Measles, a virus considered to have been eliminated in Canada in 1998, has made a comeback in this country.
On Monday, the Pan American Health Organization, a regional arm of the World Health Organization, declared that Canada has lost its measles elimination status after failing to interrupt transmission within one year of an outbreak.
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When Laura Crane was diagnosed with Stage 3 melanoma a decade ago, searching for the right clinical trial felt like “enrolling in a heavy university course” at the worst possible moment.
The Thunder Bay teacher, now 47, burrowed down Google rabbit holes about skin-cancer research, trying to understand her options. She turned to her aunt, a physician in New Mexico, for guidance, and asked other doctors, friends and acquaintances what they knew about getting spots in trials.
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