/channels/taxonomy/term/1672/all en /channels/channels/news/expert-resurgence-measles-canada-355965 <p>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 said he is “deeply concerned” with the global measles outbreak and its potential impact on Canada. (<a href="https://globalnews.ca/news/10333370/measles-canada-mark-holland-deeply-concerned/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Global News</a>) </p> <p>Here is an expert from ƻ����Ժ who can provide comment on this issue: </p> Mon, 11 Mar 2024 13:12:57 +0000 webfull 198434 at /channels /channels/channels/event/seminar-micronutrients-and-microbes-some-things-we-know-and-many-things-we-dont-351562 <p>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, ƻ����Ժ. Dr.</p> Mon, 02 Oct 2023 17:28:57 +0000 webfull 193461 at /channels /channels/channels/event/seminar-micronutrients-and-microbes-some-things-we-know-and-many-things-we-dont-351470 <p>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, ƻ����Ժ. Dr.</p> Fri, 29 Sep 2023 21:43:49 +0000 webfull 193397 at /channels /channels/channels/news/covid-19-vaccines-mcgill-researchers-track-global-race-325696 <p>ƻ����Ժ professor Nicole Basta and her team have created an interactive <a href="https://covid19.trackvaccines.org/">online COVID-19 vaccine tracker</a>, that provides real-time updates on progress in developing a safe and effective vaccine.</p> Mon, 26 Oct 2020 17:09:02 +0000 webfull 164640 at /channels /channels/news/brazil-2016-politics-olympics-games-and-zika-261105 <h4><a href="/politicalscience/faculty/oxhorn">Philip Oxhorn</a>, Political Science, Founding Director of the Institute for the Study of International Development, ƻ����Ժ</h4> <p>Professor Oxhorn is an expert in democracy, economic development and Latin American Comparative Politics. He can comment on social, political, and economic angles.</p> <p><a href="mailto:philip.oxhorn%40mcgill.ca"><span><span>philip [dot] oxhorn</span> [at] <span>mcgill [dot] ca</span></span></a> (English, Spanish)</p> Mon, 01 Aug 2016 12:45:12 +0000 webfull 120110 at /channels /channels/news/expert-viruses-rio-2016-261909 <div>“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-long study commissioned by the Associated Press.” (<a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/olympics/rio-2016-water-pollution-virus-risk-danger-swimming-sailing-rowing-chance-of-infection-almost-a7165866.html" target="_blank"><em>The Independent</em></a>)</div> <div> </div> Tue, 02 Aug 2016 13:30:18 +0000 webfull 120125 at /channels /channels/news/experts-yellow-fever-epidemic-congo-and-angola-262344 <p>“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, as a major vaccination campaigns continues.” (<a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-yellowfever-idUSKCN10Y0RJ">Reuters</a> and <em><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/08/22/as-congos-globe-threatening-yellow-fever-pandemic-explodes-they-ask-where-is-the-vaccine/?hpid=hp_hp-morning-mix_mm-story-i%3Ahomepage%2Fstory">The Washington Post</a></em>)</p> Tue, 23 Aug 2016 13:20:18 +0000 webfull 120803 at /channels /channels/news/korean-mers-outbreak-should-be-wake-call-world-253544 <p> Fri, 12 Jun 2015 18:01:32 +0000 webfull 110713 at /channels /channels/news/zika-virus-258147 <p>"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 mosquito, the Zika virus has spread to at least 23 countries and will likely infect tens of millions of people in a few short years." (<a href="http://montreal.ctvnews.ca/zika-virus-and-birth-defects-pregnant-women-warned-against-travelling-south-1.2753473">CTV News</a>)</p> Wed, 27 Jan 2016 14:07:09 +0000 webfull 115539 at /channels