February 24, 2021 Epidemiology Education workers ask to be included as part of the next COVID-19 vaccination phase. It can contribute to a stable school year, improve children’s mental health and pedagogic stability, teacher security, and reduces family stress and yo-yo closures.
February 19, 2021 Epidemiology What is behind recent COVID-19 case reductions? An aggregate of factors with disproportionate influences thought to be contributing factors: social distancing, seasonality, seroprevalence, and shots.
February 17, 2021 Epidemiology Oops! Didn’t think That would happen: Technology Executive Apologizes After Dozens of Event Attendees Contract Covid-19 ????
February 15, 2021 Clinical Research Israeli study offers more evidence of Pfizer vaccine efficacy with 94% drop in symptomatic cases and 92% decrease in severe illness in people aged 55 and older.—- Restriction-easing plan in Ontario risks Yo-Yo effect once again.
February 12, 2021 Epidemiology Who/what priority group is next in line with limited vaccine supply once those most at risk are vaccinated? Gut-wrenching decisions & no easy solutions considering Minorities, socioecon status, work environment, med hx, and other interconnected factors.
February 11, 2021 Epidemiology Variant spreading in North Bay, Ontario. Shutdown to continue for fear of rapid spread.
February 9, 2021 Allergy/Immunology Unpublished, uncontrolled small study claims that experimental exosome treatment shortens recovery time to five days for patients with severe Covid-19. Further human trials required to prove it truly works.
January 25, 2021 Biomedical Engineering Two positive steps forward for treatment and testing of coronavirus.
January 22, 2021 Epidemiology Ontario’s provincial case rate has started to decline for the first time since November. Ontario’s Associate Medical Officer of Health says it is still too early to determine if this represents a true trend.
January 18, 2021 Apps and diagnosis Study reports that Apple watches require further evaluation to determine their ability to predict COVID-19 infection due to small study size, self-reported data, and a small number of infections within the group.