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'i'm not boosted and i'm scared': getting a vaccine hasn't been easy for every senior, even in congregate settings
some may have been missed when vaccines were provided at their retirement homes if they weren't available on an ongoing basis, perhaps because they moved in afterwards or weren’t eligible at the time a clinic was held.
ottawa citizen
世界杯决赛2022
jan 3 2022
on dec. 15, the province announced it was shortening the interval to three months for all ontarians, as well as opening eligibility to everyone 18 and over. at that time, the age for eligibility was 50-plus, unless you fell into another priority group eligible for a booster.

a year of better sleep: how to keep covid from keeping you up at night in 2022
heavier pandemic drinking has likely contributed to a global pandemic of disturbed sleep, according to some sleep scientists.
sharon kirkey, national post
sleep
jan 3 2022
throughout the pandemic, more researchers began cataloguing more disordered sleep

the year ahead: canada must help vaccinate the world now, liu says
the sooner trudeau shares shots and pushes to waive vaccine patents, the sooner covid-19's grip will end, pandemic expert says.
montreal gazette
世界杯决赛2022
jan 3 2022
“it all depends on how much we want to protect the rest of the world to avoid the emergence of new variants. it’s as simple as that,” says dr. joanne liu, a leading voice on medical humanitarian crises.

long term care restrictions another blow to isolated residents
"she's at the end of her life. what are we doing this for? she says i just want to die, i just want to die." — cathy nelson on the isolation her 91-year-old mother is experiencing in a long term care home
denise ryan, vancouver sun
世界杯决赛2022
jan 3 2022
an emotional marion jardine looks through the window of her long term care home on her 90th birthday on sept. 10, 2020. photo: cathy nelson.

clinical trials need to shift focus of treatments, says b.c. researcher
"negative trials can be as meaningful as positive trials, (though) obviously it's a little bit more fun to do positive trials." - dr. edward mills.
vancouver sun
世界杯决赛2022
jan 3 2022
together covid researchers (from left to right) dr. kristian thorlund, dr. ed mills and dr. jamie forrest at granville island in vancouver on friday, dec. 31, 2021.

eagle-eyed seattle hockey fan may have saved canucks staffer's life with cancer alert
an eagle-eyed fan sitting behind the canucks' bench for the kraken's inaugural home game on oct. 23 at climate pledge arena saw something that concerned her on canucks equipment manager brian hamilton's neck.
vancouver sun
世界杯决赛2022
jan 3 2022
hockey fan nadia popovici shows off the message she showed to vancouver canucks equipment manager brian hamilton, urging him to get a mole on his neck check by a doctor.

why the alpha variant was a 'resounding success' for the covid virus
'we have never seen anything like this before,' said one of the authors of a new study on the alpha variant's evolution.
chris arnold
coronavirus
dec 31 2021
every cell in the nose, throat, and lungs, have sensors that can detect a virus — but covid can bypass them. (getty)

ontario study suggests omicron is much less severe
the threat of hospitalization or death seems to be much lower with omicron than with the delta variant.
the canadian press
coronavirus
dec 30 2021
a new ontario study sheds light on the omicron variant. (getty)
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'i'm not boosted and i'm scared': getting a vaccine hasn't been easy for every senior, even in congregate settings
some may have been missed when vaccines were provided at their retirement homes if they weren't available on an ongoing basis, perhaps because they moved in afterwards or weren’t eligible at the time a clinic was held.
ottawa citizen
世界杯决赛2022
jan 3 2022
on dec. 15, the province announced it was shortening the interval to three months for all ontarians, as well as opening eligibility to everyone 18 and over. at that time, the age for eligibility was 50-plus, unless you fell into another priority group eligible for a booster.

a year of better sleep: how to keep covid from keeping you up at night in 2022
heavier pandemic drinking has likely contributed to a global pandemic of disturbed sleep, according to some sleep scientists.
sharon kirkey, national post
sleep
jan 3 2022
throughout the pandemic, more researchers began cataloguing more disordered sleep

the year ahead: canada must help vaccinate the world now, liu says
the sooner trudeau shares shots and pushes to waive vaccine patents, the sooner covid-19's grip will end, pandemic expert says.
montreal gazette
世界杯决赛2022
jan 3 2022
“it all depends on how much we want to protect the rest of the world to avoid the emergence of new variants. it’s as simple as that,” says dr. joanne liu, a leading voice on medical humanitarian crises.

long term care restrictions another blow to isolated residents
"she's at the end of her life. what are we doing this for? she says i just want to die, i just want to die." — cathy nelson on the isolation her 91-year-old mother is experiencing in a long term care home
denise ryan, vancouver sun
世界杯决赛2022
jan 3 2022
an emotional marion jardine looks through the window of her long term care home on her 90th birthday on sept. 10, 2020. photo: cathy nelson.
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canadian society for exercise physiology

clinical trials need to shift focus of treatments, says b.c. researcher
"negative trials can be as meaningful as positive trials, (though) obviously it's a little bit more fun to do positive trials." - dr. edward mills.
vancouver sun
世界杯决赛2022
jan 3 2022
together covid researchers (from left to right) dr. kristian thorlund, dr. ed mills and dr. jamie forrest at granville island in vancouver on friday, dec. 31, 2021.

eagle-eyed seattle hockey fan may have saved canucks staffer's life with cancer alert
an eagle-eyed fan sitting behind the canucks' bench for the kraken's inaugural home game on oct. 23 at climate pledge arena saw something that concerned her on canucks equipment manager brian hamilton's neck.
vancouver sun
世界杯决赛2022
jan 3 2022
hockey fan nadia popovici shows off the message she showed to vancouver canucks equipment manager brian hamilton, urging him to get a mole on his neck check by a doctor.

why the alpha variant was a 'resounding success' for the covid virus
'we have never seen anything like this before,' said one of the authors of a new study on the alpha variant's evolution.
chris arnold
coronavirus
dec 31 2021
every cell in the nose, throat, and lungs, have sensors that can detect a virus — but covid can bypass them. (getty)

ontario study suggests omicron is much less severe
the threat of hospitalization or death seems to be much lower with omicron than with the delta variant.
the canadian press
coronavirus
dec 30 2021
a new ontario study sheds light on the omicron variant. (getty)
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