In Canada, tick-borne diseases are becoming more common. This presents a growing risk to public health and begs the question of whether the country’s current surveillance and public awareness initiatives are adequate to handle this expanding issue. In addition to the more well-known Lyme disease, other illnesses including anaplasmosis, babesiosis, and Powassan virus are also...
The daily use of a pill such as Truvada has been a mainstay of the fight against HIV infections for over a decade. This kind of preventive medication, called pre-exposure prophylaxis, or PrEP, has demonstrated impressive efficacy in clinical trials, with up to 99% success rate in preventing new HIV infections that are contracted through...
Health experts are growing increasingly concerned about the possibility of a “super-spreader event” as France gets ready to welcome millions of tourists this summer. Mark Booth, a senior lecturer in parasite epidemiology at Newcastle University, is one prominent figure who has raised concerns about the impending Paris Olympics. There is a serious chance that the...