Tag: Breakthrough

The new test delivers more accurate results than others already on the market, in just five minutes.

Two members of the University of Toronto's Temerty Faculty of Medicine have joined forces to engineer a Level 1 surgical mask that can be worn and washed multiple times.

PHAC says based on its current rollout schedule, all Canadians should have access to a shot by the early fall of 2021.

The team is using artificial intelligence and a supercomputer to build synthetic proteins that help the immune system fight off the virus.

The first vaccines should be approved by Health Canada very soon, and 3 million Canadians could receive a shot in the first quarter of 2021

Sona Nanotech in Dartmouth is awaiting Health Canada approval for its 15-minute test, which could ease pressure on Canada’s health care system.

Workers in Durham Region are sampling and monitoring wastewater to detect the virus and advise public health about infections in specific areas.

Antiviral medication has been shown to shorten COVID-19 recovery time by 31%.

Quebec research will reveal prevalence of COVID-19 antibodies in general population and specific vulnerable groups.

UBC study aims to help identify COVID-19 patients in need of critical care.

For the first time in months, Humber River Hospital has no COVID patients in its ICU.

76-year-old Jessie Jacobs discharged after prolonged hospitalization with COVID-19.

Dr. Denis Archambault is working to combat COVID-19 with a novel nanovaccine.

The Canadian Institutes of Health Research awarded the project team over $550,000 to fund research into the diagnostic test, which they hope will be available by early next year.

In findings released this week, Oxford University researchers hailed dexamethasone as the first drug that can improve COVID-19 survival.

Dr. Gary Kobinger anticipates that a COVID-19 vaccine is "months, not years away."

Researchers at McGill University have already made 15,000 RT-PCR testing kits and may make universal testing a reality.

A vaccine produced by the University of Saskatchewan has proven "highly effective" in ferrets.

The new test will be able to determine if a person has been infected with SARS-CoV-2 and developed antibodies to it in less than an hour.

Ceci pourrait être la première étape vers un vaccin distribué partout dans le pays.

L'entreprise biopharmaceutique Medicago a annoncé que les résultats de la première ronde de tests sont positifs.

Under an Emergency Use Authorization, the F.D.A. approved the use of electrical stimulation to strengthen the diaphragm, which can weaken with prolonged ventilator use.

A team of doctors in London, ON successfully treated a patient with COVID-19 using a modified dialysis machine.

"We have come a long way, but we are still vulnerable. Our province is still under a state of emergency, and we must continue to follow the advice of Public Health."

Les données ont été compilées, et la nouvelle est positive.