B.C. has recorded the largest death toll related to the COVID-19 pandemic over the weekend.
During her Monday update, an emotional Dr. Bonnie Henry said 46 people died from the virus over the weekend.
She said about 80 per cent of those resided within long-term care homes.
"This reflects the challenges we...
A company has started selling the first blood test to help diagnose Alzheimer’s disease, a leap for the field that could make it much easier for people to learn whether they have dementia. It also raises concern about the accuracy and impact of such life-altering news.
Independent experts are leery...
The correlation between the high concentration of fine particles and the severity of influenza waves is well known to epidemiologists. An interdisciplinary team from the University of Geneva (UNIGE) and the ETH Zürich spin-off Meteodat investigated possible interactions between acutely elevated levels of fine particulate matter and the virulence...
Federal health officials say Canada now has purchase agreements with seven COVID-19 vaccine producers.
Deputy Chief Public Health Officer Doctor Howard Njoo says most are in the final stages of testing before they can go to Health Canada for approval.
Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate could be approved in Canada next month.
Canada...
For this proof-of-principle study, researchers at the UCL Great Ormond Street Institute for Child Health (GOS ICH) and the UCL Cancer Institute modified the patient’s own T-cells (a type of immune cell), equipping them to recognise and kill neuroblastoma tumour cells.
Twelve children with relapsed or refractory (where the disease...
Provincial health officials say they are working on British Columbia's plan to handle COVID-19 vaccines.
Dr. Bonnie Henry, the provincial health officer, says Dr. Ross Brown of Vancouver Coastal Health will join the group working to organize the logistics around the distribution of vaccines.
B.C. recorded another 13 deaths and 738...
Nova Scotia is reporting 14 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, bringing the province's total active cases to 114.
Twelve of the new cases are in the central health zone, with one case each in the northern and western zones.
Nova Scotia Health Authority labs completed 2,253 tests Wednesday.
An additional 856...
Ottawa Public Health is reporting that 23 more people in the city have tested positive for COVID-19, a slight increase over the day before, but still well below the province's hot spots in the GTA.
However, four more people in Ottawa have lost their lives to the coronavirus.
Health Minister Christine...
A team from the Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS) has demonstrated the effectiveness of an inexpensive molecule to fight antibiotic-resistant strains of the bacteria responsible for gonorrhea and meningococcal meningitis. These two infections affect millions of people worldwide. The results of this research, led by Professor Frédéric...
Salt that crystallizes with sharp edges is the killer ingredient in the development of a reusable mask because any COVID-19 droplets that land on it would be quickly destroyed, says a researcher who is being recognized for her innovation.
Ilaria Rubino, a recent PhD graduate from the department of chemical...
