May 27, 2020 Clinical Research Vaccine trial clinical investigators are worried that participants are MIA
May 25, 2020 Epidemiology SARS CoV-2 testing to be provided to all Ottawa residents with no prerequisites. Need to be aware of false positive/negatives when screening large asymptomatic population.
May 22, 2020 Clinical Research Is this hypothesis the ACE in the hole that explains why children account for so few cases of SARS-CoV-2? Verification and further evaluation required.
May 21, 2020 Epidemiology As Ontario opens up, the public-health-strategy-cart is ahead of the proverbial contact-tracing-and-testing-horse. Get your surfboard ready just in case.
May 20, 2020 Allergy/Immunology Although no plausible cancer-causing biological mechanism has been proven, J & J throws in the towel. Also, virus exposure time a factor in risk of successful infection among other factors.
May 19, 2020 Allergy/Immunology The snake-oil-peddling President. And in real science news, a new study sheds light on immune response to SARS-CoV-2.
May 15, 2020 Health Policy What the US does or does not do to mitigate SARS-CoV-2 infection rates may spill over onto Canada. So far, the outcome does not look promising.
May 14, 2020 Generic Drugs Will there be an increase in superbugs after SARS-CoV-2? Further evaluation is required to determine if there has been an increase in indiscriminate antibiotic use during the pandemic. We probably will not know the answer for some time.
May 13, 2020 Health Policy Health Canada’s approval of SARS-CoV-2 antibody test has its limitations but is a good first step to prepare for the easing of restrictions. Public health policy decisions will depend on its availability in significant quantity.
