February 9, 2023 Allergy/Immunology First step studying the outcomes of a one-and-done therapy using pegylated interferon lambda demonstrated that it helped curb severe COVID-19 infection-related hospitalizations.
January 27, 2023 Epidemiology Canadian study reports on COVID-19 misinformation and its health outcome consequences.
November 15, 2022 Health Policy Adopt all ‘layers of protection’ to help most vulnerable, doctors say as respiratory viruses spread. How many will voluntarily heed this advice to reduce the risk for children?
September 7, 2022 Clinical Research The observational study claims for ivermectin’s efficacy continue but the evidence from RCTs continues to show that it is not a treatment for COVID.
September 6, 2022 Apps and diagnosis Neural-network-AI-based model used by mobile phone app detects COVID-19 using voice analyzing algorithms. More crowd-sourced data required to improve specificity and sensitivity but interesting use of AI network.
July 7, 2022 Epidemiology Think you’re immune to COVID-19 after getting sick? Maybe not, new research shows
June 6, 2022 Epidemiology COVID data void in Canada could hamper understanding of lingering impact: experts
April 18, 2022 General information Graham Richardson (@grahamctv) and I discuss the impact of the new normal on others and the many suffering in silence.
April 14, 2022 General information @BillCarroll and I discuss public’s desire for normality and that inurement to risk does not change the reality on the ground for some.
March 30, 2022 Health Statistics COVID-19 and Flu do not mix well together. Study in Lancet reports a 4 times relative risk increase for mechanical ventilation in hospitalized patients and are 2.4 times more likely to die compared to someone with COVID-19 alone.