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Northwestern Public Health Unit Alert:
Increase in Invasive Pneumococcal Disease (IPD)

An increase in the number of cases of IPD in the Northwestern Health Unit (NWHU) catchment area was noted in late winter and early spring. The rate of invasive pneumococcal disease is 3x higher in NWHU catchment area than Ontario as a whole.

Streptococcus pneumoniae is a type of bacteria that can cause infections in different parts of the body, including sinuses, ear, lungs, bloodstream, and brain. When it infects the bloodstream and brain, it is called Invasive Pneumococcal Disease (IPD), which can lead to brain damage, blood stream infections, or even death.

nwhu.on.ca/media-releases/incr

#OnObNWHU#NWHU#IPD
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Update. "#NIH freezes funds to #Harvard and four other universities, but can’t tell them."
science.org/content/article/ni
(#paywalled)

"After freezing all grants to #Columbia University last week, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is now stopping grant and contract payments to Harvard University and four other universities [#Brown, #Northwestern, #Cornell, #WeillCornell Medical School]…The move will both block new funding and halt payments to investigators currently working on NIH projects…The Department of Health and Human Services (#HHS)…instructed NIH staff not to provide any communication to these institutions or to Columbia about whether the funds are frozen or why, according to the email."

#Academia #DefendResearch #Funding #Trump #USPol #USPolitics
@academicchatter