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Spirometry may not be the best way to identify people at high risk of progression to COPD

Analyzing blood markers when a patient is hospitalized with COVID can help doctors predict who will have the worst outcomes, study finds

A COVID-19 rapid testing study at Vancouver International Airport has so far returned all negative results. The partnership between the airport and WestJet has included 340 travellers since November. Tests take around 15 minutes to produce results, and can be analyzed on-site. “I think we’ve learned a few lessons,” says Dr. Don Sin, a respirologist at St. Paul’s Hospital who is involved with the program. “One is that implementing rapid action tests is feasible at a busy airport and a ...

Melissa Couto Zuber FILE PHOTO - A passenger makes her way through Montreal Trudeau Airport in Montreal, on Thursday, January 7, 2021. More than two weeks after Canada implemented a rule that incoming airline passengers must show a negative COVID-19 test result before boarding a plane, the country still appears to be seeing some travel-related cases. Image Credit: THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson January 26, 2021 - 5:30 AM More than two weeks after Canada implemente...

  More than two weeks after Canada implemented a rule that incoming airline passengers must show a negative COVID-19 test result before boarding a plane, the country still appears to be seeing some travel-related cases and the federal government is exploring ways to make it harder to go on trips. As more transmissible variants of the COVID virus emerge across the globe, experts say tightening the leaks around travel becomes even more important, and that the new testing requirements are not l...

Brandon Sun By: Melissa Couto Zuber, The Canadian Press Posted: Last Modified: 1:43 PM CST Monday, Jan. 25, 2021 More than two weeks after Canada implemented a rule that incoming airline passengers must show a negative COVID-19 test result before boarding a plane, the country still appears to be seeing some travel-related cases and the federal government is exploring ways to make it har...

While B.C. waits to evaluate a handful of pilot projects using rapid testing for COVID-19 in long-term care, Ontario has taken a much more aggressive approach in seniors’ facilities.

A respirologist who is part of the COVID-19 rapid-testing pilot project at Vancouver International Airport says preliminary results show promise in deploying such testing at B.C.'s hard-hit long-term care homes.