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Although the African Region was certified free of wild poliovirus one year ago, after four years without a case, outbreaks of a vaccine-derived poliovirus (cVDPV) is spreading throughout communities where too few children have received the polio

As efforts to find safe and effective vaccines for COVID-19 are showing increasing promise,  the African continent is “far from ready” to roll out what will be its largest ever immunization drive, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said on

Journal of Advanced Nursing, EarlyView.

Although all age groups are at risk of contracting Covid-19 disease, older people are facing the highest risk due to ageing and underlying health conditions. According to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report, 8 out of 10 deaths

CONCLUSIONS: The secondary attack rate depends on the school level and therefore on the age. Super-spreading events (outbreaks of 5 cases or more) in childhood were rare, only occurring in 2.5% of all infections triggered from a pediatric index case.

The eligible age ranges for booking COVID 19 vaccinations is lowering incrementally through the week.  Beginning Wednesday April 28 the eligible age will include individuals 42 years and older...

Journal of Advanced Nursing, Volume 81, Issue 9, Page 5639-5663, September 2025.

First Nations families in Saskatchewan will benefit from a new Memorandum of Understanding signed this week between the Government of Saskatchewan and Indigenous Service Canada (ISC) to coordinate...

Air-liquid interface (ALI) culture models currently represent a valid instrument to recreate the typical aspects of the respiratory tract in vitro in both healthy and diseased state. They can help reducing the number of animal experiments, therefore

Alberta’s COVID-19 immunity continues to grow with two million doses now working to protect Albertans.