Half of US drug trials and all vaccine trials failed to enlist elderly subjects
(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 …
Here’s what you need to know about ‘silent’ Covid
(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 …
Avoid all social gatherings as COVID-19 community transmissions rise, health minister urges Quebecers
(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 …
Feds promise help for surging COVID-19 test demand but won’t OK rapid-test tech yet
(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 …
Top Montreal doctor’s comparison of COVID-19 to flu ‘not appropriate,’ health minister says
(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 …
Second wave of COVID-19 infections has started in Quebec, top health official warns
(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 …
Why contact tracing remains a hurdle for Quebec in containing COVID-19
(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 …
Coronavirus: scientists find collision of pandemic and flu doubles Covid-19 transmission
(Stephen Chen/ South China Morning Post) — Influenza could more than double the transmission rate of the coronavirus, according to new European research.
A joint study by the Max Planck Institute in Germany and Pasteur Institute in France showed that on average, a patient infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus could pass Covid-19 to two …
Eating disorders thrive in anxious times, and pose a lethal threat
(Yuki Noguchi/ NPR) — For most of her 34 years, Stephanie Parker didn’t recognize she had an eating disorder.
At age 6, she recalls, she stopped eating and drinking at school — behavior that won her mother’s praise. “It could have started sooner; I just don’t have the memory,” says Parker. In middle …