Expert: The resurgence of measles in Canada

Published: 11 March 2024

As measles continues its slow spread across communities in the country, health officials are urging Canadians to stay vigilant and keep their vaccinations up-to-date. Health Minister Mark Holland...

Seminar: Micronutrients and microbes: Some things we know and many things we don't

Wednesday, October 18, 2023 12:00to13:00

Join us for the second seminar of the DGPH seminar series with Dr. Brian Ward, MD, former director of JD MacLean Tropical Diseases Center and Professor, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences,...

Seminar: Micronutrients and microbes: Some things we know and many things we don't

Wednesday, September 20, 2023 12:00to13:00

Join us for the second seminar of the DGPH seminar series with Dr. Brian Ward, MD, Director of the JD MacLean Tropical Diseases Center and Professor, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, McGill...

COVID-19 vaccines: McGill researchers track the global race

Published: 26 October 2020

McGill University professor Nicole Basta and her team have created an interactive online COVID-19 vaccine tracker, that provides real-time updates on progress in developing a safe and effective...

Zika Virus

Published: 27 January 2016

"A new virus invading parts of Central and South America and now the Caribbean is causing concern among people living in and travelling to infected countries. Transmitted by the aggressive Aedes...

Brazil 2016: Politics, Olympics Games, and Zika

Published: 1 August 2016

Philip Oxhorn, Political Science, Founding Director of the Institute for the Study of International Development, McGill University...

Experts: Viruses in Rio 2016

Published: 2 August 2016

“Just days ahead of the Olympic Games the waterways of Rio de Janeiro are as filthy as ever, contaminated with raw human sewage teeming with dangerous viruses and bacteria, according to a 16-month...

Experts: Yellow Fever Epidemic in Congo and Angola

Published: 23 August 2016

“The World Health Organization's (WHO) emergency committee on deadly yellow fever will meet on Aug. 31 to review outbreaks in Democratic Republic of Congo and Angola, a spokesman said on Tuesday,...

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