Living with face masks: How to stow them, reuse disposables and more
As masks become parts of everyday life – even becoming mandatory in many places, CBC News recently reported on useful tips to maintain their cleanliness and effectiveness. Dr. Zain Chagla, a professor and infectious disease specialist at McMaster University, revealed...
Audio Interview: Building a Successful Public Health Response to Covid-19
The continuing spread of SARS-CoV-2 remains a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. What physicians need to know about transmission, diagnosis, and treatment of Covid-19 is the subject of ongoing updates from infectious disease experts at the Journal. In...
Peptide makes drug-resistant bacteria sensitive to antibiotics again
The research team, led by Professors Kimberly Kline and Mary Chan, developed the peptide knowns as CSM5-K5 with chitosan, a sugar found in crustacean shells that is structurally similar to bacterial cell walls. They believe that this resemblance allows the peptide to...
Superbugs will kill 10 million a year if drugmakers sit on hands, WHO warns
If the government does not incentivize drugmakers to develop new antibiotics, the World Health Organization (WHO) fears that drug-resistant infections could kill upwards of 10 million people annually by 2050, according to Becker’s Hospital Review. About 700,000 people...