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Canada Salmonella outbreak linked to frozen whole kernel corn

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NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews In a follow-up on the Salmonella outbreak affecting five Canadian provinces, the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) reports five additional cases, bringing the outbreak...

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Alberta: 1st case of BSE reported in Canada in 6 years

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NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Alberta Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Rural Economic Development, Nate Horner issued the following statement on a positive case of atypical BSE in Alberta: “Recently,...

Canada salmonella outbreak rises to 79 cases

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NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews In a follow-up on the Salmonella outbreak affecting several Canadian provinces, the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) now reports 79 Salmonella illnesses reported...

Canada: Variant influenza virus, H1N2v, reported in Manitoba

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NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Manitoba Agriculture and Resource Development reports a new case of a variant H1N2 (influenza A) flu virus. This human influenza A(H1N2)v appears to be an isolated case....

Canada reports two cases of the Omicron variant of concern in Ontario

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By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 The Public Health Agency of Canada reported today that testing and monitoring of COVID-19 cases has confirmed two cases of the Omicron variant of concern in Ontario. Minister...

It is possible that lockdown will go down as one of the greatest peacetime policy failures in modern history

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Lockdowns are clearly the questionable mitigation method used during the pandemic and previous studies have concluded they didn’t reduce Covid-19 deaths and resulted in large economic costs for little...

Canada: Cyanide poisoning risk prompts recall of One Tang Bitter Apricot Kernel sold in British Columbia

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By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) reported Friday Sungiven Foods Canada Inc. is recalling One Tang brand Bitter Apricot Kernel from the marketplace due to natural toxin...

Canada: Tuberculosis outbreak declared in Nunavut

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By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 The Chief Public Health Officer is advising the residents of Pangnirtung that due to a recent increase in the number of active tuberculosis (TB) cases in the community, the Department...

Vancouver DTES seeing ongoing transmission of multi-drug resistant Shigella flexneri

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By NewsDesk  @bactiman63  Earlier in the year, Vancouver Coastal Health reported on an outbreak of Shigella flexnari in Downtown Eastside. By the end of the outbreak, two dozen people were affected...

Canada: Blastomycosis outbreak reported among Constance Lake First Nation

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By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 Chief Ramona Sutherland of the Constance Lake First Nation near Timmins, Ontario announced Sunday an outbreak of the fungal infection, blastomycosis. Sutherland said four people...