2021

COVID-19: How virus ‘sequencing’ helps Sask. track Delta’s growth Saskatoon StarPhoenix “…track Delta’s growth. Dr. Andrew Cameron, a professor at the University of Regina, explains how DNA detectives do their job.” TAGS: COVID-19, pandemic, Delta […]

Researchers to study COVID-19 vaccine efficacy and safety in transplant patients Financial Post “University Health Network consists of Toronto General and Toronto Western Hospitals, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto Rehabilitation …” TAGS: COVID-19, pandemic, vaccine […]

Montreal study to examine long-term effects of COVID-19 Globalnews.ca “Over a year, researchers at McGill University, Université de Sherbrooke and the Clinical Research Institute of Montreal will follow 200 people who …” TAGS: COVID-19, pandemic, long-term effects, […]

Should I get the COVID-19 vaccine while pregnant or breastfeeding? Experts explain the safety … Yahoo News Canada “Terra Manca, Postdoctoral Fellow, Canadian Center for Vaccinology (IWK Health Centre); Department of Pediatrics, Dalhousie University and […]

New ‘Be SaskWell’ text-based service helping people with mental health post COVID-19 restrictions Globalnews.ca “Tracy Risling, an associate professor in the College of Nursing at the University of Regina and research lead with Be Saskwell, […]

VIDO research provides insight into the immune response . . . Yorkton This Week “One of the newest scientists at the University of Saskatchewan’s (USask) Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization (VIDO) has …” TAGS: VIDO-InterVac, […]

COVID vaccine research looks at immunocompromised Toronto Star “Ottawa researchers have been awarded $8 million to study how well COVID-19 vaccines work in people with varied immune responses, including …” TAGS: COVID-19, vaccine, immunocompromised, innovative research, Ottawa […]

Researchers launch study into COVID-19 vaccine uptake and efficacy in vulnerable urban … UBC News “… Control and Vancouver Coastal Health—want to know how these dual health emergencies are being experienced. They have launched a new study …” […]

Testing wastewater for COVID-19 an ‘important tool for epidemiology for cities’ CBC.ca “Team from Health Sciences North Research Institute testing sewage in northeastern Ontario cities.” TAGS: COVID-19, pandemic, epidemiology, wastewater, Health Sciences North Research Institute […]