Some researchers advocate shortening the procedure for clinical trials to develop a vaccine by infecting healthy volunteers with the live virus. This 'challenge infection' method raises an ethical dilemma.
Medical experts say the growth in cases could be the result of a spike in respiratory illnesses that have been affecting children, pointing to the need to improve vaccination rates
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Christina Hecktus's five-year-old daughter Quin came home from school in March with a cough and a fever, and died days later. The Kitchener mother is now warning parents about the rare consequences of invasive Group A streptococcus, circulating in Ontario at the highest rates in a decade.
As various countries continue to report high levels of invasive group A streptococcal (iGAS) infections which cause severe illness, and in rare cases death within days Canadian physicians are also raising alarms over a rise in serious cases this season.