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by Associate Vice President for Research Development A multi-university task force led by Jeff Lewin (Research Integrity) has been recognized by the Campus Safety, Health, and Environmental Management Association (CSHEMA) for its efforts during the pandemic. Lewin and other task force members received the Excellence in Volunteerism award from CSHEMA for creating guidance for restarting university laboratories after pandemic-related closures.  The task force developed a checklist to assist higher education safety specialists and researchers around the country in preparing to safely open and ...

Colby Cosh: Have we been treating appendicitis all wrong? © Provided by National Post These are strange times if you’re a swollen, painful appendix. On Monday, the medical school of Ireland’s Royal College of Surgeons announced the outcome of a trial that looked into one of the most intriguing issues in modern medicine: can simple cases of appendicitis be treated with antibiotics alone instead of surgery? This may sound unthinkable to the layman raised in a world that still takes for granted that an inflamed appendix has got to be cut out at all hazards. Doctors once took this dogma ...