Infectious Diseases/Vaccines

‘They told her she wasn’t supposed to live past 20 years old.’

A new CMAJ paper describes the case of a 79-year-old man who had a fever, chills and generalized weakness that caused him to fall last summer.

Immunize.io Director of Clinical Services Ajit Johal will argue that convenience—not hesitancy—may be the biggest barrier to adult vaccination.

The parasite can contaminate food when the feces of an infected person gets into the water supply used for crops or in food processing or packaging.

The simple strategy of steering clear of animals often isn't enough.

Get the info you need on this new product, part of our drug news roundup for July.

Intranasal influenza vaccine can now be self-administered by adults or administered by a caregiver, as an alternative to administration by a healthcare professional. 

It’s summertime and the mosquitoes are biting. But West Nile isn’t the only mosquito-borne viral threat in Canada. Test your knowledge of the rare but deadly eastern equine encephalitis!