How Canada Performs
Canada scores “A” in education and skills but some improvement required in graduating more PhDs
How Canada Performs: A Report Card on Canada—assesses Canada’s quality of life compared with that of its peer countries. The Conference Board of Canada publishes an overall report card as well as individual ones that measure performances in six categories: economy, innovation, environment, health, education and skills, and society. The latest report card, released early this year, shows Canada ranks second among 17 peer countries and ranks an “A” performer in the education and skills category.
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You Give me Fever
There is no one typical method for dealing with an infectious disease outbreak, but vaccines have proven an effective weapon in the arsenal
It may have happened yesterday or last week. It may happen tomorrow, maybe two years from now. The H5N1 flu virus, or avian flu, will break free of its thus-far largely effective genetic constraints. It will become, as the experts say, more epidemiologically virulent than ever before. It will learn how to move effectively from person to person by picking up the genetic information that allows it to do so. Then, the world will need to react. It may get out of the box in Egypt, Indonesia or Vietnam—the countries that have seen the most human cases of the disease as of 2010 according to the World Health Organization (WHO)—and instead of rare cases being reported every month or more, there will be a flood of infected patients..
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Diving in to Aquatic Animal Health
The University of Prince Edward Island’s Atlantic Veterinary College aims to become world’s leading academic-based aquatics health institution
The resilient red and black fishing boat pitches sharply to the left, then just as aggressively to the right as the waves of the North Atlantic Ocean assail it as though it were an unwelcome guest. The sun shows no sign of breaking through the blackened clouds now occupying the sky as far as the eye can see in all directions. The deck seems submerged. Salty mists and powerful waves dance back and forth across the rubberized surface.
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 Done Deals
Merck & Co., Inc., announced plans to phase out the Merck Frosst Centre for Therapeutic Research, located at the head office of its Canadian subsidiary in Kirkland, Quebec, by the end of 2010.
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 Connecting the Hidden Dots
Several Canadian researchers have come together to help control the relentless spread of chronic wasting disease (CWD) in deer and elk through vaccines while also generating safe and effective therapies for common cancers. This simultaneous research is possible thanks to a unique connection they have discovered between the two seemingly unrelated diseases.
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 Canada at the Bottom of the Ladder
In a newly released report comparing international usage of prescription drugs, Canada ranks 13th out of 14 countries for cancer drugs launched within the last five years. The study, conducted for the UK Secretary of State for Health, compared 14 countries for their usage of 14 categories of prescription drugs to determine whether the UK is adequately providing for the health needs of its citizens.
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