COVID News

1 in 5 animals at zoo tested positive for SARS-CoV-2, perhaps from people

1 in 5 animals at zoo tested positive for SARS-CoV-2, perhaps from people

  • CIDRAP
Where did COVID originate? Saskatoon lab helps with genetic analysis that points to animal market

Where did COVID originate? Saskatoon lab helps with genetic analysis that points to animal market

  • CBC
17 key charts to understand the COVID pandemic

17 key charts to understand the COVID pandemic

  • Our World in Data
Jay Bhattacharya, a co-founder of the Great Barrington Declaration, emerges as a top candidate to lead the NIH
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Jay Bhattacharya, a co-founder of the Great Barrington Declaration, emerges as a top candidate to lead the NIH

  • The Washington Post
A plea to maskless health-care workers from vulnerable patients

A plea to maskless health-care workers from vulnerable patients

  • Healthy Debate
Tracking respiratory viruses in Canada: RSV, influenza, COVID-19

Tracking respiratory viruses in Canada: RSV, influenza, COVID-19

  • CTV News
Bureaucratic stupidity in COVID vaccine clinic case will have far-reaching consequences

Bureaucratic stupidity in COVID vaccine clinic case will have far-reaching consequences

  • Sohail Gandhi
New AI tool ferrets out long-COVID cases from patient records, estimates 23% prevalence

New AI tool ferrets out long-COVID cases from patient records, estimates 23% prevalence

  • CIDRAP
A nasal swab could determine COVID severity

A nasal swab could determine COVID severity

  • Axios
Study reveals a new function of SARS-CoV-2 on tumor progression

Study reveals a new function of SARS-CoV-2 on tumor progression

  • Molecular Cancer
Invest in ‘triple rapid’ tests to fight mpox, H5N1 bird flu, and beyond

Invest in ‘triple rapid’ tests to fight mpox, H5N1 bird flu, and beyond

  • STAT
  • Janika Schmitt and Jacob Swett
Assessing acute kidney injury risk after COVID vaccination and infection in a large cohort study

Assessing acute kidney injury risk after COVID vaccination and infection in a large cohort study

  • Nature
Multisystem inflammatory syndrome much more common in kids not vaccinated against COVID: study

Multisystem inflammatory syndrome much more common in kids not vaccinated against COVID: study

  • CIDRAP
Canadian study finds no adverse brain development in kids exposed to COVID in utero

Canadian study finds no adverse brain development in kids exposed to COVID in utero

  • CIDRAP
Michigan jury awards millions to a woman fired after refusing to get a COVID-19 vaccine

Michigan jury awards millions to a woman fired after refusing to get a COVID-19 vaccine

  • Associated Press
She helped thousands get COVID shots. Now she's on the hook for $600K

She helped thousands get COVID shots. Now she's on the hook for $600K

  • CBC
Long-Term Risk of Autoimmune and Autoinflammatory Connective Tissue Disorders Following COVID-19

Long-Term Risk of Autoimmune and Autoinflammatory Connective Tissue Disorders Following COVID-19

  • JAMA
Three years and waiting for Canada's made-in-Montreal COVID shot

Three years and waiting for Canada's made-in-Montreal COVID shot

  • Montreal Gazette
OHIP clawing back $600K from doctor behind Kingston’s drive-through COVID vaccine clinics

OHIP clawing back $600K from doctor behind Kingston’s drive-through COVID vaccine clinics

  • Kingstonist
Less than 1 in 6 US health workers got last year's COVID vaccine

Less than 1 in 6 US health workers got last year's COVID vaccine

  • Axios
Less COVID-19 testing available in Ontario leads to confusion about vaccines

Less COVID-19 testing available in Ontario leads to confusion about vaccines

  • CBC
An Idaho health department isn't allowed to give COVID vaccines anymore

An Idaho health department isn't allowed to give COVID vaccines anymore

  • Associated Press
Alberta's fall COVID-19 surge has arrived and hospitals are feeling it

Alberta's fall COVID-19 surge has arrived and hospitals are feeling it

  • CBC
Pediatricians report unusual increase in mycoplasma pneumonia cases in Canada

Pediatricians report unusual increase in mycoplasma pneumonia cases in Canada

  • CTV News
Far-UVC light markedly reduces the level of infectious airborne virus in an occupied room

Far-UVC light markedly reduces the level of infectious airborne virus in an occupied room

  • Nature
Fewer elderly Canadians believe in the need for COVID vaccines

Fewer elderly Canadians believe in the need for COVID vaccines

  • Sudbury.com
Paxlovid tied to fewer COVID-19 hospitalizations, reduced risk of long COVID

Paxlovid tied to fewer COVID-19 hospitalizations, reduced risk of long COVID

  • CIDRAP
Risk of long COVID reaches 37% after three infections, according to INSPQ (Translated)

Risk of long COVID reaches 37% after three infections, according to INSPQ (Translated)

  • Radio-Canada
Western University researchers take steps to unravel long COVID

Western University researchers take steps to unravel long COVID

  • CTV News
Paxlovid reduces COVID-19 hospitalization and prevents long COVID in adult outpatients: study

Paxlovid reduces COVID-19 hospitalization and prevents long COVID in adult outpatients: study

  • Nature
Pneumonia uptick part of decision to reintroduce mask mandate in N.L., disease specialist says

Pneumonia uptick part of decision to reintroduce mask mandate in N.L., disease specialist says

  • CBC
Proposed Alberta Bill of Rights changes aim to protect freedom to refuse vaccines, medical treatment

Proposed Alberta Bill of Rights changes aim to protect freedom to refuse vaccines, medical treatment

  • CTV News
Mycoplasma pneumoniae on the rise in Quebec

Mycoplasma pneumoniae on the rise in Quebec

  • CTV News
Coughing kids, coughing parents. To keep everyone healthy, we have to update our schools

Coughing kids, coughing parents. To keep everyone healthy, we have to update our schools

  • Toronto Star
  • Sara Ehrhardt
How a Victoria doctor saved his city from 1918 influenza despite overwhelming pressure

How a Victoria doctor saved his city from 1918 influenza despite overwhelming pressure

  • Times Colonist
Mask mandate returning to N.L. health facilities

Mask mandate returning to N.L. health facilities

  • CBC
Will long COVID sway the 2024 election? These Rutgers researchers think it could

Will long COVID sway the 2024 election? These Rutgers researchers think it could

  • northjersey.com
'Vaccine fatigue' growing in Alberta during fall immunization campaign, expert says

'Vaccine fatigue' growing in Alberta during fall immunization campaign, expert says

  • CTV News
Maternal COVID infections may affect newborn heart development

Maternal COVID infections may affect newborn heart development

  • CIDRAP
CDC vaccine advisers recommend second COVID vaccine dose for seniors, immune-compromised

CDC vaccine advisers recommend second COVID vaccine dose for seniors, immune-compromised

  • CIDRAP
Free rapid COVID tests a thing of the past in Alberta, unless you're really lucky

Free rapid COVID tests a thing of the past in Alberta, unless you're really lucky

  • CBC
CDC says mycoplasma pneumoniae infections on the rise in children

CDC says mycoplasma pneumoniae infections on the rise in children

  • American Academy of Pediatrics

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