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Daily Media Digest March 31, 2020

A look at research being done in Canada for a coronavirus vaccine Globalnews.ca “Researchers hope to develop ways to adapt vaccines effective against one virus to work against a related one. That would allow them […]

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Daily Media Digest March 30, 2020

I study viruses: How our team isolated the new coronavirus to fight the global pandemic Brighter World – McMaster University “Ultimately two teams in Canada would isolate the virus for study: one at the University […]

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Daily Media Digest March 26, 2020

Health Research on the Front Lines: A Message from Research Canada’s President and CEO HRI Portal “Canada’s health researchers are on the front lines of the coronavirus crisis, undertaking critical COVID-19 research following the Prime […]

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Daily Media Digest March 25, 2020

$23M in federal funding pledged for Saskatoon-based lab’s COVID-19 research CTV News “… million coming to the University of Saskatchewan’s Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization – International Vaccine Centre (VIDO-InterVac).” TAGS: vaccine development, COVID-19, public […]

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Daily Media Digest March 24, 2020

Coronavirus: Former health minister Jane Philpott assists at COVID-19 testing centre Globalnews.ca “After spending years in federal politics, former health minister Jane Philpott has returned to her physician roots, once again donning her white coat […]

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Daily Media Digest March 23, 2020

COVID-19: U of S lab develops animal model for COVID vaccine testing Saskatoon StarPhoenix “The University of Saskatchewan’s Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization-International Vaccine Centre (VIDO-InterVac) is the first Canadian lab to …” TAGS: COVID-19, […]

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Daily Media Digest March 20, 2020

COVID-19: With fast-tracked $1M federal injection, Western team joins global vaccine effort The London Free Press “… full steam ahead,” said Eric Arts, a professor at the Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry and Canada […]

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Daily Media Digest March 19, 2020

Love of baby talk is universal: University of Manitoba part of international infant study CTV News ““That’s the opposite of what we were expecting,” said Melanie Soderstrom, an associate professor of psychology at the University […]