Mednet Reports
MEDICAL FRONTIERS - Canadian Immunization Conference (CIC 2020)
Influenza Researchers Explore Real-World Data for Flu-Vaccine Evaluation and Learnings for COVID-19
Online / December 1-3, 2020
Online – Although the COVID-19 pandemic dominates the infectious disease headlines, influenza remains a striking public-health problem in Canada, with up to 7 million people sickened during a non-pandemic flu season. The seasonal...
MEDI-NEWS - Influenza Vaccine Effectiveness in Seniors and Other High-risk Groups
An overview of new data on the relative effectiveness of flu vaccines in vulnerable populations
September 2020
As healthcare professionals prepare for flu season in a pandemic year, the results of three large, population-based U.S. studies now provide comparisons of the relative effectiveness (rVE) of the available flu vaccine formulations in...
MEDI-NEWS Prevention of Japanese Encephalitis in Canadian Travellers
An overview of new guidelines released by the Committee to Advise on Tropical Medicine and Travel (CATMAT) and the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC)
December 2019
In December, 2019, CATMAT released a Statement on the Prevention of Japanese Encephalitis1 for Canadian travellers, following a similar endeavour by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released in July, 20192. Japanese...
PRIORITY PRESS - 17th Annual Discovery on Target Conference
Leveraging Years of Data on GPCRs for Transformative Drug Discovery
Boston, USA / September 16–19, 2019
Boston - GPCRs, which play a role in most biological processes, remain one of the most vibrant fields for drug discovery and perhaps the single largest source of untapped therapeutic potential. Years of data are increasingly...
MEDICAL FRONTIERS - Annual Meeting of the American College of Rheumatology (ACR)
Management of Axial Disease in Patients with PsA and SpA Pandemic
Atlanta, Georgia / November 8-13, 2019
Atlanta – The spine was in the spotlight at the ACR meeting in Atlanta. Axial psoriatic arthritis (PsA) and axial spondyloarthitis (SpA) featured in more than 200 posters and sessions, including landmark studies in neglected areas....
MEDICAL FRONTIERS - Options X for the Control of Influenza (ISIRV 2019)
Ground-breaking Science in Seasonal Influenza Arms the World to Fight Next Pandemic
Singapore / August 28-September 1, 2019
Singapore – The next influenza pandemic is “a matter of when not if,” according to the World Health Organization (WHO) in its Global Influenza Strategy 2019–2030. Despite seven decades of advances in flu research,...
FRONTIERES MEDICALES - Options X for the Control of Influenza (ISIRV 2019)
Une percée technologique dans la lutte contre la grippe saisonnière protégera le monde contre la prochaine pandémie
Singapour / 28 août-1er septembre 2019
Singapour – Selon la Stratégie mondiale de lutte contre la grippe 2019-2030 de l’Organisation mondiale de la Santé (OMS), la prochaine pandémie de grippe est une certitude ; seul le moment est...
MEDICAL FRONTIERS - Options X for the Control of Influenza (ISIRV 2019)
Bahnbrechende Erkenntnisse bei saisonaler Grippe wappnen die Welt für die nächste Pandemie
Singapur / 28. August – 1. September 2019
Singapur – „Dass es eine nächste Grippepandemie geben wird“, steht laut der Globalen Influenzastrategie 2019–2030 der Weltgesundheitsorganisation (WHO) völlig außer Frage. Obwohl in den letzten sieben...
MEDICAL FRONTIERS - Options X for the Control of Influenza (ISIRV 2019)
Innovazioni tecnologiche sull'influenza stagionale per proteggere il mondo dalla prossima pandemia
Singapore / 28 agosto - 1 settembre 2019
Singapore – Secondo l'Organizzazione Mondiale della Sanità (OMS) la prossima pandemia influenzale è solo questione di tempo (Global Influenza Strategy 2019–2030). Nonostante settant'anni di progressi nella ricerca...
MEDICAL FRONTIERS - Options X for the Control of Influenza (ISIRV 2019)
Las innovaciones científicas en la gripe estacional arman al mundo para combatir la siguiente pandemia
Singapur / 28 de agosto – 1 de septiembre de 2019
Singapur – Si hablamos de la siguiente pandemia de gripe, “la cuestión no es si la habrá, sino cuándo,” según la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS) en su Estrategia Mundial contra la...
