Public Health
What pathogen might spark the next pandemic? How scientists are preparing for ‘disease X’
| September 27, 2024
Public Health
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Tag: Influenza
Food and Agriculture
Alimentation, une autonomie souhaitable
| December 1, 2023
Par Nita Chicooree-Mercier
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Health
Mosquitoes, Men and Malady
| July 21, 2023
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The Pandemic
Flu, RSV and Covid-19: Advice from family doctors on how to get through this winter’s ‘tripledemic’
| November 25, 2022
Family physicians are on the frontline of health care, and their observations and support can help us get through the upcoming winter season. Over the past month, clinics
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COVID-19
Future Covid-19 booster shots will likely need fresh formulations as new coronavirus variants of concern continue to emerge
| June 3, 2022
A new generation of vaccines and boosters against SARS-CoV-2 may take a page from the anti-influenza playbook, with shots periodically tailored to target the most commonly circulating virus
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Public Health
Is Covid-19 here to stay?
| November 9, 2021
Some viruses go extinct, while others stick around. The virus that causes Covid-19 seems likely to remain with us for the long term
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The Conversation
People gave up on flu pandemic measures a century ago when they tired of them – and paid a price
| May 14, 2021
At the first hint the virus was receding, people pushed to get life back to normal. Unfortunately another surge of the disease followed
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The Conversation
How do pandemics end? History suggests diseases fade but are almost never truly gone
| October 16, 2020
History suggests diseases fade but are almost never truly gone
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The Conversation
What makes a ‘wave’ of disease? An epidemiologist explains
| July 14, 2020
An epidemiologist explains
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The Conversation
Coronavirus: how long does it take to get sick? How infectious is it? Will you always have a fever? COVID-19 basics explained
| April 1, 2020
How infectious is it? Will you always have a fever? Shutterstock
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The Conversation
Why public health officials sound more worried about the coronavirus than the seasonal flu
| March 17, 2020
An epidemiologist explains the differences and similarities between COVID-19 and the seasonal flu
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The Conversation
What the flu does to your body, and why it makes you feel so awful
| February 23, 2018
Influenza gets a foothold in the respiratory tract but can make a person feel bad all over
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