Vaccination by inhalation
Delivering vaccines directly to the lungs can boost immune responses to respiratory infections or lung cancer, study finds.
Analysis: 3 lessons on ethnicity, race and health equity from COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has underscored the critical need for robust and equitable public health systems in Canada that address the population’s diverse needs.
Global eradication of COVID-19 should not be dismissed – new analysis
Eradicating COVID‑19 across the globe is theoretically more feasible than for polio but much less so than it was for smallpox, according to an analysis by New Zealand researchers.
Study examines spread of Covid vaccine information online
A new study from The University of Western Australia has established how rumours of alleged adverse events were spread around the world during the first months of the COVID-19 vaccine roll-out.
Coronavirus update: London to enter Tier 3 restrictions
The UK Government has announced that London will move from Tier 2 to Tier 3 COVID-19 restrictions from Wednesday 16 December.
How do you rising to the challenge of remote learning
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Two weeks. That’s all the time McGill staff, administrators and professors had to...
COVID-19 ‘has reshaped science forever’
Following in a long line of eminent scientists and engineers, Professor Cath Noakes will stand in the Royal Institution’s iconic auditorium and explain the big ideas reshaping society.
3 Questions: Vaccines and the power of positive reinforcement
Public health officials have issued plenty of warnings about people who are reluctant to get vaccinated for Covid-19.
COVID-19 pandemic causes a seismic noise quiet period in 2020
Research published in the journal Science has shown that lockdown measures to combat the spread of COVID-19 led to a 50% reduction in seismic noise observed around the world in early to mid 2020.
Surgical masks as good as N95 masks for health-care workers providing routine COVID-19 care
Surgical masks are not inferior to N95 masks for preventing the spread of COVID-19 to health-care workers, says a study led by McMaster University researchers.
