Eleven new cases of COVID-19 were reported in the Northern Health region on Monday, as the province saw nearly a thousand new cases in just two days.
Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry announced 998 new cases in B.C. on Monday, since her last update on Saturday. The majority of...
A student at William G Davis Public School in Cambridge has tested positive for COVID-19.
Region of Waterloo Public Health confirmed the case Monday night. They say the student was last in the building November 5.
Public Health has identified all high-risk contacts and individual guidance has been provided to...
Health officials in Sudbury have announced five new cases of COVID-19.
According to Public Health Sudbury & Districts, all five cases are in the Greater Sudbury area.
Out of the latest cases, four are said to have contracted the virus as a close contact while health officials are unable to confirm...
Newly announced results of a Phase I dose-escalation study show CureVac’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate, CVnCoV, generates noticeable immune responses in healthy volunteers.
CureVac formulated CVnCoV based on state-of-the-art lipid nanoparticle (LNP) technology which was licensed from the company’s long-term partner Acuitas Therapeutics. The vaccine candidate’s mode of action mimics the...
Researchers at MIT have used machine learning to create software capable of detecting whether a person has caught COVID-19 by analyzing their cough, a development that could eventually result in an iPhone app for daily checks.
So far, the iPhone has lent itself to helping users determine if they are...
Mission to flatten Canada's COVID-19 curve again
Waterloo Public Health announced the first COVID-19-related death in the region in more than two months on Sunday.
The agency did not provide any further details of the first COVID-19-related death announced in Waterloo Region since Aug. 22.
The death, which is not related to...
Intensive care physicians and nurses share their concerns as they brace for an influx of patients that threatens to overwhelm hospitals due to the resurgence of the coronavirus and the flu.
When Canadians successfully flattened epidemic curves during the summer, the goal was to prevent hospitals and intensive care units...
Empathy is talked about a lot these days. Against the backdrop of a global pandemic and a divisive political climate in the United States, calls for empathy have become louder and more urgent. We encourage empathy for those inflicted with COVID-19 and those struggling with unemployment. We reminisce about...
Dementia and other cognitive disorders now appear to be risk factors for developing severe COVID-19, according to research from the University of Georgia. The findings highlight the need for special care for populations with these preexisting conditions during the pandemic.
In a blind study, the researchers analyzed data from nearly...
While many in B.C. have been waiting for the COVID alert app to come to the province since it first launched this summer, it won’t be arriving just yet.
Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry said it’s “been a challenge” for health officials in B.C. because “there are some parameters...
