(Helen Albert/ Forbes) — One of the problems with Covid-19 is that while many people have mild-to-moderate symptoms and recover at home, a small percentage of infections lead to severe illness and death. Predicting who will become seriously ill is vital to ensure patients get the best treatment and have the best chance of recovery.
A …
(Robert Glatter MD, Forbes) — A growing body of research indicates that ongoing and prolonged loneliness is associated with adverse health outcomes, including elevated risk for diabetes, hypertension, cancer, coronary artery disease, depression, anxiety and suicide.
The pandemic—especially during periods of strict lockdown—has …
(John Paul Tasker/ CBC News) — The federal government today announced a plan to buy 7.9 million point-of-care COVID-19 tests in the months ahead — and defended a Health Canada regulatory process that has left the country with few rapid testing devices to deploy as cases mount.
Public Services and Procurement Minister Anita Anand said …
(Natalie Rahhal/ Daily Mail) — Americans over 65 were excluded from half of all US clinical trials of drugs and all trials for vaccines – including those for COVID-19 – from October of last year until June 1, 2020, new research reveals.
People over 65 are the most likely to develop severe COVID-19 and die of the devastating …
(Natasha Hinde/ HuffPost UK) — One in five people could be walking around with ‘silent’ Covid-19, a study published in the journal Thorax suggests, leading researchers to suggest these people may act as an important driver of viral spread in the community.
Lead author Professor Sung-Han Kim, from the Department of Infectious Diseases …
(Colin Harris/ CBC News) — Health Minister Christian Dubé appealed to Quebecers to cancel all their plans to gather with friends and family over the next few weeks — including Thanksgiving dinner.
He said the next few weeks will be key in preventing the level of shutdowns that were seen in the spring because of COVID-19.
“We ask all …
(Mia Rabson/ Canadian Press) — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is promising to do more to help provinces respond to soaring demands for COVID-19 testing but there is still no indication of when the government will approve the tests that can deliver results in mere minutes.
Health Minister Patty Hajdu has said her department isn’t …
(CBC News) — Quebec Health Minister Christian Dubé says his team is looking into “erroneous” comments made by a prominent Montreal health official on a local news station last week.
Dr. Lawrence Rosenberg, head of the CIUSSS du Centre-Ouest de l’île de Montréal, has come under fire for comparing COVID-19 to the seasonal …
(Jonathan Montpetit · CBC News) —Quebec’s top public health official said Monday that a second wave of COVID-19 infections is underway, and joined authorities in Montreal and Quebec City in urging people to reduce their social activities as much as possible in the weeks ahead.
The province reported 586 new cases on Monday, the …
(Benjamin Shingler & Sarah Leavitt/ CBC News) — Quebec has ramped up its ability to track down members of the public who may have been exposed to COVID-19.
But challenges remain in ensuring those who may have contracted the virus are aware.
Among the biggest hurdles? Getting people to pick up the phone.
Health Minister Christian Dubé …