Respirology

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Ivermectin: efficacy and safety data lacking for COVID-19 prevention or treatment

Health Canada advises consumers not use veterinary or human dosage forms of ivermectin to prevent or treat COVID-19.
Vaccine hesitancy highest in Alberta, racialized groups at rollout's start: survey

The survey, led by researchers at Toronto's St. Michael's Hospital, was published online Tuesday in The Lancet Regional Health–Americas.
Association between asthma and autoimmune disorder myasthenia gravis: meta-analysis

Findings come from a meta-analysis of studies by researchers in Thailand involving both asthma and the less common autoimmune disorder MG with results published in Lung
One jab has almost no effect against Delta: study

According to a recently published study, two shots are better than one when it comes to protection against the SARS-CoV-2 Delta, as well as other, variants of the virus.
Six things to tell patients about the Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2

Spreads faster than early forms of SARS-CoV-2 and is now the predominant variant in Canada and the United States
2021 Canadian guidelines now available for management of asthma

Canadian Thoracic Society issues updated guidelines for the diagnosis and management of asthma in preschoolers, children and adults.
COVID-19 outbreak grows in N.W.T., military and Red Cross nurses deployed
Ontario's Vaccine Clinical Advisory Group recommends some cohorts receive third mRNA vaccine

The update outlines the specific populations who would most benefit from a third or booster shot.

QUIZ: What do you know about COVID booster shots?

How concerned are your patients who are parents about school this fall?

Ivermectin: efficacy and safety data lacking for COVID-19 prevention or treatment

Vaccine hesitancy highest in Alberta, racialized groups at rollout's start: survey

Association between asthma and autoimmune disorder myasthenia gravis: meta-analysis

One jab has almost no effect against Delta: study

Six things to tell patients about the Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2

2021 Canadian guidelines now available for management of asthma

COVID-19 outbreak grows in N.W.T., military and Red Cross nurses deployed

Ontario's Vaccine Clinical Advisory Group recommends some cohorts receive third mRNA vaccine