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Une nouvelle clinique visant la COVID longue et la maladie de Lyme chronique à Montréal

Published November 1, 2022

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Published by: Le Devoir
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By Pauline Gravel

A clinic dedicated to people with long COVID or persistent symptoms of Lyme disease has just opened at the Jewish General Hospital in Montreal. This reference centre, which will combine clinical and research on these two syndromes still poorly understood, is one of the 15 clinics announced last May by the Ministry of Health and Social Services (MSSS).

“Although we do not yet have a very good understanding of the pathophysiology of these two diseases, we know that both of them sometimes cause long-term sequelae that persist even though the infection seems to have disappeared from the organism,” explains Dr Leighanne Parkes, microbiolgist-infectiologist at this new clinic.

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Jewish General Hospital opens long-COVID and Lyme disease clinic

Published November 1, 2022

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Published by: Montreal Gazette
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The CIUSSS West-Central Montreal regional health authority announced the opening of a clinic for patients with persistent symptoms of COVID-19 and Lyme disease at the Jewish General Hospital on Monday.

“Although most of the people who get COVID-19 recover within a few weeks, some — even those who had mild versions of the disease — might have symptoms that last a long time afterward,” Dr. Karl Weiss, chief of the Jewish General Hospital’s division of infectious diseases, noted in a statement. “These symptoms can be disabling, making it difficult to perform daily activities or to return to work or school. They may vary in intensity from day to day, and over time.

“Research and knowledge about treating this illness known as long-COVID syndrome is emerging and rapidly evolving. Our goal in establishing the referral centre is to provide patients with leading-edge care, while improving our understanding of the disease.”

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Topic: Corsi-Rosenthal boxesView all posts for the topic: Corsi-Rosenthal boxes

This DIY air purifier costs far less than a HEPA purifier, and studies say it works

Published October 5, 2022

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Published by: CTV News
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By Alexandra Mae Jones

This fall, teachers and parents have been sharing photos on social media of do-it-yourself air purifiers that they’ve made for classrooms to help protect kids from COVID-19 transmission.

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Topic: cardiovascular diseaseView all posts for the topic: cardiovascular disease

Unlike flu, COVID-19 attacks DNA in the heart: new research

Published September 29, 2022

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Published by: Brisbane Times
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By Stuart Layt

Direct research on the hearts of COVID-19 patients who have died from the disease has revealed they sustained DNA damage in a way completely unlike how influenza affects the body.

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Topic: indoor air qualityView all posts for the topic: indoor air quality

559 HEPA purifiers delivered to Yukon schools

Published August 25, 2022

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Published by: Yukon News
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By Dana Hatherly

Every Yukon school was equipped with High Efficiency Particulate Air (HEPA) purifiers for each classroom-sized space by the first day of school, according to the Education department.

The territorial government has dealt out hundreds of HEPA air purifiers to Yukon schools since the start of the pandemic in 2020.

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Topic: schoolsView all posts for the topic: schools

Opinion: Better protecting schools from COVID is within reach

Published August 17, 2022

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Published by: Edmonton Journal
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By Joe Vipond, Amanda Hu

Welcome to the “Live with COVID” era, where living with the virus means not talking about it at all. We’ve been told to pretend it’s over, though those “weird summer colds” and “lingering symptoms” indicate otherwise. Rising case rates, hospitalizations, and deaths. Best Summer Ever 2.0 is ending, which means kids are about to return for their third pandemic September.

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Topic: long COVIDView all posts for the topic: long COVID

El camino largo: Cuando los síntomas de la COVID-19 no desaparecen.

Published August 1, 2022

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Published by: NIH MedlinePlus Revista
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Although most people who have COVID-19 recover within a few weeks, some struggle with heart symptoms and problems such as brain fog, fatigue, headaches, dizziness, and difficulty breathing, even months after the initial infection goes away.

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Topic: Northwest TerritoriesView all posts for the topic: Northwest Territories

What’s the NWT’s Covid-19 situation? It’s kinda hard to tell.

Published July 31, 2022

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Published by: Cabin Radio
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By Ollie Williams

Anecdotally, Covid-19 has picked up again in Yellowknife. But tracking the disease in the Northwest Territories is not nearly as easy as it once was.

That’s largely a function of relaxed restrictions. Eliminating mandatory isolation, and the requirement to take a test and report the results when symptomatic, restored freedoms but shut down data sources.

The NWT government’s Covid-19 dashboard, which existed for almost two years, was taken offline at the start of July.

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Topic: OmicronView all posts for the topic: Omicron

Omicron deadlier for Ontario seniors than previous two waves combined

Published July 3, 2022

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Published by: Toronto Star
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By Kenyon Wallace, Megan Ogilvie, May Warren

Even as Ontario began reopening its economy and returning to some semblance of normalcy this year, COVID-19 was wreaking havoc on the lives of older residents — killing them at higher rates than the past two waves, new data shows.

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Topic: neurodegenerative diseasesView all posts for the topic: neurodegenerative diseases

COVID-19 positive patients at higher risk of developing neurodegenerative disorders, new study shows

Published June 25, 2022

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Published by: EurekAlert! / AAAS
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COVID-19 positive outpatients are at an increased risk of neurodegenerative disorders compared with individuals who tested negative for the virus, a new study presented today at the 8th European Academy of Neurology (EAN) Congress has shown.

The study, which analysed the health records of over half of the Danish population, found that those who had tested positive for COVID-19 were at an increased risk of Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, and ischaemic stroke.

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Topic: long COVIDView all posts for the topic: long COVID

Long COVID Risk Falls Only Slightly after Vaccination

Published May 27, 2022

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Published by: Scientific American / Nature
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By Sara Reardon

Vaccination against SARS-CoV-2 lowers the risk of long COVID after infection by only about 15%, according to a study of more than 13 million people. That’s the largest cohort that has yet been used to examine how much vaccines protect against the condition, but it is unlikely to end the uncertainty.

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Topic: Corsi-Rosenthal boxesView all posts for the topic: Corsi-Rosenthal boxes

Video | How to Build a Corsi-Rosenthal Box

Published April 15, 2022

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Richard L. Corsi, dean of the UC Davis College of Engineering, explains how to build a Corsi-Rosenthal box. Dr. Corsi is an internationally recognized expert in the field of indoor air quality, with a specific interest in physical and chemical interactions between pollutants and indoor materials. His concept for a low-cost, accessible, and effective air cleaner, the Corsi-Rosenthal box, is now being used as an open-source do-it-yourself approach worldwide for reducing exposure to the SARS-CoV-2 virus, wildfire smoke and more.

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