ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR
- 1/5/2022
Omicron variant may offer an 'immune dividend' and blood tests show waning immunity across all age groups: Immunity Task Force
Scientists on the task force are now analyzing the extent of immunity offered by Omicron, as well as "memory of immune protection'' in the cells which can kick in with future COVID-19 infections. - 1/4/2022
Not always healthy: what your patients need to know about plant-based diets
Plant-based meats are often high in sodium, ultra-processed and not any healthier than meat. Meanwhile, nearly half of the consumers think they are more nutritious. - 1/4/2022
Provinces to receive large shipments of rapid tests this month: prime minister
Trudeau said he understands people are frustrated and feeling as though the country is back in the early months of the pandemic, despite more than a year of sacrifices and significant efforts. - 1/4/2022
With COVID on the job: France allows infected medics to work
It is a calculated risk, with the possibility that COVID-positive health workers and carers could infect colleagues and patients weighed against what the government says is a need to keep essential services running. - 1/4/2022
We've got to get on top of long COVID before it drowns us
With Omicron raging through the population, we need to stay on top of—and properly fund—the science behind long-COVID, set to be a post-pandemic pandemic of its own. - 1/4/2022
With salty language, Macron berates France's unvaccinated
French President Emmanuel Macron burst into the presidential race with an explosive remark about the country's minority of unvaccinated people—in an apparent effort to win support from mainstream voters but at the risk of widening divisions over the issue. - 1/4/2022
Some overloaded Quebec healthcare facilities forced to cancel staff vacations
After working overtime without much time off since the beginning of the pandemic, nurse Agathe Vezina said the latest measure feels like a slap to healthcare employees. - 1/4/2022
Ontario hospital closing health centre in Niagara region due to staff shortage
A hospital network in the Niagara region is shutting down one of its urgent care centres to redeploy doctors and nurses to emergency departments amid worsening staff shortages and rising COVID-19 admissions.