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A team of researchers at Sinai Health System and the University of Toronto is in the early stages of developing a blood test that can identify…
With governments around the world scrambling to acquire personal protective equipment such as masks, gloves and gowns for health-care workers, many…
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The Creative Destruction Lab (CDL) has launched a new program called CDL Recovery, which aims to rapidly transform scientific innovations into…
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Yezarni Wynn, a medical student at the University of Toronto, is just months away from starting his residency. In the meantime, he…
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As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, hospitals are finding themselves short of masks, gowns and other personal protective equipment (PPE). Some…
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In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic that has upended life around the world, the University of Toronto plans to host a “virtual” convocation ceremony…
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Update May 4, 2020: Health Canada has said it wants to run additional testing on Spartan Bioscience's test kit The Government of Ontario is…
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University of Toronto researchers, clinicians, students and alumni, in collaboration with partner hospitals, are helping lead the global effort to…
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How many times have we heard over the past few weeks that we have entered an unprecedented era? The rapid spread of COVID-19 has upended lives and…
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How do I know if I have COVID-19? That is one of the most commonly asked questions since the novel coronavirus began working its way around the…
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University of Toronto medical students are making hundreds of masks to be used by health-care workers in training at local hospitals, freeing…
With countries around the world reporting COVID-19 death rates anywhere from 0.1 per cent to 10 per cent, Canadians are no doubt asking: How…