Ottawa must boost financial support for health research for post-pandemic recovery
The Hill Times
“Having a stable and competitive business environment in which the health and biosciences sector can innovate is essential to ensure that future major outbreaks are effectively and efficiently contained.”
TAGS: pandemic, health research, health and bioscience sector, HealthCareCAN, Research Canada
How is your family coping a year into the pandemic? McMaster researchers want to know
Yahoo News Canada
“Researchers at McMaster University want to know how Ontario families are coping more than a year into the COVID-19 pandemic. A study launched …”
TAGS: pandemic, COVID-19, innovative research, McMaster University
‘Preferred vaccines’ messaging from federal panel sparks concern, criticism from health experts
TAGS: vaccines, infection control, COVID-19, pandemic, University Health Network
Massive Atlantic Canada chronic disease study turns sights on COVID-19
CBC.ca
“The participants also fill out extensive health questionnaires. … Atlantic Path is a branch of a pan-Canadian study known as Can Path. … I would have never believed that we could get into infectious disease research,” said Hicks.”
TAGS: COVID-19, long-hauler, prognosis, health questionnaire
Sarnia-born children more likely to develop asthma than those from London, Windsor: Lawson study
Globalnews.ca
“A new population-based study from researchers at Lawson Health Research Institute and Western University finds that children born in Sarnia have a …”
TAGS: respiratory health, asthma, developmental health, children and youth health, Lawson Health Research Institute, Western University
Sugar Solution May Solve the Hard Problem of Brain Implants
Technology Networks
“A team of researchers from The Neuro (Montreal Neurological Institute-Hospital) and McGill’s Department of Biomedical Engineering found a solution …”
TAGS: brain implant, neuroscience, medical technology, innovative solution, The Neuro
New Civic campus design informed by pandemic, CEO says
CBC.ca
“Combined with The Royal Mental Health Centre, it would also turn Carling Avenue into the city’s second distinct health district. The new hospital will …”
TAGS: mental health, pandemic, COVID-19, the Royal Mental Health Centre
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