregnancy should receive an inactivated unadjuvanted or recombinant influenza vaccine each influenza season. Canadian pharmacists have an important role this RSV seasonMobilizing this country’s pharmacists is essential to help protect vulnerable patients from syncytial virus (RSV) this season. Being overweight impairs the immune response against COVID-19 Excess weight alters the immune response after infection, but not after vaccination, study shows. Bioactive coating would increase the effectiveness of masks A Quebec-Brazilian research team has developed a bioactive coating for surgical masks that not only blocks viruses but also destroys them. Immunotherapy safe for HIV-positive patients with cancer, study shows Concerns that HIV-positive patients may not respond adequately to treatment or experience harmful side-effects may be unfounded. Management of oral thrush Oral candidiasis is an opportunistic fungal infection of the oral mucosa. 1 in 9 Canadian adults have had long term symptoms from COVID infection, StatCan says Almost 80% of those people with long-term symptoms have them for six months or more, the report said. Growing evidence that influenza vaccine protects against cardiovascular diseases Canadian healthcare providers should mention cardiovascular disease prevention as a benefit when promoting the usefulness of flu vaccines to the public. More risk of C. difficile in hospitalized patients taking antidepressants Given the increasingly widespread use of antidepressants, researchers believe more attention should be paid to the risks for hospitalized patients. HIV diagnoses hit 10-year high in Montreal, cases more than double between 2021-22 Data shared last week shows the number of new reported HIV cases more than doubled between 2021 and 2022, to 310 from 141. First Previous 18 19 20 21 22 Next Last
