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February

Daily Media Digest February 3, 2021

Overcoming vaccine hesitancy McGill Reporter “… scientist with the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC) Infectious Diseases and Immunity in Global Health Program.” TAGS: vaccine hesitancy, COVID-19, pandemic, infectious disease, McGill University […]

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February

Daily Media Digest Feburary 2, 2021

Saskatchewan-made COVID vaccine begins clinical trial paNOW “Dr. Volker Gerdts, the CEO of Saskatoon’s VIDO-InterVac, told the Brent Loucks Show on Monday the first phase of the trial has begun with volunteers …” TAGS: COVID-19, […]

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February

Daily Media Digest February 1, 2021

The next generation of PPE: How Canadian researchers are making masks, gowns better CBC.ca “Dr. James Dickinson, a professor of family medicine at the University of Calgary’s Cumming School of Medicine, has said that COVID-19 […]

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January

Daily Media Digest January 28, 2021

Teachers, parents, teens mental health hit hard by COVID-19 pandemic CTV News London “A new national study conducted by Mental Health Research Canada has found COVID-19 is having a big impact on stress, anxiety and depression …” […]

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January

Daily Media Digest January 27, 2021

Coronavirus: Toronto doctor reflects on Canada’s 1st COVID-19 case, one year later Globalnews.ca “… I want to see the chest X-ray,” recalled Dr. Jerome Leis, medical director of infection prevention and control at Sunnybrook Health […]

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January

Daily Media Digest January 26, 2021

Blood thinners could ease COVID-19 load on critical care units, Manitoba-led global study finds CBC.ca “Dr. Ryan Zarychanski of the University of Manitoba says this study is important not only for its findings, but because the […]

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January

Daily Media Digest January 25, 2021

Researchers say they’ve Found Two Effective Treatments for COVID-19 AM800 (iHeartRadio) “A team of researchers from the Montreal Heart Institute (MHI) and Toronto’s University Health Network (UHN) believe they’ve found effective …” TAGS: COVID-19, innovative […]

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January

Daily Media Digest January 22, 2021

School testing could get students back in classrooms York U News “Testing can significantly control outbreaks of COVID-19 in Ontario schools, especially when combined with other measures, such as mask wearing, say York University researchers […]

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January

Daily Media Digest January 21, 2021

Experts say pandemic fuelling apparent spike in eating disorders among adolescents CTV News “… Hospital for Sick Children, Ottawa’s pediatric hospital and research centre … “What we have been seeing in Alberta and at SickKids […]