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Month: August 2024

WHO names mpox a global health emergency for 2nd time as virus surges in Africa

Posted on August 22, 2024September 9, 2024 by Samira Prasad
WHO names mpox a global health emergency for 2nd time as virus surges in Africa

Dr. Darrell Tan spoke with CBC News about the current mpox global health emergency, and the important role of vaccines in curbing it.

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Mpox cases surge in Toronto as Africa declares a health emergency

Posted on August 15, 2024September 9, 2024 by Samira Prasad
Mpox cases surge in Toronto as Africa declares a health emergency

Dr. Darrell Tan spoke with CBC News about the concerning rise in mpox cases in Toronto amid the growing outbreak in The Democratic Republic of Congo.

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Toronto Public Health warns of spike in mpox following downtown festivals

Posted on August 15, 2024September 9, 2024 by Samira Prasad
Toronto Public Health warns of spike in mpox following downtown festivals

Darrell Tan, MAP scientist and clinician in the division of infectious diseases at St. Michael’s Hospital, spoke to the Toronto Star the rise in mpox cases Toronto in recent weeks and data showing an increase in mpox cases among people who have not had any doses of the vaccine.

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Homeless Torontonians are dying younger than the general population — and it’s getting worse

Posted on August 12, 2024August 30, 2024 by Samira Prasad
Homeless Torontonians are dying younger than the general population — and it’s getting worse

Lucie Richard spoke with the Toronto Star about her new study which warns that the gap between life expectancies for housed versus homeless Torontonians has only been growing, and is especially pronounced for younger generations.

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‘Not chump change:’ Home prices in Canada strain affluent budgets

Posted on August 12, 2024August 12, 2024 by Samira Prasad
‘Not chump change:’ Home prices in Canada strain affluent budgets

Dr. Jim Dunn spoke with The New York Times, sharing insight on what steps the government can take towards providing affordable housing. Dr. Dunn explained that eliminating certain tax exemptions for homeowners would result in tax revune that could be used to build public housing, an initiative largely abandoned decades ago.

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 Think you have a ‘summer cold’? There’s a good chance it’s COVID-19, doctors say

Posted on August 7, 2024August 15, 2024 by Samira Prasad
 Think you have a ‘summer cold’? There’s a good chance it’s COVID-19, doctors say

Dr. Andrew Pinto spoke with The Canadian Press about the summer surge of COVID-19 cases. ”What we’ve seen in Canada is that there has likely been a period of time since people were last infected, so that immunity has waned and also a lot of people didn’t get their COVID vaccines this past fall and winter,” he shared.

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