Alberta’s Dr. Hinshaw to provide COVID-19 update Tuesday afternoon
Alberta’s chief medical officer of health is scheduled to provide an update on COVID-19 on Tuesday afternoon.Dr. Deena Hinshaw is set to hold a media availability at 3:30 p.m. The news conference will be streamed live in this story post. Read more: Alberta reports 474 new COVID-19 infections as select businesses reopen Tuesday’s update comes as new cases of COVID-19 continue to decline in Alberta.On Monday, Alberta reported...
WHO warns of global ‘moral failure’ on Covid-19 vaccines but what is the agency?
The World Health Organization has warned countries of a catastrophic moral failure due to unequal Covid-19 vaccine policies. According to the agency’s director, it is unfair for healthy people from wealthy countries to be inoculated before the vulnerable and poor ones. The WHO has come under fire over the handling of the pandemic, criticised for being too soft on China.
Portugal’s surging Covid-19 cases push hospitals to the limit as country runs out of ICU beds
Covid-19 deaths have hit a new daily high in Portugal, with over 218 people dying from the virus on the past 24h. Stricter restrictions have now gone into effect in the European country after the Prime Minister said that too many people have been flouting the rules. The country had managed to avoid the worse during the first wave of the pandemic.
Quebec premier urges feds to ban non-essential international flights to fight COVID-19
Quebec’s COVID-19 caseload has reached 245,734, while recoveries have topped 217,575. The death toll stands at 9,142.
Study identifies a nonhuman primate model that mimics severe COVID-19 similar to humans
New research suggests that aged African green monkeys may be suitable models for the study of severe forms of COVID-19.
Trudeau ‘pleased’ to see O’Toole attempt to oust Sloan from caucus over donation
Justin Trudeau warned political parties of all stripes must be ‘vigilant’ about preventing the infiltration by extremists in the wake of the sectarian violence in the U.S.
Study finds COVID-19 attack on brain, not lungs, triggers severe disease in mice
Researchers have found that infecting the nasal passages of mice with the virus that causes COVID-19 led to a rapid, escalating attack on the brain that triggered severe illness, even after the lungs were successfully clearing themselves of the virus.
COVID-19 claims the life of first STM employee
The worker was a station attendant who died Jan. 14 from complications due to the novel virus.
Eye tests predict Parkinson’s-linked cognitive decline 18 months ahead
Simple vision tests can predict which people with Parkinson’s disease will develop cognitive impairment and possible dementia 18 months later, according to a new study. In a related study, the researchers also found that structural and functional connections of brain regions become decoupled throughout the entire brain in people with Parkinson’s disease, particularly among people with vision problems.
‘We know this is real’: New clinics for coronavirus long-haulers crop up in U.S.
COVID-19 came early for Catherine Busa, and it never really left.The 54-year-old New York City school secretary didn’t have any underlying health problems when she caught the coronavirus in March, and she recovered at her Queens home.But some symptoms lingered: fatigue she never experienced during years of rising at 5 a.m. for work; pain, especially in her hands and wrists; an altered sense of taste and smell that...
COVID-19 virus triggers antibodies from previous coronavirus infections, 研究は見つけます
Results from a new study suggest the immune systems of people infected with COVID-19 may rely on antibodies created during infections from earlier coronaviruses to help fight the disease.
‘Lost opportunity’: China, WHO should have acted quicker to stop coronavirus pandemic, panel say …
In a report issued to the media Monday, the panel said there were “lost opportunities” to set up basic public health measures as early as possible.
