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Recent Articles (February 2025)

Ontario Adopts HPV Testing as Primary Cervical Screening Method

• Ontario has adopted HPV testing as the primary method for cervical cancer screening, replacing the Pap test.
• HPV testing offers greater sensitivity than cytology alone, significantly improving the detection of cervical pre-cancer and cancer. Updates have been made to testing requisition and specimen collection

CME Opportunities

CME: 2025 Ethics Symposium Courage and Care - Navigating Moral Distress, Friday March 28, 2025

• Early Bird Deadline: February 28, 2025 @ 11:59PM (Eastern Standard Time)
• In-person event, Friday March 28, 2025 8:00 am - 3:45 pm. Perley Health I 1750 Russell Rd, Ottawa, ON K1G 5Z6 
• Registration. Full Program.

CPD Credits:  Zoonotic infections of the Canadian Arctic , CMAJ article

• Zoonotic infections of the Canadian Arctic, Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ) January 20, 2025 
• Authors: James E. Burns, Gunjan Mhapankar, Elaine Kilabuk and Justin Penner
• Earn credits for reading this CMAJ article

Professional Development & Resources

1. Black History Month: ‘Anti-Black racism has not left the health system’, Canadian Medical Association (CMA) article, Jan 31, 2025.
2. Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV): factsheet from Immunize Canada
3. 74^th Annual Refresher Course for Family Physicians, April 10-11, partial Hybrid conference : Early Bird registration closing March 7^th. University of Ottawa CPD.  See full program.
4. Pertussis (whooping cough): factsheet from Immunize Canada.

Public Health Care Alerts for Health Care Professionals: Latest Posts

• Wednesday, February 12, 2025 : Measles Update and Resources for Health Care Providers
• Thursday, January 30, 2025 : Newly Reportable Disease: Candida auris (C. auris)

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