(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 …
(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 …
(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 …
(Jordan Press/ Canadian Press) — A new survey suggests there are Canadians who believe that warnings from public officials about the threat of COVID-19 are vastly overblown.
Almost one-quarter of respondents in an online poll made public Tuesday by Leger and the Association for Canadian Studies say they believe public health and government …
(Robin Foster & E.J. Mundell/ HealthDay News) — New research suggests that COVID-19 is far from benign when it strikes young adults: Once they are hospitalized, 1 in 5 wind up in the ICU and many need ongoing medical care even after they are free of the virus, scientists report.
The Harvard University doctors reviewed more than …
(Stephanie Watson/ WebMD) — In March, concerns over the coronavirus surviving on surfaces fueled a disinfectant shopping frenzy that left store shelves bare of hand sanitizer and cleaning wipes. A video featuring a Michigan doctor sanitizing his groceries one by one captured more than 26 million views on YouTube.
With no signs …
(Mia Rabson/ Canadian Press) — Canadians appear to still have solid faith in doctors and scientists nearly six months into the COVID-19 pandemic.
A new survey done for Proof Strategies over the Labour Day weekend suggests more than eight in 10 Canadians trust doctors and nearly eight in 10 trust scientists.
That shows little change from …
(Robert Preidt/ HealthDay News) — The new coronavirus and antibodies that fight it can be in children’s bodies at the same time, surprised researchers have found.
“With most viruses, when you start to detect antibodies, you won’t detect the virus anymore. But with COVID-19, we’re seeing both,” said …
(Camille Bains/ Canadian Press) — Pamela Hardy will be getting her 11-year-old twins vaccinated against flu as soon as an immunization program begins but she’s worried about how public health officials will deal with any overcrowding at clinics to reduce transmission of COVID-19.
“The main concern is accessing the vaccine …