IIDR member, Dr. Eric Brown and his team of researchers have attracted media attention across...
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We may soon have ‘no useful antibiotics left’
For CTV News, IIDR’s Dr. Eric Brown and Dr. Lori Burrows weigh in on the World Health...
WHO’s ‘priority pathogens’ list highlights...
The World Health Organization has released its first list of the world’s most dangerous...
Dr. Matthew Miller busts anti-vaccination myths
Hamilton City officials recently voted to do more to bust anti-vaccination myths and to educate the...
McMaster scientists unearth infection evidence in 13th-century...
Dr. Hendrik Poinar, IIDR member, worked with researchers at McMaster’s Ancient DNA Centre and the...
An ‘elegant strategy’ to design a new flu vaccine
On CBC Radio’s Quirks and Quarks, Dr. Matthew Miller, Assistant Professor, Department of...
Drug resistant “superbug” gene found on pig farm
Dr. Lori Burrows, Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences at McMaster...
Mummified remains yield oldest smallpox DNA known
The Globe and Mail’s Ivan Semeniuk delves into IIDR’s groundbreaking research on...
Ontario scientist thinks old drugs could become our new...
The IIDR’s Dr. Eric Brown sits down with CBC News to discuss novel ways to shorten the path...
Canadian study finds nasal spray flu vaccine as effective as shot
A Canadian study, led by Dr. Mark Loeb, has found that children vaccinated against influenza using...