Virtual visit program helps people living with dementia in care homes connect with family...
Video calls became a lifeline for many people during the restrictions of the early COVID-19 pandemic, allowing families to catch up, employees to work and patients to meet their doctors, all without ever leaving home.
Researchers identify amino acid that may play a key role for predicting and treating...
University of Alberta researchers have identified an amino acid that may play a key role in predicting poor clinical outcomes and the treatment of long COVID.
UBC research shows wastewater genomic testing can effectively track COVID-19 variants of concern within...
Wastewater testing can accurately and rapidly identify levels of COVID-19 infections in the community, including the rise of variants of concern, suggests new research led by UBC professor Dr. Ryan Ziels.
Pfizer executive describes making the impossible, possible
Growing up Asian in apartheid South Africa, Angela Hwang, MBA ’94, wasn’t allowed to attend public school, take public transportation or attend college without government authorization.
Smoking rates surge during COVID-19
University of Queensland researchers have found nicotine consumption in Australia increased by 30 per cent during the early stages of COVID-19.
Turning hotels into emergency shelter as part of COVID-19 response limited spread of coronavirus,...
A King County initiative that moved people out of homeless shelters and into hotel rooms earlier this year helped slow the transmission of coronavirus..
New study shows how having had COVID-19 may negatively impact your performance at work
Individuals who contract COVID-19 often experience memory, attention, and concentration problems, even after recovering from the initial illness. A new study from the University of Waterloo shows individuals...
A dad’s-eye view of pregnancy during the pandemic
Becoming a parent is a major life transition at any time but in a pandemic it takes on a whole other experience as expectant mums and dads navigate the current health and social restrictions...
‘Mini-lungs’ reveal early stages of SARS-CoV-2 infection
‘Mini-lungs’ grown from tissue donated to Cambridge hospitals has provided a team of scientists from South Korea and the UK with important insights into how COVID-19 damages the lungs.
Detecting functional changes at the proteome level
ETH researchers have drastically improved existing proteomics techniques so they can capture all functional alterations in proteins.
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