February

Clinical trials start in Halifax for USask’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate CBC.ca “Clinical trials have begun for another Canadian-made COVID-19 vaccine candidate, with three people receiving an initial dose on Wednesday.” TAGS: COVID-19, clinical trial, public […]

A look at promising and overhyped COVID therapies after a tumultuous year of research Toronto Star “University Health Network scientist Ewan Goligher says the probability of requiring life support dropped by about a third among […]

How one Indigenous doctor is tackling vaccine hesitancy, starting with her own mom CBC.ca “… Anishnawbe Health Toronto, the Indigenous Health Program at University Health Network and Shkaabe Makwa — an Indigenous-focused branch of …” […]

COVID-19 vaccines are ‘ethically justified’ for pregnant women: CMAJ BarrieToday “Core principles of medical ethics hold that medical decisions or … Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre; Cynthia Maxwell MD, Sinai Health; and Tali …” TAGS: COVID-19, […]

Ontario lab pioneering new COVID-19 test method calls for all positive samples to be checked for … Globalnews.ca “Brad Wouters, executive vice-president of science and research at University Health Network, said failing to do this […]

COVID-19 variants leave less ‘room for error’ in loosening restrictions: experts q107.com “… metrics to decide how to open things up locally,” said Alon Vaisman, an infection disease physician at the University Health Network in […]

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]