Category: Best Practices

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%.

A new clinical trial led by Ottawa Hospital researchers focuses on stimulating the immunity of cancer patients, to prevent COVID-19 and other respiratory illnesses that could cause delays in treatment.

The former Liberal cabinet minister, along with several colleagues, collaborated to edit the new publication, titled Vulnerable: The Law, Policy and Ethics of COVID-19.

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

Developed by a Quebec company, and tested at the University of Toronto, this new mask coating could be beneficial to healthcare workers.

University of Lethbridge researchers are developing cannabis strains to potentially treat or even prevent COVID-19 infections.

New research at U of A examines antibody concentrations of resolved COVID-19 infections.

News stories about the coronavirus are constant, but the information is not always reliable. Gerstein Science Information Centre librarian Vincci Lui has created an accessible tip sheet offering fact-checking resources for U of T researchers, students and faculty members.

The Quebec government resumed publishing COVID-19 statistics on Monday.

A University of Ottawa plant biologist and a senior scientist at The Ottawa Hospital are researching a plant-based, edible vaccine for the novel coronavirus.

Un seul nouveau cas de COVID-19 a été reporté durant les dernières 24 heures à Ottawa.

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

Fearing a second wave of COVID-19, Quebec's healthcare workers are asking the government to make wearing a mask mandatory in public.

Ottawa Public Health is gathering race and socio-economic data from COVID-19 patients, in an effort to better serve at-risk communities.

Staff at London Health Sciences Centre clip the bigger photos of themselves dressed casually and smiling to the outside of their PPE, so patients can see what they look like underneath.

Alderney Landing Community Centre’s theatre and farmers’ market had to close due to COVID-19, but employees are sorting and fulfilling online orders for curbside pickup.

Avec autant de confusion, inquiétude, et de questions reliées à la COVID-19, voici une vidéo pour aider les jeunes à comprendre le déconfinement.

Many people who are deaf or hard of hearing need to see a speaker’s face to help them communicate effectively, so it’s important to help them get the information they need.

The new service offers video appointments where a doctor will assess the child’s condition and advise parents whether they need to come to the emergency department.

"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.

The guide is intended to help alleviate concerns and provide useful information to expectant and new parents who may be concerned about protecting their families during the pandemic.

Dr. Anderson answers her daughters’ questions with clear and concise explanations, while making room for them to express their own observations and feelings.

Ottawa-based Spartan Bioscience has negotiated contracts with the Federal Government, as well as three provincial governments, for large quantities of the rapid test.