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The co-chair of Canada’s COVID-19 Immunity Task Force says she’s now “very much in favour” of delaying the second dose of vaccines for shots that must be administered under a two-dose regimen.
CBC Radio's The House: The pandemic, one year later On this week’s show: National Advisory Committee on Immunization chair Dr. Caroline Quach-Thanh discusses the AstraZeneca vaccine rollout in Canada. Then, Conservative deputy leader Candice Bergen previews her party’s upcoming policy convention, Eabametoong First Nation Chief Harvey Yesno and clean water activist Autumn Peltier discuss boil water advisories, and Susan Delacourt and Shachi Kurl talk about how COVID-19 changed politics. Social Sharing CBC Radio · Posted: Mar 13, 2021 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: March 13 Prime Minister Ju...
Their continued presence on campus, and the nature of the dental work itself, increase their risk of exposure to COVID-19. The Government of Canada is investing approximately $1.4 million through its COVID-19 Immunity Task Force, to support a pan-Canadian study investigating COVID-19 infection rates, transmission risks, and immune system responses of those working in dental clinics, laboratories, and offices in universities. Dr. Walter Siqueira (DDS, PhD), professor and associate dean academic in the College of Dentistry is a leader in this study through the USask Salivary Proteomics Re...
The study lead, Dr. Brenda Coleman, hopes to enrol 7,000 educators and follow them for a year.
An infectious disease expert at Dalhousie University will be leading a study aimed at finding out why elderly people are more at risk of severe complications when contracting COVID-19. Dr. Lisa Barrett said it's clear seniors, particularly those living in long-term care facilities, have been hit hardest by the novel coronavirus, but why that is isn't quite known. "Why their immune system responds differently and doesn't prevent infection, or how their overall state of health or frailty level can impact their ability to resist COVID-19 is not clear," she told NEWS 95.7 fill-in host Jordi Morga...