Canada’s mass COVID-19 vaccination rollout expands
CTV News
“… Health Network should reach 1,500, according to Dr. Bradly Wouters, the executive vice-president of science and research at the hospital network.”
TAGS: COVID-19, vaccination rollout, public health, University Health Network
McGill leads trials of drug to treat COVID-19
Radio Canada International (en)
“The Research Institute of the McGill University Health centre in Montreal is currently testing such a drug on hospital patients who are at higher risk of …”
TAGS: COVID-19, innovative treatment, inflammatory response, McGill University Health Centre
The role of public health in the global pandemic
University of Saskatchewan
“The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has impacted society on a global level and has started a conversation about the importance of public health and public health programming.”
TAGS: pandemic, COVID-19, public health, University of Saskatchewan
Carleton Professor Publishes Paper on Ketamine as a Treatment for Major Depression in Nature
Carleton Newsroom
“Carleton University’s Argel Aguilar-Valles and Nahum Sonenberg from McGill University’s Department of Biochemistry and Goodman Cancer Centre …”
TAGS: mental health, depression, innovative treatment, ketamine, Carleton University
Many women putting off breast cancer screenings during pandemic: The Ottawa Hospital
CityNews
“The pandemic has caused the number of women looking to get screened for breast cancer to drop at The Ottawa Hospital, according to its head of breast imaging.”
TAGS: breast cancer, cancer, screening, The Ottawa Hospital
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