The Agenda invites André Picard, health reporter and columnist for The Globe and Mail; Dr. Jeffrey Pernica, pediatrics infectious disease position at McMaster Children's Hospital; Dr. Dawn Bowdish, ...

The Agenda invites André Picard, health reporter and columnist for The Globe and Mail; Dr. Jeffrey Pernica, pediatrics infectious disease position at McMaster Children's Hospital; Dr. Dawn Bowdish, ...

Treatment of Viral Gastroenteritis (“Stomach Flu”). Mokomane M, Kasvosve I, de Melo E, Pernica JM, Goldfarb DM. The global problem of childhood diarrhoeal diseases: emerging strategies in prevention ...

That statement was published in September, says Dr. Jeffrey Pernica, co-chair of the committee. Yet it’s only getting major attention now because of measles. “It took a measles outbreak to ...

That statement was published in September, says Dr. Jeffrey Pernica, co-chair of the committee. Yet it’s only getting major attention now because of measles. “It took a measles outbreak to ...

As Ontario grapples with the largest measles outbreak in decades, experts are calling on the Ford government to create an electronic immunization registry that would make it easier for people to ...

She added that it is shocking that in 2025 the system is not more integrated. Jeffrey Pernica, associate professor of pediatrics at McMaster University in Hamilton, said having up-to-date ...

Creeping eruption is a skin infection caused by hookworms. The infection is also called cutaneous larva migrans or sandworm disease. Creeping eruption causes severe itching, blisters, and a red ...

“These may well decrease as winter approaches,” says Pernica. Dr. Camille Lemieux, chief of family medicine at Toronto's University Health Network, says physicians need to be aware of this ...

Dr. Jeffrey Pernica, an infectious disease specialist at McMaster, told CBC's Fresh Air the antibody shot will be a "game changer." Canada's vaccine advisers recommend RSV shots for infants ...

Viral tonsillitis usually resolves independently, and bacterial tonsillitis may require treatment with antibiotics. Pernica JM, Goldfarb DM, Sawiec P, Mrukowicz J, Szenborn L. Pharyngitis (tonsillitis ...