Antibiotic Awareness Week, 2015

This week marks World Antibiotic Awareness Week (16th-22nd November 2015), the third since its inception in 2013. It had its genesis in the European Antibiotic Awareness Day, which originated on 18th November 2008, as well as the U.S. “Get Smart about Antibiotics” week (originally in October 2008). It serves as a way to increase public awareness […]

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SG50 Infectious Diseases YouTube Channel

After some work, we now have the majority of the video interviews for the SG50 Project on our own YouTube channel. It has really been an educational and gratifying experience interviewing all these people, and learning about the infectious diseases of the past and present. There are currently 35 videos available for public viewing. It […]

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Group B Streptococcus (Singapore) Update 3, 2015

One week after the joint MOH/NEA/AVA statement, the Straits Times reported this morning that sales of “yu sheng” (raw fish) has plunged at porridge stalls, with some stalls opting not to sell the dish entirely, while others have shifted (back) to saltwater fish such as the ikan parang. Even these stalls are likely to have […]

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