Reports

The following list of reports reflects the latest in findings and outcomes in medical research as presented at major medical meetings and published peer-reviewed medical journals. In this section you can view reports from important congresses as well as summaries of some recently published journal articles. Please let us know if you have a particular area of interest you would like to see covered.

PRIORITY PRESS - 8th Northern European Conference on Travel Medicine (NECTM8)

Climate Change and the Spread of Infectious Disease: Be Aware and Stay Informed

Rotterdam, The Netherlands / June 8-10, 2022

Rotterdam - According to investigators here this week, climate change is one of the key drivers of the emergence, re- emergence  and  spread  of  infectious  disease

MEDICAL FRONTIERS - AMMI Canada–CACMID Annual Conference 2022

“Long-COVID is Not New” Long-term Sequelae Common in Flu, Especially in Older Adults, Say Influenza Researchers

Vancouver, BC / April 5-8, 2022

Vancouver – Influenza started to make a comeback worldwide and in Canada towards the end of 2021, emerging from the 2020­–2021 pandemic lockdowns. A symposium at the recent AMMI Canada-CACMID annual conference updated...

MEDICAL FRONTIERS - Canadian Immunization Conference (CIC 2021)

“Could Anything Be Worse than COVID?” A Flu Pandemic, Say Influenza Researchers

Online / December 8–9, 2021

Online – While acknowledging that the current focus is on SARS-CoV-2 vaccination, influenza researchers at this year’s Canadian Immunization Conference reminded delegates that, if scaled up to 2021, the 1918–1920 flu...

PHYSICIAN PERSPECTIVE - Viewpoint based on OMA District 11 Doctors' Lounge virtual session - The Semmelweis Reflex on COVID-19 Insights. As well as recently published, peer-reviewed article in American Journal of Therapeutics, April 30, 2021:28:e299-e318

COVID-19 and the Family Practitioner: A Message of Hope from a New Outpatient Protocol

Toronto, Ontario / May 10, 2021

Guest Author: Pierre Kory, MD, MPAPulmonary and Critical Care SpecialistPresident and Chief Medical Officer of theFront Line COVID-19 Critical Care AllianceFormer Associate Professor andChief of the Critical Care Service at the University...

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...

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....

PRIORITY PRESS - The Canadian Immunization Conference (CIC)

Overcoming Low Influenza Vaccine Effectiveness

Ottawa, Ontario / December 4-6, 2018

Ottawa - Increasing the effectiveness of influenza vaccines is one of the core strategies for dealing with future seasonal influenza outbreaks and pandemics. While egg-based manufacturing processes for influenza vaccines have been in place...

PRIORITY PRESS - 11th Canadian Immunization Conference

A Primer on HPV Vaccination for Primary Care Practitioners: NACI Recommendations Should Prevail

Ottawa, Ontario / December 2-4, 2014

Ottawa - Primary care providers are required to answer three questions for patients when they come asking about the human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccine: Is it safe? Does it work? And what do you think about it? Providing good,...

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