May

Youth mental health deteriorating under pandemic stresses, new CAMH study reveals Toronto Star “The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health study, currently under peer review, shows an overall deterioration of mental health among young people […]

Deprescription vital to care and prevention of COVID-19 in older adults Canadian Frailty Network “CFN initially funded a pilot study for a tool called Med-Safer. This unique data was recently reanalysed and used to assess […]

Sunnybrook donors help launch once-in-a-lifetime clinical trial to find a new treatment for COVID-19 Canada NewsWire (press release) “Sunnybrook is the logistics site for all participating centres in Canada … Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre is inventing […]

Potential COVID-19 vaccine clears ‘major milestone’: Sask. researchers CBC.ca “VIDO-InterVac said the ferrets received two immunizations prior to being exposed to SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. The potential …” TAGS: vaccine development, COVID-19, innovative […]

New Carleton research finds COVID—19 not flattening vaccine hesitancy Carleton Newsroom (press release) “Researchers in the School of Journalism and Communication at Carleton University, in partnership with Abacus Data, recently completed a national …” TAGS: vaccines, COVID-19, […]

The heart of resilient health systems: individuals. A research study Your IWK “The study’s working title is “Health System Resilience: A study of readiness among medical radiation and imaging professionals in Nova Scotia during the […]

Driven by data, anchored in care Your IWK “In early May the Nova Scotia COVID-19 Research Coalition, which includes the IWK Health Centre and IWK Foundation, announced a collective investment of just over $1.5 million […]

Treatment with antiviral speeds recovery of COVID-19 patients, exploratory study finds News@UofT “… General Hospital Research Institute, University Health Network. “This informs us of the importance of interferons for the clearance of virus infections.” TAGS: […]

U of T researchers seek to understand the novel coronavirus on a ‘deep molecular level’ News@UofT “Now scientists want to trace its steps within cells to stop it. … molecular genetics in the Faculty of […]

Testing underway in London, Ont., for non-invasive ventilation mask Globalnews.ca “The effort is being led by the Lawson Health Research Institute, London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC), University Health Network (UHN) and …” TAGS: innovative research, […]