Estimating surge in COVID-19 cases, hospital resources and PPE demand with the interactive and locally-informed .

Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic revealed an urgent need for analytic tools to help health system leaders plan for surges in hospital capacity. Our objective was to develop a practical and locally informed Tool to help explore the effects of public health interventions on SARS-CoV-2 transmission and create scenarios to project potential surges in hospital admissions and resource demand.

Methods: Our Excel-based Tool uses a modified S(usceptible)-E(xposed)-I(nfected)-R(emoved) model with vaccination to simulate the potential spread of COVID-19 cases in the community and subsequent demand for hospitalizations, intensive care unit beds, ventilators, health care workers, and personal protective equipment.

Cancer risk among firefighters and police in the Ontario workforce.

Objective: Firefighters and police often work in high-stress, complex environments with known and suspected carcinogenic exposures. We aimed to characterise cancer incidence among firefighters and police.

Methods: The Occupational Disease Surveillance System (ODSS) was used to identify workers employed as firefighters or police in Ontario.

Incidence of mesothelioma and asbestosis by occupation in a diverse workforce.

Objective: We sought to characterize detailed patterns of mesothelioma and asbestosis incidence in the workforce as part of an occupational disease surveillance program in Ontario, Canada.

Methods: The Occupational Disease Surveillance System (ODSS) cohort was established using workers' compensation claims data and includes 2.18 million workers employed from 1983 to 2014.

Incidence of acute myocardial infarction in the workforce: Findings from the Occupational Disease Surveillance System.

Background: Increased risks of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) may be attributable to the workplace, however, associations are not well-established. Using the Occupational Disease Surveillance System (ODSS), we sought to estimate associations between occupation and industry of employment and AMI risk among workers in Ontario, Canada.

Methods: The study population was derived by linking provincial accepted lost-time workers' compensation claims data, to inpatient hospitalization records.

Cancer surveillance among workers in plastics and rubber manufacturing in Ontario, Canada.

Objective: Occupational exposure to agents in plastics and rubber manufacturing has been associated with elevated risk of certain cancers. We sought to evaluate cancer risk among workers employed in occupations and industries with these exposures as part of an ongoing surveillance programme in Ontario, Canada.

Methods: The Occupational Disease Surveillance System (ODSS) cohort was established using workers' compensation claims data and includes 2.

Effects of large-scale oceanic phenomena on non-cholera vibriosis incidence in the United States: implications for climate change.

Non-cholera Vibrio (NCV) species are important causes of disease. These pathogens are thermophilic and climate change could increase the risk of NCV infection. The El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is a 'natural experiment' that may presage ocean warming effects on disease incidence.

Adult Asthma among Workers in Ontario. Results from the Occupational Disease Surveillance System.

Given that approximately 15% of new-onset adult asthma cases originate because of exposures in the workplace, there is a need for systematic and ongoing monitoring of risk among workers. To characterize the risk of new-onset adult asthma among workers in Ontario. We used 575,379 provincial accepted time-loss workers' compensation claimants data linked to physician billing data.