Public Health Ontario says a new science advisory table will have its first meeting in October and will provide advice on COVID-19 and future public health emergencies. The provincial government agency says the new team will provide it and the Ministry of Health with scientific and technical public health guidance. The new team will be…
Ontario’s New Science Table to Launch in October With 15 Core Members
LA Public Health Department Faces Backlash After Offering COVID-19 Test to Animals, Including Seals
The Los Angeles Public Health Department is facing growing criticism over its decision to offer free COVID-19 testing for animals, despite there being no positive cases reported among animals in the area. LA Public Health announced the initiative on Aug. 20 and said it has received funding from the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists and the Centers…
Doctor Warns of Suspicious Pattern Behind Monkeypox Outbreak
There has been much speculation that the novel coronavirus was a bioweapon developed in a Chinese Communist Party (CCP) lab. Now, an American doctor has a theory that the new monkeypox outbreak may also have similar nefarious origins. Dr. Syed Haider told The Epoch Times that the development of the monkeypox outbreak seems identical to the way…
Canadian Wastewater Surveillance Expanding to New Public Health Threats: Tam
Canada’s chief public health officer says plans are underway to sift through Canadian sewage to test for and measure new health threats like monkeypox and polio. Over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic wastewater detection became a key way to track the spread of the virus. Dr. Theresa Tam says the experts at the National…
The Demonization of Dissent
Commentary Last week the New York Times ran an article in which it described the apparent radicalisation of a group of parents from mainstream political persuasions to a single-issue anti-vaccine fringe. It describes how these parents seemingly came together on social media out of a concern about the damage inflicted by lengthy school closures on their children, started…
Montreal Public Health Investigating After Man Dies From Legionnaires’ Disease
Montreal public health officials say they are investigating a deadly case of legionnaires’ disease in the city’s east end to see if it is linked to two other cases detected in the area. The city’s public health department said today that the investigation will target water cooling towers in the area. The victim was only…
The Democrats’ Lifespan Reduction Act
Commentary Across the pond, Brits are demanding their next prime minister do something to reduce the UK’s notorious cancer death rates. But here in the United States, Democrats are doing the opposite. They’re pushing for European-style price controls on drugs that will slow cancer cures and lead to more deaths. Americans enjoy the highest cancer…
The WHO’s Reckless Disregard for Truth
Commentary Public health relies on trust. Advertising relies on twisting the truth, even deceiving people, to persuade them to buy a product they may not need. Trust is maintained by telling the truth, giving others accurate information and sound advice. If inclined, you can change direction, trading on trust that you have built in order…
The US President Finally Gets COVID
Commentary The political hierarchy of infectious disease has finally come full circle. Biden got COVID. COVID pandemic policies have always been driven by class bias. Right from the outset, governments divided people by essential and nonessential, and medical services by elective and nonelective. How all this came to be, and so suddenly, cries out for explanation. But the…
The 1968-69 ‘Hong Kong Flu’ Pandemic Revisited
Commentary It was a very bad year for the flu. The pathogen came in two large waves. This is only obvious in retrospect. At the time, not so much. Life went on as normal. There were gatherings. There were parties. There was travel. There were no masks. Doctors treated the sick. Traditional public health reigned…
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