respiratory infections

A study has found air inside homes on four remote First Nations in northwestern Ontario contained carbon dioxide, fine particles, mould and other substances that increase the risk of respiratory infections.

A potentially fatal pathogen called Candida auris has adapted to cross the “temperature barrier” into humans, causing cases in the U.S. to jump 1,200 per cent since 2017.

Experts say Canada needs to develop a robust system to detect COVID-19 activity in the absence of wide-scale PCR testing.

Severe cases of COVID-19 may soon rise as hospitalizations and deaths catch up to the recent spread of the illness, Canada's chief public health officer warned on Wednesday, November 3, 2020, as Quebec and Ontario reported almost 50 deaths between them.

The Canadian provinces hardest hit by the global COVID-19 pandemic released sobering numbers on Sunday, October 25, 2020, with Quebec's overall case count passing the 100,000 mark and Ontario registering more than 1,000 single-day cases for the first time since the start of the worldwide outbreak.

Canada's top physician painted a bleak picture on Saturday, October 24, 2020, of the toll the COVID-19 pandemic may take on the country, expressing fears the number of pandemic-related hospitalizations and deaths could increase in the coming weeks as the second wave drives the national death toll toward 10,000.