Daily media digest August 28, 2017

Canada NewsWire (press release)
“Jim Watson (Mayor of Ottawa), Lorie Kane (CP ambassador and Canadian … That sponsorship will support the University of Ottawa Heart Institute.”
TAGS: CHEO, University of Ottawa Heart Institute

 

Toronto Star
“The initiative, launched by the University Health Network, which includes Princess Margaret, and the Toronto District School Board, gave nine Toronto ..”
TAGS: University Health Network, student summer jobs, Research

 

Nasdaq
“Through the acquisition, Sanofi Pasteur, the vaccines global business unit of Sanofi, adds a promising product to its influenza vaccine portfolio: “
TAGS: sanofi, Protein Sciences, acquisition, influenza vaccine

 

CBC
“A research scientist in Kentville, N.S., is looking to save the monarch … Centre’s open house on Saturday as part of the Canada 150 celebrations.”
TAGS: monarch butterfly, Kentville research centre

 

CBC
“Using anonymous health information, researchers traced the health system contacts of mothers who had given birth to children with diagnosed FASD …”
TAGS: suicide prevention, mental health

 

Toronto Star
“New research shows that improved treatment is allowing more Canadian women living with HIV to get pregnant. Nearly 25 per cent of women reported …”
TAGS: pregnancy, HIV

 

Winnipeg Free Press
“The report also notes that Canada’s federal research ecosystem is disjointed and … After the report was published, the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences …”
TAGS: funding research, fundamental science review

 

Markets Insider
“The Canadian-led study was conducted in collaboration with Hamilton-based Population Health Research Institute (PHRI), Canada’s premiere health research …”
TAGS: cardiovascular death, heart attacks

 

Canada NewsWire (press release)
“The Government of Canada and the Government of Quebec are investing $2.07 million in a project at Cégep de l’Abitibi-Témiscamingue.”
TAGS: research and innovation, Quebec