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Scientists behind mRNA COVID Vaccines Win 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

Published October 2, 2023

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Published by: Scientific American
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By Lauren J. Young

This year’s Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine goes to a transformative medical technology that significantly altered the path of the pandemic and saved millions: the mRNA vaccines against COVID. Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman were jointly awarded the prize for advancements that have changed the field of vaccine development and researchers’ understanding of how messenger RNA (mRNA) interacts with the body’s immune system.

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Deux pionniers des vaccins à ARNm reçoivent le Nobel de médecine

Published October 2, 2023

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Published by: Le Devoir / Agence France-Presse
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By Étienne Fontaine, Nioucha Zakavati

On Monday, the Nobel Prize for Medicine recognized the work of Hungarian researcher Katalin Karikó and her American colleague Drew Weissman in the development of messenger RNA vaccines, decisive in the fight against COVID-19.

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With COVID-19 cases edging up, London hospitals revise masking rules

Published October 2, 2023

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Published by: CBC News
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As cases of COVID-19 climb in the London region, London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC) and St. Josephs’s Health Care London are revising their masking rules to require staff and doctors in direct contact with patients to wear masks, and recommend visitors and patients do the same.

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Where can I get a COVID-19 rapid test? CTV News looks at the rules in each province and territory

Published October 2, 2023

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Published by: CTV News
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By Michael Lee

Since provinces and territories are responsible for the distribution of rapid tests, their availability will ultimately depend on where you live.

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Mandatory masks are back at Montreal’s CHUM, centre-west health board

Published September 30, 2023

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Published by: CBC News
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The Centre hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal (CHUM) and the regional health board for the city’s centre-west region are bringing back mandatory mask rules.

The rule, which applies to both staff and visitors, took effect on Friday at every facility of the CIUSSS du Centre-Ouest-de-l’Île-de-Montréal. That includes the Montreal Jewish General Hospital.

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Au tour du CHUM d’obliger le port du masque

Published September 30, 2023

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Published by: La Presse
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By Lila Dussault

Faced with the increase in cases of COVID-19 and respiratory viruses, wearing a mask will once again be mandatory at the Centre hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal (CHUM) starting Monday.

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COVID-19 : trois hôpitaux de Kingston imposent le retour du masque obligatoire

Published September 30, 2023

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Published by: Radio-Canada
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The mandatory mask is back in some hospitals in Kingston.

The Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC) announced the immediate return to mandatory masks in a press release released Thursday, citing the growing prevalence of COVID-19 in the region.

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Sepsis associated with COVID-19 infections more common than thought

Published September 29, 2023

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Published by: CIDRAP
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By Stephanie Soucheray

Today in JAMA Network Open, researchers provide new evidence that the prevalence of SARS-CoV-2–associated sepsis among hospitalized adults is higher than previously thought, but deaths from the condition became less frequent as the pandemic progressed.

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Mandatory masking coming back to Kingston’s hospitals

Published September 29, 2023

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Published by: CBC News
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By Dan Taekema

Mandatory masking is returning to Kingston’s hospitals.

Citing “rising COVID-19 prevalence” in the region, Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC) announced the immediate return to masking in a media release shared Thursday.

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La richesse des groupes antivaccins

Published September 29, 2023

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Published by: Le Droit
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By Pascal Lapointe

The pandemic has been lucrative for anti-vaccine groups. The two most influential in the United States saw their revenues more than double between 2020 and 2021. Although they are officially non-profit organizations, one of them was able to pay its director a salary of half a million dollars a year.

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SARS-CoV-2 can infect coronary arteries and trigger heart attack, stroke, study suggests

Published September 29, 2023

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Published by: CIDRAP
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By Mary Van Beusekom

SARS-CoV-2 can directly infect the arteries of the heart, inflaming the fatty plaque inside and raising the risk of heart attack and stroke, suggests a small study published yesterday in Nature Cardiovascular Research.

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Some hospitals are bringing back masking – and the general public should consider it this fall too, experts say

Published September 29, 2023

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Published by: CTV News
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By Alexandra Mae Jones

As sniffling season falls upon us amid an uptick in COVID-19 cases across the country, should we be bringing masking back in health-care settings and reaching for them more often in our daily lives?

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Pfizer’s updated COVID vaccine approved by Health Canada

Published September 28, 2023

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Published by: Global News
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By Katie Dangerfield

Pfizer’s updated COVID-19 vaccine for the upcoming fall and winter months has been granted Health Canada approval.

Pfizer’s updated vaccine is approved for people six months and older.

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