WHO says COVID as global health emergency is over. Now what? IfP Resilience Theme co-lead Fahad Razak answered this as a guest speaker of This Matters with raju mudhar of the Toronto Star. Listen at the link below! thestar.com/podcasts/thism… via @torontostar

The CDC set a minimum ventilation target of 5 air changes per hour for all occupied indoor spaces today. First time ever. This new webpage provides simple language for the general public. A second webpage, Ventilation in Bui…lnkd.in/g7Sp27Ey lnkd.in/gqae9cuv

IfP member Mina T. led the work with @CADTH_ACMTS to develop guidance on real-world evidence (RWE) in drug approval and assessment. This can help Canada better evaluate drugs in preparation for the next pandemic emergency. #RWE #PandemicPreparedness #RealWorldEvidence

Join us on June 27 for the third and final conversation in our Climate Change & Infectious Disease Speaker Series! We'll be talking about climate change and zoonotic spillovers with SMubareka, Nelson Lee, Ian Hamilton and Kate Allen. Register now: bit.ly/3OIj99E

How did COVID-19 impact policy changes around health systems governance? Members of the IfP Resilience Theme, along with their University of Sydney partners, discussed this at the 6th International Conference on Public Policy (ICPP6) on June 27th. More here: bit.ly/3NIrdVI

IfP member and catalyst grant recipient Zahra Shakeri spoke to CTV News on how to handle misinformation when using AI to predict future pandemics. Learn more about Dr. Shakeri's IfP-funded research on AI-supported patient-centric health systems: bit.ly/IfPcatalyst

“Regardless of whether you’ve been infected with COVID-19 or have received previous vaccination doses, or both, immunity doesn’t last forever,” ... “People should consider getting the updated vaccine if it has been more than 6 months since their last vaccination or infection.”

Protection conferred by COVID-19 vaccination, prior SARS-CoV-2 infection, or hybrid immunity against Omicron-associated severe outcomes among community-dwelling adults | Clinical Infectious Diseases | Oxford Academic academic.oup.com/cid/advance-ar…

Important discovery relevant to #LongCovid: Fragments of #SARSCoV2 virus can reassemble into "zombie" complexes (XenoAMP-dsDNA) and induce a major and sustained immune response, affecting healthy, uninfected cells, not seen with common cold coronaviruses pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…

The Institute of Health Emergencies & Pandemics and Cdn Public Health Assoc. present a webinar for public health professionals to hear the latest research on indoor air transmission of infectious diseases and strategies to reduce exposure. Register at ow.ly/kn4Z50QyMgU

A recent Forbes article on ventilation features the "Indoor Air and Infectious Disease Transmission" webinar hosted by the Institute of Health Emergencies & Pandemics. Sarah Haines, PhD, strongly suggests placing a portable air cleaner in your workspace. Read the article: ow.ly/ATgy50R3QYa

We just launched our 2024 #KnowledgeMobilization Grant competition! The competition is open to IfP members with primary faculty appointments at University of Toronto. Full details on our website: pandemics.utoronto.ca/knowledge-mobi…

We are over 80% sold out of in-person tickets! Register soon if you plan to join us in person. pandemics.utoronto.ca/events/2024-in…

⏰2 weeks left for University of Toronto graduate students to apply for the next round of IfP graduate studentship awards! pandemics.utoronto.ca/2024-graduate-…

The deadline to apply for our newest grant competition, Knowledge Mobilization Grants, is two weeks away. Refer to our website for all the details: pandemics.utoronto.ca/knowledge-mobi…

Reminder, the application deadline for our summer work-study communications position is this Sunday!

It was wonderful to see a symposium filled with people from all disciplines - public health, local + international leaders & researchers, WHO, colleagues in math, social work, engineering, community advocates. All possible because four years ago we had an idea. Institute for Pandemics

1 in 5 US retail milk samples test positive for H5N1 avian flu fragments. This suggests extent of infection in dairy cows may be under estimated. ‘Fragments’ does not mean there is an infection risk but this needs confirmation by looking for viable virus. cidrap.umn.edu/avian-influenz…

H5N1: international failures and uncomfortable truths - The Lancet thelancet.com/journals/lance…

Canada’s drug supply is at risk from rising tariffs and global instability. Institute for Pandemics, with Mina T. (Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy) convened national leaders for a discussion to chart a path forward. Read the report: 🔗 bit.ly/3IG523Q #HealthSecurity #PharmaPolicy #Tariffs