While the long-term emotional impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic are yet to be fully understood, social media is providing useful insight into how those in social isolation are feeling and how this may be affecting emotional ...
Mar 3, 2021
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At the end of August 2019, a patient booked an urgent appointment with her dentist. A painful toothache had woken her the night before. Her symptoms also included intense pain in her jaw, temple, and neck, accompanied by ...
Feb 19, 2021
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An international team of researchers led by Dalhousie immunologists and critical care specialists in Spain has found key biomarkers in the plasma of COVID-19 patients, which will help predict the severity of illness and could ...
Dec 18, 2020
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A certain item purchased at the grocery store, a hand signal made during a video call, a numeric code pressed when dialing an emergency service like 911, or a specific word used at the pharmacy. All seem innocuous enough, ...
Nov 3, 2020
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Researchers at Dalhousie University have helped in the development of a rapid test to detect the presence of SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater—an unexpected resource that is becoming a valuable sentinel in the global fight to contain ...
Oct 26, 2020
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While the world awaits the development and approval of a vaccine that will help in the global fight against COVID-19, medical experts are worried about how the impending flu season could exacerbate already strained health ...
Sep 25, 2020
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COVID-19 has touched almost every country around the world since it emerged months ago. As of September 9, 2020, 27.6 million people have been infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus, and there have been 898,000 deaths. But, a ...
Sep 15, 2020
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Reports of an increase in domestic violence in Canada and around the world since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic have been yet another bleak development in an already challenging year. The United Nations calls the situation ...
Aug 18, 2020
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The COVID-19 pandemic has created a massive demand for Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), especially N95 masks, which are designed to filter out at least 95% of very small particles, including droplets from viruses.
Aug 11, 2020
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The 2019 report from Canada's Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Theresa Tam focused on addressing different forms of stigma. Included in the report was one form of stigma—obesity or weight stigma—that has proven remarkably ...
Aug 6, 2020
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