Sabina Vohra-Miller

Jan 16, 2025 | healthydebate.ca | Maddi Dellplain |Sabina Vohra-Miller

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) recent announcement that the red dye known as erythrosine, FD&C Red No. 3 or Red 3 – previously authorized for use as a colour additive in food and ingested drugs – will be banned in the U.S. will go down in history as the very definition of a red herring.

Jan 10, 2025 | professionsante.ca | Sabina Vohra-Miller

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Jan 7, 2025 | healthydebate.ca | Maddi Dellplain |Sabina Vohra-Miller

In Canada, access to Paxlovid, a treatment for mild to moderate COVID-19 infection, has become increasingly challenging, with dwindling stock, significant shortages and concerns about affordability since the end of the federal program last April. In almost all provinces, eligibility criteria have narrowed significantly; in some, even adults between the ages of 60-77 and living in congregate settings do not qualify.

Apr 25, 2024 | healthydebate.ca | Maddi Dellplain |Sabina Vohra-Miller

The Avian Influenza first detected on U.S. cattle farms on March 25 has spread to at least 33 dairy herds in eight states. Fragments of the virus have been detected in pasteurized milk in the U.S. A farmer in Texas has been infected. On the heels of the COVID pandemic, the pace of these reports has sparked widespread concerns that another virus will upend our lives. So far, there have been no reports of the virus circulating in Canadian cattle or livestock.

Apr 22, 2024 | cmaj.ca | Samira Jeimy |Kyla J. Hildebrand |Sabina Vohra-Miller

Measles cases are increasing in Canada By March 2024, 40 cases had been reported (12 in 2023).1 One measles case can cause infection in 90% of exposed, unvaccinated people.2 Complications of infection occur in 30% of cases, most frequently in children younger than 5 years; complications include otitis media, pneumonia, encephalitis, loss of protective immunity to other pathogens, neonatal infection, and stillbirth.3 The measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine is effective and safe Two doses...