I have copiled extensive information about influenza for the common man with references and links on my blog in the form of a series of posts. I am providing this as a public service to help the public gain greater understanding, reduce panic, and encourage good public health...
{Abuja} : Press Release:
IPHF warns against politicizing and sensationalizing of the H1N1 Virus Dr. Francis Ohanyido the President of the International Public Health Forum (IPHF) has warned the media and public officials to be careful about the way they...
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Update:Health officials have confirmed that ten of the New Zealand group has type A influenza. NYC Mayor Bloomberg has just announced that the CDC has confirmed that swine flu is indeed the case in eight cases...
Experts at the Centers for Disease Control address the subject of voluntary or involuntary placement of individuals in isolation or quarantine this way: "To contain the spread of a contagious illness, public health authorities rely on many strategies. Two of these strategies...
A resident doctor-in-training working at three Chicago hospitals has been diagnosed with tuberculosis, potentially exposing hundreds of patients and staff. Officials are contacting all who might have been exposed at...
We know about Dengue Fever, West Nile Virus and Lyme Disease - but have you heard of Leishmaniasis Disease, Chagas Disease and/or Chikungunya Virus? Probably not, unless you've been to places outside of the U.S....
opinion by Swan | 40 wks ago 511 views | 16 recommendations | 6 comments
Revealed today in Australia, was the success of using SMS (simple message service,) more commonly known as texting, to warn people that they had been exposed to an inexorably deadly disease. Speed is the key to...
opinion by Swan | 41 wks ago 363 views | 24 recommendations | 4 comments
Harper government allows 7,000 litres of potentially carcinogenic waste water to be dumped in major Canadian waterway
Special to The Canadian
Chalk River Laboratories.
The Stephen Harper's government lack of social...
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Public health officials have looked for ways to utilize the internet to conduct safe-sex education and prevent the spread of sexually transmitted disease, and inSpot, an on-line service that allows a sender to...
" The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says it is investigating the possibility of an H5 avian influenza outbreak on a turkey farm in B.C.'s Fraser Valley. Agency spokesperson Monika Mazur says testing done at the...
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A Quebec based smoker's rights group is crying discrimination after a job ad was posted that told smokers they need not apply. Arminda Mota, president of mychoice.ca, a website that promotes smokers rights says...
created by Tina Kells | 47 wks ago | updated 46 wks ago 971 views | 30 recommendations | 10 comments
The US Food and Drug Administration and WebMD have recently announced an official partnership, marking the first time ever that an American public health agency has teamed up with a private health information source.""This is going to enable the FDA bringing to millions of...
created by Terri Potratz | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 46 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
While the Canadian government has decided that Bisphenol A (BPA) is toxic for infants, it has not considered extending the designation to protect adults. Infants are more vulnerable, but adults are...
created by Wordsnark | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 125 views | 27 recommendations | 5 comments
In an editorial of measured anger, The Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ) has charged that errors of public health policy in the present government helped produce the "worst epidemic of listeriosis in the...
created by Wordsnark | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 107 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
Listeriosis update: 13 deaths, 38 confirmed cases Canada-wideOntario takes the brunt of outbreak As of Friday afternoon, the national count of confirmed listeriosis cases and deaths from the recent outbreak stands at 38 confirmed cases, with 20 more under investigation....
created by Wordsnark | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 189 views | 10 recommendations | 1 comment