The COVID-19 vaccination campaign in 141 countries averted 2.4 million excess deaths by August 2021 and would have saved another 670,000 more lives had vaccines been distributed equitably, estimates a working paper from University of Southern California (USC) and Brown University researchers.
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No vaccine appointments available until December? You can either wait, or take a road trip
Province says high demand for COVID-19 shots limiting availability in some locations.
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EPA Testing Shows the Power of DIY Air Filters to Trap Viruses
The results are in: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency research testing of do-it-yourself ‘Corsi-Rosenthal Box’ indoor air filters shows they are 99% effective in removing airborne virus. The ‘Owl Force One’ device tested by the EPA was built by UConn Indoor Air Quality Initiative researchers with Middletown, Connecticut public school children.
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Study: Regardless of variant, half of long-COVID patients fail to improve after 18 months
More than 50% of long-COVID patients failed to improve 1.5 years after their initial diagnosis, according to a new study based on cases seen at a Danish post-COVID clinic, both before and after the Omicron variant period.
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Flu and COVID-19 shots now available to all eligible people in Waterloo region, Guelph
Waterloo pharmacist Erin McClure says her phone has been ringing off the hook lately with people hoping to make appointments for their flu and COVID-19 shots.
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COVID-19 vaccine, flu shot available to Ontario’s general public as of Monday
Ontario residents who are six months and older will be able to receive their free flu shot and the new COVID‑19 vaccine starting on Monday.
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SARS-CoV-2 virus found to migrate within neurons and infect the brain
The emergence of different variants of SARS-CoV-2 has produced a wide range of clinical profiles and symptoms in patients. For the first time, researchers at the Institut Pasteur and Université Paris Cité have demonstrated, in an animal model, a characteristic common to several SARS-CoV-2 variants: the ability to infect the central nervous system.
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Horizon tightens mask rules again, starting Monday
Horizon Health Network is tightening its masking rules again, requiring all health-care workers, patients, visitors and designated support persons to wear a medical-grade mask in all patient and clinical areas of its facilities, starting Monday.
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Untangling the Electronics in a PC Fan Air Purifier
Building a Corsi-Rosenthal box using PC fans isn’t hard, but many people are intimidated by the electronic components. Fear no more! Read this and you should be able to source and put together the electronics for any PC fan air purifier you want to build.
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COVID-19 and flu shot bookings open to the general public today in Toronto
Starting today, the general public can book an appointment to get a fall booster shot for COVID-19 and influenza (flu) through Toronto Public Health (TPH) ahead of a potentially challenging season for respiratory illness.
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Where to get free COVID-19 rapid antigen tests in Toronto
Getting your hands on a COVID-19 rapid test is going to be a little more difficult this winter now that the tests are no longer being distributed to Ontario grocery stores and pharmacies.
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N.B.’s COVID-19 hazard index highest in Canada, says researcher, as virus kills 3 more
New Brunswick’s COVID-19 hazard index has more than doubled in a week and is now the highest in the country, according to an infectious diseases researcher and co-founder of COVID-19 Resources Canada.
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COVID’s Damage Lingers in the Heart
Researchers increasingly find that the effects of infection by SARS-CoV-2 extend to the cardiovascular system.
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No plans to extend mask requirements: Health Department
The Nunavut government is not planning to expand the mask mandate it imposed last week at the territory’s health centres.
The Health Department announced the change Oct. 17 in a news release in light of “increasing numbers” of COVID-19 and other respiratory illnesses.
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How SARS-CoV-2 contributes to heart attacks and strokes
COVID-19 is known to increase the risk of heart attack and stroke. The intense inflammation that occurs throughout the body in severe cases likely contributes to this increased risk. But it’s not clear whether SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, also affects blood vessels directly.
To find out, an NIH-funded research team, led by Dr. Chiara Giannarelli at New York University School of Medicine, analyzed coronary artery tissue samples from eight people who died of COVID-19 between May 2020 and May 2021. Results appeared in Nature Cardiovascular Research on September 28, 2023.
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Les cas de virus respiratoires augmentent en N.-É.
Nova Scotia reports two more COVID-19 deaths, bringing the total to nine since the end of August.
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Les lacunes dans les foyers de soins ont aggravé les effets de la COVID à l’Î.-P.-É.
Long-term care facilities in Prince Edward Island were not ready for the pandemic. Because of this, the quality of patient care deteriorated when COVID-19 arrived.
A group appointed by the provincial government came to these conclusions after talking to residents, workers, and managers of long-term care facilities, as well as families whose loved ones live in those facilities.
Continue readingLes lacunes dans les foyers de soins ont aggravé les effets de la COVID à l’Î.-P.-É.
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Researchers estimate 1% or 2% of hospital patients in England caught COVID after admission
During the country’s second COVID wave, 95,000 to 167,000 hospital patients in England were infected with SARS-CoV-2 in the hospital, partly due to a lack of single rooms, suggests a study published yesterday in Nature.
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