2024 Respiratory trends: Navigating the threat of RSV, influenza, and COVID-19
As we enter the new year, concerns are echoing from health officials about the growing triple threat: the combined surge of COVID-19, influenza, and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention sounded the alarm with a notable...
Emerging lessons from health systems policies and reforms during COVID-19
Join the Institute for Pandemics, the North American Observatory on Health Systems and Policies, and Health Reform Observer for a webinar to launch the “Special Issue: COVID-19 Pandemic Policies and Systems Reforms.” As health systems and societies worldwide continue...
Experts gather at EPIC symposium to discuss how to bolster support for infectious disease research and pandemic preparedness
A panel of experts called for sustained funding investments, stronger ready-to-use infrastructure and improved communications to help Canada break the cycle of panic and neglect around infectious diseases. These themes emerged from a discussion at the first annual Emerging and Pandemic Infections Consortium symposium held in mid-October. The panelists included Leah Cowen, vice-president, research and innovation, and strategic initiatives at the University of Toronto, Marisa Creatore, executive director of the Centre for Research on Pandemic Preparedness and Health Emergencies at the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, and U of T President Emeritus David Naylor.
