Does the sound of a drill smell like bleach to you? I dont mean that in a poetic, trying to be interesting kind of way. I mean, when you hear the sound of a drill, can you automatically smell bleach?… [+14165 chars]
With the long weekend around the corner, many will be exploring the great outdoors and Alberta Health Services strongly recommends packing the bug spray to avoid getting West Nile. As much of Albert… [+2963 chars]
The World Health Organization (WHO) has confirmed two more cases of the deadly Marburg virus, bringing the total of identified infections to four. Officials with the WHO say the cases were discovere… [+2467 chars]
A new Open Forum Infectious Diseasesstudy reports the higher effectiveness of the Moderna messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine as compared to the Pfizer/BioNT… [+6637 chars]
The Northwest Territories was among the first jurisdictions in Canada to offer the COVID-19 vaccine to all adult residents, but it’s now lagging behind in expanding a rollout of fourth doses. The te… [+3902 chars]
The quest for a safer and more effective anesthetic in the mid-20th century led to the discovery of phencyclidine (PCP), which relied on the Nobel Prize-winning Grignard reaction. Although it was dee… [+23909 chars]
A team of U of T Engineering researchers, led by Professor Molly Shoichet (ChemE, BME, Donnelly), has designed a new way to grow cells in a laboratory that enables them to better emulate cancerous tu… [+5125 chars]
This 2003 electron microscope image made available by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows mature, oval-shaped monkeypox virions, left, and spherical immature virions, right, obtained… [+4366 chars]
Saskatchewan is battling a surge in syphilis cases, particularly among First Nation communities. The province reported 411 cases of the sexually transmitted disease in Indigenous communities from Ja… [+3555 chars]
Primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) is a rare autoimmune disease affecting the bile ducts in the liver. These vessels carry bile from the liver to the small intestine, where it aids in digestion. When … [+8177 chars]
The World Health Organization has confirmed two more cases of Marburg virus in Ghana, a senior WHO official said on Wednesday, two weeks after the country reported its first outbreak of the highly in… [+1095 chars]
Author of the article: Montreal public health director Dr. Mylene Drouin attends a news conference in Montreal, on Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2021.Photo by Paul Chiasson /The Canadian Press Article conten… [+5380 chars]
