Page 29 - Immunity Task News Today

  WINNIPEG -- With COVID-19 restrictions in place, getting packages in the mail is more and more commonplace, but one local woman got a delivery she wasnt expecting, a special kit from the Government of Canada. Ashley Parker, a Winnipeg native, is one of many who received the Canadian COVID-19 Antibody Health Survey. "It was just saying that they were doing studies on antibodies for COVID-19 and they wanted us to prick [my daughters] finger and send in her blood sample," said Parker. The ...

Why were sexual and gender minority people more affected by layoffs, and saw their physical and mental health impacted more severely than Canadians overall as COVID-19 spread this year? Online surveys have suggested contributing factors to these startling truths. Nathan Lachowsky, associate professor at the University of Victoria’s School of Public Health and Social Policy and research director at the Vancouver-based non-profit Community-Based Research Centre, is leading a nationwide project ...

Tania Watts (L) and Mario Ostrowski (Handout) New findings from Temerty Faculty of Medicine researchers may help explain why SARS-CoV-2 – the virus that causes COVID-19 – can cause more severe inflammation and lung tissue damage than a regular, seasonal influenza virus. “The research helps us understand the immune response by people to the virus that causes COVID-19,” said physician Tania Watts, co-lead on the study and professor in the department of immunology. “We have gained ...

Posted: Dec 16, 2020 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: December 16, 2020 The initial scarcity of the COVID-19 vaccine has prompted concerns that those with wealth, power and celebrity may be able to use their position to cut in line to get a dose. But the tight controls placed on the initial rollout could make that challenging, say some experts.(Jose M. Osorio/Chicago Tribune/The Associated Press) With vaccinations against the coronavirus now underway, at least one prominent individual has said h...