/oss/taxonomy/term/3273/all en /oss/article/medical-history/why-measles-so-contagious <p>Even if he had been aware of what was happening inside the girl’s body, the man likely would not have been worried. She was, after all, sitting quite a long ways away.</p> <p>The girl was 11 years old. She was a refugee from Malawi, a narrow African country surrounded by Zambia, Tanzania, and Mozambique. She had flown from Malawi to South Africa earlier that day and was now on a 12-hour flight to Australia. The day before the trip began, she had started to feel a bit sick.</p> Fri, 19 Apr 2024 15:13:40 +0000 Jonathan Jarry M.Sc. 9918 at /oss /oss/article/medical/measles-are-back-blame-complacency <hr /> <p><em>This article was first published in <a href="https://montrealgazette.com/opinion/columnists/christopher-labos-measles-are-back-blame-complacency">The Montreal Gazette</a>.</em></p> Fri, 01 Mar 2024 15:24:08 +0000 Christopher Labos MD, MSc 9852 at /oss /oss/article/covid-19-health-and-nutrition/why-children-shouldnt-just-be-left-get-covid <hr /> <p><em>This article was originally published in the <a href="https://montrealgazette.com/opinion/columnists/christopher-labos-why-children-shouldnt-just-be-left-to-get-covid">Montreal Gazette</a></em></p> Sat, 12 Feb 2022 03:11:59 +0000 Christopher Labos MD, MSc 9024 at /oss /oss/article/covid-19-health/strange-case-dr-cahill-and-ms-hyde <p>“If you’re under, like, 70 or 65 and you’ve no underlying conditions,<a href="https://youtu.be/A4RvrEKoNxc?t=3542"> </a><a href="https://youtu.be/A4RvrEKoNxc?t=3542">this is all a hoax</a>.” You’d be forgiven for thinking that this wild assertion about a pandemic that has killed over 4.3 million people worldwide and caused sequelae for an untold number of survivors came from someone who knows nothing of medicine and immunology.</p> Fri, 13 Aug 2021 19:09:29 +0000 Jonathan Jarry M.Sc. 8805 at /oss /oss/article/critical-thinking-health/call-me-vaccine-pusher <p>"Avoid!" One of the most common bits of advice heard these days. Avoid tap water. Avoid bottled water. Avoid butter. Avoid margarine. Avoid the sun. Avoid sweeteners. Avoid genetically modified foods. Avoid plastic bags. Avoid paper bags. Avoid preservatives. Avoid dairy. Avoid meat. Avoid soy. Avoid..ahh..never mind. I could go on and on with a litany of such “avoids”. There are some valid points to be made with some of these, but there is one “avoid” that is particularly troublesome. That is the advice to avoid vaccination.</p> Fri, 12 Feb 2021 15:00:00 +0000 Joe Schwarcz PhD 8614 at /oss /oss/article/health/why-we-vaccinate-babies-against-hepatitis-b <p> </p> <hr /> <p><em>​</em><em>This article was first published in</em><span> </span><a href="https://montrealgazette.com/opinion/columnists/christopher-labos-why-we-vaccinate-babies-against-hepatitis-b">The Montreal Gazette</a><span>.</span></p> Thu, 13 Jun 2019 21:45:13 +0000 Christopher Labos MD, MSc 7798 at /oss /oss/article/health/ensuring-youre-protected-against-measles <p> </p> <hr /> <p><em>​</em><em>This article was first published in</em><span> </span><a href="https://montrealgazette.com/opinion/columnists/christopher-labos-ensuring-that-youre-protected-against-measles">The Montreal Gazette<span>.</span></a></p> Thu, 02 May 2019 14:47:09 +0000 Christopher Labos MD, MSc 7741 at /oss /oss/article/health-videos/cracked-science-28-vaccine-hesitant <p><div class="media-youtube-video media-element file-default media-youtube-1"> <iframe class="media-youtube-player" id="media-youtube-e3s-710e-8" width="640" height="390" title="The Vaccine Hesitant (CS28)" src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/E3s-710E--8?wmode=opaque&controls=&enablejsapi=1&modestbranding=1&playerapiid=media-youtube-e3s-710e-8&origin=https%3A//www.mcgill.ca&rel=0" name="The Vaccine Hesitant (CS28)" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen>Video of The Vaccine Hesitant (CS28)</iframe> </div> </p> Sat, 02 Mar 2019 18:25:12 +0000 Jonathan Jarry, MSc 7621 at /oss /oss/article/did-you-know-history/measles-plague-ruined-rome <p><span>Rome wasn’t built in a day, but from 165-180 CE, up to 2,000 of its citizens were killed per day.</span></p> <p><span>The </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonine_Plague">Antonine Plague</a>, also known as the Plague of Galen (after the doctor who described it), decimated the Roman Empire. It was brought to Rome by armies returning from western Asia, causing fevers, skin sores, diarrhea and sore throats.</p> Tue, 26 Jun 2018 18:08:44 +0000 Ada McVean B.Sc. 7150 at /oss