Teresa Zurberg, who runs the program for Vancouver Coastal Health, said the hunting breed of pooches can smell the slightest presence of C. difficile on surfaces and equipment.
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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.
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.