SARS-CoV-2

• Canada monitoring new COVID variant BA.2.86 found in at least 4 countries

  The World Health Organization said this week it had classified BA.2.86 a "variant under monitoring" due to the "large number of mutations identified."

  Health

  Aug 18, 2023
  
• Do you need a COVID booster this fall? Here’s what NACI recommends

  NACI is recommending Canadians get another COVID-19 booster for the fall if it has been at least six months since their last vaccine shot or since they were last infected.

  Canada

  Jul 11, 2023
  
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• McMaster-led study says more research needed into the effects of long COVID, autoimmunity

  The lead researcher for a recent study suggests long COVID could be the source of increased circulatory inflammatory markers for some sufferers.

  Health

  Jan 5, 2023
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• Ontario university study shows CBD may offer some protection against COVID-19

  A new study by researchers from the University of Waterloo shows that synthetic cannabidiol (CBD) may help offer some protection against COVID-19.

  Canada

  Jan 12, 2022
• ‘Better velcro’: Why does the U.K. coronavirus variant spread more easily?

  Experts say the new variant first identified in the U.K. is up to 70 per cent more transmissible, but does not appear to cause more severe illness.  

  Health

  Jan 28, 2021
• Will the new U.K. coronavirus variant be found in Quebec?

  Health experts in Quebec believe it's only a matter of time before the new coronavirus variant is detected there.

  Canada

  Dec 29, 2020
• COVID-19 would have been worse without recent advances in science

  The world was 100% more prepared for COVID-19 than it was for the flu 100 years ago, Dr. David Pride says.

  Commentary

  Dec 20, 2020
• History shows COVID-19 may fade out, but likely won’t disappear

  Even with a successful vaccine and effective treatment, COVID-19 may never go away, history professor Nükhet Varlik says.

  Commentary

  Oct 17, 2020
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• London, Ont., researchers develop faster, cheaper method to test possible COVID-19 drug treatments

  The team is hoping that the development will allow pharmaceutical companies to rapidly screen a bunch of potential drug treatments for COVID-19.

  Health

  Oct 15, 2020
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• Cutting corners by fast-tracking a COVID-19 vaccine could be unsafe

  Abram L. Wagner of the University of Michigan says he wants to be among the first in line for an approved COVID-19 vaccine. But he also wants medical research to ensure it's safe.

  Commentary

  Aug 16, 2020