Infectious Diseases/Vaccines

Three tick-borne diseases added to the reportable disease list in Ontario
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.
STIs on the rise: 'Pragmatic approach' recommended for managing chlamydia and gonorrhea
Add to your to-do list: Take your patients' sexual history.

Childhood immunization rates stayed same during first part of pandemic: StatCan

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.
Bivalent COVID-19 vaccines can be used for primary vaccination series: NACI

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.
Metformin shown to reduce incidence of long-COVID

Study described as “profound and potentially landmark.”
Canadian influenza vaccine guidelines for 2023-24 are now available

NACI recommends offering influenza vaccine annually to anyone six months of age or older who does not have a contraindication to the vaccine.
Canadian researchers find brain inflammation in patients with long COVID

Filmmaker Leslie Ann Coles knew ‘almost immediately’ something was wrong after her COVID-19 infection in January 2021.
WHO recommends that new COVID vaccines should target only XBB variants

WHO advisory group advises moving away from including the original virus strain in future formulations of COVID-19 vaccines.
Would you recognize pertussis? A case and call for vaccination

Some important takeaways for physicians from a particular case during Alberta's recent pertussis outbreak.
Study finds 1 in 10 get long COVID after omicron, starts identifying key symptoms

Early findings from the National Institutes of Health’s study highlight a dozen symptoms that most distinguish long COVID.

Three tick-borne diseases added to the reportable disease list in Ontario

STIs on the rise: 'Pragmatic approach' recommended for managing chlamydia and gonorrhea

Childhood immunization rates stayed same during first part of pandemic: StatCan

Bivalent COVID-19 vaccines can be used for primary vaccination series: NACI

Metformin shown to reduce incidence of long-COVID

Canadian influenza vaccine guidelines for 2023-24 are now available

Canadian researchers find brain inflammation in patients with long COVID

WHO recommends that new COVID vaccines should target only XBB variants

Would you recognize pertussis? A case and call for vaccination

Study finds 1 in 10 get long COVID after omicron, starts identifying key symptoms