Viruses

• Why bird flu is always a ‘red flag’: Canadian health care experts break it down

  According to the World Health Organization, while the risk to humans remains low for now, bird flu needs 'to be monitored closely.' Canadian health experts agree.

  Health

  Feb 11, 2023
  
• Flu shots available in B.C. after Thanksgiving as province prepares for ‘winter surge’

  The province’s influenza vaccination campaign will start, for the vast majority of British Columbians, around Oct. 11 after the Thanksgiving long weekend.

  Health

  Sep 28, 2022
  
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• Warts: What to know about the ‘mushroom-like’ growths on your skin

  You could have a wart and not even know it. 

  Lifestyle

  Oct 27, 2019
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• Canadian team invents gel made from viruses that eat bacteria

  The gel could someday be used for healing wounds or purifying water, the researchers at McMaster University say.

  Health

  Jul 25, 2019
• HIV-type virus used to possibly cure 10 infants of ‘bubble boy disease’

  Researchers used a modified HIV-like virus to help restore the babies' immune systems.

  Health

  Apr 18, 2019
• All the phage: Winnipeg company hopes to lead the fight against drug-resistant bacteria

  Steven Theriault, CEO of local Cytophage Technologies, told 680 CJOB his company is using something called bacteriophage therapy to fight back against anti-microbial resistance.

  Health

  Mar 26, 2019
• Stressed bats more capable of spreading viruses to humans: study

  A team led by a University of Saskatchewan researcher said they found that stress can increase the spread of viruses from little brown bats.

  Science

  Oct 22, 2018
• ‘This is it’: the cancer treatment that has doctors talking about a cure

  It's a new frontier in cancer treatment - immunotherapy - activating the immune system to fight the disease, and it's having some impressive results.

  Canada

  Mar 16, 2016
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• 5 things Canadians need to know about Zika virus

  Zika virus is making its way through more than a dozen countries. Health officials are mapping its migration as it inches closer to North America.

  Health

  Jan 14, 2016
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• Viruses that can destroy cancer? Canadians leading the way in new research

  Viruses that can destroy cancer? “Home grown” research by Canadians that could revolutionize cancer treatment, announcing today they are adding a new cancer to their hit list.

  Health

  Oct 1, 2015