Toronto Public Health (TPH) continues to host summer pop-up vaccination clinics across the city in partnership with Toronto’s Canada Day festivals and special events. This is part of Team Toronto’s c… [+4175 chars]
Beyond physical violence, women experiencing homelessness in the region face a variety of threats, verbal, mental, racist and the like, finds a new study. Waterloo Community Justice Initiatives last… [+4891 chars]
Consequences of unmanaged blood sugar levels in diabetes patients could be disastrous and the disease can silently affect nearly all your organs causing the most debilitating and life-threatening ill… [+3868 chars]
<li>Dinu, V. et al. Policy, toxicology and physicochemical considerations on the inhalation of high concentrations of food flavour. NPJ Sci. Food4, 15. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41538-020-00075-y (202… [+7420 chars]
The COVID pandemic has been going on for well over two years now. During this time, SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19) has slowly mutated, allowing it to evade the immune system enough to in… [+5643 chars]
For some people, the hepatitis B virus causes mild illness and resolves within a few weeks. For others, it is potentially life threatening and can result in lifelong health complications as it inflam… [+6975 chars]
Generally, beyond the age of 40, a person's health begins to deteriorate and as a result, taking extra care of oneself becomes even more important. Taking care of one's own health and maintaining one… [+3207 chars]
A small tweak to hospitals' prescribing systems might make a big difference in reducing risk from leftover opioid pain medication, while still making sure surgery patients get relief from their post-… [+6969 chars]
In the largest stroke clinical trial ever run in Canada, researchers have shown Tenecteplase (TNK), a safe, well tolerated drug, commonly used as a clot buster for heart attacks, is an effective trea… [+2569 chars]
Long Covid: A long and lonely road getty This summer appears more relaxed and free than ever. All US mask mandates have lifted, restaurants and businesses have opened their doors, and flights have … [+4584 chars]
Despite the bevy of biologics available for people struggling with Crohns disease and ulcerative colitis (UC), not all patients are able to respond to or tolerate a vast majority of approved therapie… [+2374 chars]
What are best practices for swabbing monkeypox lesions? Do chickenpox and smallpox vaccines prevent monkeypox? CDC experts answered these and other questions during a Clinician Outreach and Communica… [+6193 chars]
