Since 1986, after an initiative spearheaded by United States President Ronald Reagan and the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC), the global week-long public health awareness campaign, International Infection Prevention Week has continuously taken place. This year’s theme is “Vaccines are Everybody’s Business.” The purpose of this campaign is to “help raise …
With the recent measles outbreaks worldwide, and preliminary data from the World Health Organization (WHO), reporting a 300 percent rise in cases in the first three months of 2019, compared to the same time last year, there has been a renewed urgency to stress the importance of vaccinations. Every year, during the last week of …
World Immunization Week “Protected Together: Vaccines Work” Read More »
February is Heart Disease Awareness Month and we are being constantly reminded of all the well-known heart disease risk-factors such as obesity, hypertension, and diabetes. However, did you know that common infections like the flu, urinary tract infections (UTIs), sexually transmitted diseases like chlamydia, oral infections like gingivitis, viral infections like herpes or hepatitis, bacterial …
Heart Attack from the Flu? How Common Infections Can Trigger Heart Attacks and Strokes Read More »