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John Paul Ricco stands in front of a brick wall, wearing a t-shirt
May 4, 2020

With much of the world locked down due to COVID-19, art and creativity has burst into living spaces through platforms like Zoom, livestreams and over…

person in full protective equipment swabs a woman's mouth
May 4, 2020

A simple mouth swab and rinse with testing technology adapted from a common viral detection method – the pap smear – could provide an easy, low…

Marc Fiume sits at a computer, a monitor displaying the DNAstack logo is in the backbround
May 4, 2020

One of the most puzzling things about the novel coronavirus is how it affects people in such different ways.  Among a single group of very…

a gloved hand holds up a vial of blood that has a covid-19 label
May 4, 2020

Experts from the University of Toronto will help lead a federal task force charged with obtaining reliable estimates of COVID-19 cases in Canada – and…

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May 1, 2020

Ontario doctors and scientists have formed two high-powered committees to sift through the mountain of often conflicting and even dangerous scientific…

Shaf Keshavjee in a hospital hallway in surgical scrubs
May 1, 2020

A University of Toronto researcher is exploring a new diagnostic lung test that could identify COVID-19 patients who are at the greatest risk of…

Rendering of medical staff working in the quick-build icu building
May 1, 2020

They went from a conversation on a Thursday morning to blueprints on Monday and a full-scale prototype built five days later. University of Toronto…

April 30, 2020

More than 150 drugs are being developed around the world to treat or prevent COVID-19, including antivirals, immunosuppressants and therapies based on…

Man meditates while kneeling in his living room
April 30, 2020

How do our minds deal with the increasing complexity of the modern world? How can we train ourselves to face life’s challenges? How do we stay…

Meric Gertler
April 30, 2020

While governments have taken understandable steps to reduce reliance on global supply chains when it comes to COVID-19 protective equipment,…

April 29, 2020

Download a transcript Grocery shopping is different in a global pandemic – how often we venture out, what we can buy, how we navigate the…