Feasibility and clinical utility of expanded genomic newborn screening in the Early Check program
Enrollment rates Between 28 September 2023 and 10 June 2024 (~8.5 months), a total of 2,125 newborns were enrolled.…
As the US Quits the Global HIV Fight, Canada Can Step Up | Spare News
A renowned local researcher says scaling up British Columbia’s HIV strategy could help end the global AIDS pandemic…
Raw Cat Food Linked to H5N1 Virus After Infected Cat Is Euthanized | Health
Key Takeaways Two lots of RAWR Raw Cat Food tested positive for bird flu, the U.S. Food and…
Dr. Mitch Shulman: The changing face of lung cancer patients; and the latest COVID vaccination recommendations | Dr. Mitch Shulman ‹ Public Health
As lung cancer screening improves in smokers, and as smoking rates continue to decline, we’re seeing a shift…
Mysterious New Bacteria Discovered in the Amazon Raises Global Health Questions
Credit: A newly discovered species of Bartonella bacteria has been identified in sand flies from Brazil’s Amazon National…
Risk factors and prevalence of latent tuberculosis infection in rheumatic patients: a meta-analysis | BMC Infectious Diseases
Main finding The study revealed that current smoking, Golimumab treatment, a history of TB, age > 40, Chloroquine treatment and…
West Nile virus begins to infect residents of York Region | Spare News
York Region confirmed its first human case of West Nile virus in 2025, after an individual in Vaughan…
Interplay of genetic predisposition, plasma metabolome and Mediterranean diet in dementia risk and cognitive function
Ethics statement This study included de-identified data from participants who had consented to the use of their anonymized…
Okanagan children have B.C.’s second-lowest vaccination rate | News
Parents are being urged by the provincial government to use the last week of summer vacation to ensure…
Growth and development of two predator species fed a diet of genetically engineered mosquitoes | Parasites & Vectors
Genetically engineered Anopheles coluzzii The genetically engineered AcTP13 strain of An. coluzzii used in these experiments was developed…
Vaccines are an amazing deal in terms of lives, health-care costs saved
A registered pharmacist technician fills the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 mRNA vaccine at a vaccine clinic during the COVID-19 pandemic…
Genetic and molecular landscape of comorbidities in people living with HIV
Participants from the 2000HIV study The 2000HIV study is a prospective multicentric observational longitudinal cohort of virally suppressed…