Health Insight
CAMPAIGN: Understanding Infectious Disease (2023)
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Don’t Let Your Southern Dream Vacation Become a Gastric Nightmare
To get maximum enjoyment out of your southern vacation, know the risks for traveller’s diarrhea and take appropriate precautions. As the weather cools, Canadians are planning their winter escapes to warmer southern climes like the Caribbean and Latin America. But travellers beware! “These areas also have high levels of Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) bacteria, one...
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Why the Canadian Foundation for Infectious Diseases Needs Your Support
Support for the Canadian Foundation for Infectious Diseases helps to improve the health of Canadians and people worldwide. Infectious diseases impact us all, from longstanding challenges from waterborne and foodborne illnesses, to emerging global outbreaks like the global Mpox or the Zika virus, to completely new highly communicable diseases like COVID-19. Pathogens including viruses, bacteria,...
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Updated Testing Guidelines Will Help Providers Identify HIV Sooner
A shorter testing window, quicker linkage to care, and improved awareness of risks and symptoms will reduce HIV transmission in Ontario. HIV (the Human Immunodeficiency Virus) attacks the body’s immune system and, if untreated, can lead to AIDS, a life-threatening condition. While incredible progress has been made in the fight against HIV, there were...