The COVID-19 pandemic and its associated lockdowns may have worsened worries over food insecurity among many Canadians and negatively impacted their mental health, according to a nationwide survey conducted during the first wave....
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Most common masks, due to fit, filter only about 10 per cent of exhaled aerosol droplets....
A McMaster University team is collaborating in a major nationwide study on the effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines in people with immune-mediated inflammatory diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease and psoriasis.
Angela Huynh's paper points to protein causing rare complications from Astra Zeneca shots....
It starts as a paste as thick as molasses and is being transformed by a team of scientists into a fibrous material that could be used on the front lines to protect against COVID-19....
The multi-disciplinary team has a technical proof-of-concept. Now they need to do a clinical experiment and fine-tune the technology....
Clinical trial on a plate: Researchers to create new “breathing” lung model to study illnesses like COVID-19
An interdisciplinary team of researchers from McMaster and SickKids are developing a cutting-edge lung model that can better respond to viruses and drug treatments, giving scientists a tool to advance research in lung conditions like COVID-19, cystic fibrosis and allergens for asthma and air pollution....
Western's ImPaKT facility site of new international research investigating new way of detecting COVID-19, variants of concern....
USask's VIDO emerges as Canada's leader in vaccine development....