A collaboration between McMaster and the Polish Institute for Evidence Based Medicine, the annual MIRCIM event has grown exponentially in just a decade, bringing together hundreds of experts in internal medicine.
The time before conception is often overlooked by prospective parents, but is crucial as it sets the foundation for healthy pregnancies and, ultimately, thriving children, write experts Sabrina Faleschini and Ryan Van Lieshout.
Scientists address fundamental questions about pandemics: How do they enter human populations, cause immense sickness, and evolve different levels of virulence to persist in populations?