Research shows lower dose drug strategy for severe COVID-19 patients both clinically and economically effective
VCHRI
“400 mg fixed dose tocilizumab holds out hope of extending the supply of life-saving medication and providing benefit to a larger number of severe COVID-19 patients.”
TAGS: COVID-19, pandemic, dose strategy, Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute
Study finds COVID vaccination during pregnancy doesn’t increase complications around childbirth
CHEO
“Fell, an Associate Professor in the University of Ottawa’s Faculty of Medicine and a Scientist at the CHEO Research Institute. Vaccination against …”
TAGS: vaccination, COVID-19, pandemic, vaccination, CHEO
Health Matters: Speeding up drug discovery & new COVID-19 variant now dominant in Alberta
Global News
“The University of Alberta is leading a national research network that’s studying glycomics – and how the science can accelerate drug discovery. Also, Alberta Health confirms the Omicron subvariant BA.2 is now the dominant COVID-19 strain in the province.”
TAGS: COVID-19, pandemic, variant, innovative research, GlycoNet
USask student assists adolescents in exploring COVID-19 experiences through animation
USask News – University of Saskatchewan
“The experiences of adolescents living in Saskatoon is of particular interest to University of Saskatchewan (USask) student Meagan Hong.”
TAGS: COVID-19, pandemic, mental health, University of Saskatchewan
Long COVID among medical workers may have ‘profound’ impact on health care, study suggests
CBC
“A recent study out of Quebec looked at health-care workers who are grappling with life-altering long COVID impacts — which could jeopardize their …”
TAGS: long-COVID, pandemic, public health, medical workers, University Health Network