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States will start getting COVID-19 vaccine Monday, US says

Dec 12, 2020

The U.S. gave the final go-ahead Friday to the nation’s first COVID-19 vaccine, marking what could be the beginning of the end of an outbreak that has killed nearly 300,000...

No deal Brexit could have detrimental impact for four million people in UK living with a rare disease

Dec 12, 2020

One in 17 UK citizens lives with a rare disease, which are defined as conditions that affect fewer than one in 2,000 people in the general population. A group of...

Viral spread: Americans paying the price for Thanksgiving

Dec 12, 2020

With some Americans now paying the price for what they did over Thanksgiving, health officials are warning people — begging them, even — not to make the same mistake during...

National COVID-19 Infections Survey reveals changes to pandemic over time

Dec 12, 2020

Between 45% - 65% (depending on the point of the pandemic) of positive COVID-19 tests were found in individuals without any symptoms. Over the past ten months the people who...

Military-grade camera shows risks of airborne coronavirus spread

Dec 11, 2020

More than 288,000 Americans have been killed by a virus that public health officials now say can be spread through airborne transmission. To visually illustrate the risk of airborne transmission...

Americans get stern holiday COVID warning: 'No Christmas parties'

Dec 11, 2020

"The next three to six weeks at minimum ... are our COVID weeks," Dr. Michael Osterholm, a member of Biden's coronavirus advisory board, told CNN. He urged Americans to do...

John McCall MacBain named 20th Chancellor of McGill University

Dec 11, 2020

The Board of Governors of McGill University approved the nomination of John McCall MacBain, as the 20th Chancellor of McGill University. Mr. McCall MacBain has been appointed for a three-year...

Reflections on a year of fighting COVID-19

Dec 11, 2020

They told me about the clinical and infection control challenges they faced, and the draconian public health measures imposed by the government in an attempt to control the spread of...

A donation was used to establish a new cancer research laboratory

Dec 11, 2020

The University decided to allocate the donation of €500,000 to cancer research, one of the focus areas in medical research at the University. Joensuu says that this is a perfect...

Can an abundant green mineral solve our climate crisis? Exploring the power of Olivine

Dec 11, 2020

10 December 2020Can an abundant green mineral solve our climate crisis? Photo of researcher Kristoffer Szilas, digging up olivin in Greenland. Kent PørksenEncased in peridotite rock six kilometers beneath the...