A maternal-fetal medicine physician at The Ottawa Hospital has received funding from the CIHR to study the gaps in knowledge about COVID-19 and pregnancy, including whether a mother can pass the virus to her child.
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.
A virtual Canada Day ceremony saw 19 health workers representing 13 countries sworn in as Canadian citizens, highlighting the immigrant contribution to the healthcare sector.
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.
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.
“I feel we’re the truly hidden heroes of this pandemic,” says Suzanne Spurrell, a communicable disease control (CDC) nurse co-ordinator with the N.L. Eastern Health region.