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IPAC News for the week of April 19 to April 23, 2021

Ethics of emerging infectious disease outbreak responses: Using Ebola virus disease as a case study of limited resource allocation. Journal    First reported outbreak of the emerging pathogen Candida auris in Canada. Journal    Federal government expecting 1M vaccine doses this week after Moderna delays delivery. News   Iqaluit’s COVID-19 outbreak adds three more cases. News   Possible Legionnaire’s Outbreak in Missouri Hot Tub. News        More COVID-19 outbreaks reported at Calgary daycares. News   India's health system is collapsing as...

IPAC News for the week of April 12 to April 16, 2021

Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Subtype H5N8 in Poultry Farms, South Korea. Journal    Clostridium difficile Infection Reservoirs Within an Acute Rehabilitation Environment. Journal    BC Is Apparently Dealing With The Biggest P.1 Variant Outbreak Outside Of Brazil. News   Employee at Canada Post facility in Toronto dies amid COVID-19 outbreak. News   Huge gatherings at India's Hindu festival as COVID-19 surges. News      OUTBREAK AT CANADA POST. A memoir from inside the Gateway Plant. News   South African commercial...

IPAC News for the week of April 6 to April 9, 2021

MRSA improvement within a highly endemic hospital in Malta: infection control measures or clonal change? Journal    Canucks' 'scary' COVID-19 outbreak sends chill through North Division. News   Bring COVID-19 vaccines to essential businesses, owner says after outbreak. News   Are youth sports an engine of B.1.1.7 outbreaks? News      SickKids opens ICU beds to adults with COVID-19 to help strained health-care system. News   Death connected to growing Vernon hospital COVID outbreak, Kelowna outbreaks holding steady. News   25 Canucks players,...

IPAC News for the week of March 29 to April 1, 2021

Epidemiology of and risk factors for mortality due to carbapenemase-producing organisms (CPO) in healthcare facilities. Journal    Health Canada taking further action to confirm the benefit-risk profile of the AstraZeneca vaccine. News   Pfizer study suggests COVID-19 vaccine is safe, protective in younger teens. News     Ontario now has more COVID-19 patients in ICU than ever before. News   Athabasca school moving classes online next week as COVID-19 outbreak grows to 47 cases. News   Doctors fear Bengal is...

IPAC News for the week of March 22 to 26, 2021

Emergence of Macrolide-Resistant Mycoplasma pneumoniae during an Outbreak in a Primary School: Clinical Characterization of Hospitalized Children. Journal    Increase in Tuberculosis Diagnostic Delay during First Wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Data from an Italian Infectious Disease Referral Hospital. Journal   First Candida auris Outbreak during a COVID-19 Pandemic in a Tertiary-Care Center in Lebanon. Journal     AstraZeneca says U.S. trial data shows 79% efficacy against symptomatic COVID-19. News   March Madness blog: COVID outbreak ends NCAA tournament...

IPAC News for the week of March 15 to 19, 2021

Predictors of hospital-acquired bacterial and fungal superinfections in COVID-19: a prospective observational study. Journal    Biofilms: The Stronghold of Legionella pneumophila. Journal    Netherlands halts use of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine. News   AHS website experiences ‘intermittent issues’ as Alberta begins Phase 2A of COVID-19 vaccine rollout. News   India's COVID-19 cases rising despite widespread belief in country's natural immunities. News       AstraZeneca vaccine can now be used on seniors in Canada, NACI says. News   Ebola may have lingered in...

IPAC News for the week of March 8 to 12, 2021

Household transmission of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae: a prospective cohort study. Journal    First Reported Nosocomial Outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 in a Pediatric Dialysis Unit. Journal    International Women's Day: Women's work during the pandemic. News   New COVID-19 cases in Ontario spike above 1,600 as stay-at-home order lifts in Toronto, Peel Region. News   Canadians' hesitancy about COVID-19 vaccine dropping, new poll suggests. News   Indoor gatherings may have caused COVID-19 outbreaks at 2 schools in Calgary...