Tag: Innovation

The app uses Bluetooth to determine whether your phone has been in close contact with the phone of another app user who reports testing positive for COVID-19.

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.

CovidPPEHelp, created by faculty members at the Rotman School of Management, connects those who need equipment with manufacturers and suppliers, and enables donations of PPE to charities.

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

The team used the common Holder method of pasteurization to neutralize the virus in donated human milk, so it can be safely fed to babies.

A team of doctors at London Health Sciences Centre in southern Ontario created the Urgent COVID-19 Care Clinic, which tracks diagnosed patients to ensure they are admitted as soon as they need hospital care.

Dr. Lexuan Zhong and her team are blending engineering and medical research to examine how and whether the virus can be carried and transmitted through air that’s pushed around by ventilation systems.

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

The app, created by a medical resident at U of T and two veterans of the health tech field, allows doctors to find and share new and developing information and tips that can help them on the front lines of the pandemic.

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.

Max Cucchiella's masks ensure that people are safe while the deaf community is not left behind.

Dr. Joanne Lemieux and her team are testing a drug used to treat feline infectious peritonitis, another coronavirus, to see if it can keep COVID-19 from replicating in human cells.

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

The hospital received funding for three projects from the Ontario government’s COVID-19 Rapid Research Fund.

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

Ottawa couple finds "clear" solution for the overlooked needs of the deaf and hard-of-hearing.

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

Saskatchewan professor Dr. Melanie Morrison created the crowd-sourced What’s in Stock app to help people prevent wasted trips to the store during COVID-19.

The Canadian Centre for Vaccinology will soon begin testing the potential vaccine to see how well it is tolerated by both younger and older adults.

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.

aTouchAway makes it easy for people in hospitals or nursing homes to video-call their loved ones while in-person visits are restricted due to COVID-19.

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

The lab at the University of Saskatchewan hopes the assistance from the NRC will allow them to make more of the candidate vaccine they are studying and produce it more quickly for testing.

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.