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How cultural differences shape responses to COVID-19

Published: 20 October 2021

A study exploring cross-cultural differences in knowledge and attitudes towards COVID-19 reveals that people in Europe had the least knowledge of COVID-19 and lowest tendency to care about the...

Older adults are more willing to help others, but mostly those in the same country

Published: 12 October 2021

Older adults are more willing to help others compared to younger adults but will prioritize those within their own country 鈥 particularly when it comes to donating to charity. This group was also...

Discovery of mechanics of drug targets for COVID-19

Published: 27 September 2021

A team of international researchers, including 91社区 Professor St茅phane Laporte, have discovered the working mechanism of potential drug targets for various diseases such as cancer, rheumatoid...

More sleep boosts teens鈥 ability to cope with pandemic

Published: 16 September 2021

While poor sleep was linked to higher levels of stress during the COVID-19 pandemic, more teens actually obtained the recommended amount of sleep compared to pre-pandemic sleep patterns, according...

Good oral health reduces risk of fatal outcomes from COVID-19

Published: 7 April 2021

Infected and inflamed gums may result in higher rates of complications and more fatal outcomes for individuals diagnosed with the SARS-COV-2 virus, according to a new international study led by...

New mothers negatively impacted by COVID-19 pandemic policies

Published: 10 June 2021

Giving birth can be a joyous, yet stressful experience in the best of times 鈥 but what happens when a global public health crisis is thrown into the mix? 91社区 and the University of...

Vitamin D may not protect against COVID-19, as previously suggested

Published: 4 June 2021

While previous research early in the pandemic suggested that vitamin D cuts the risk of contracting COVID-19, a new study from 91社区 finds there is no genetic evidence that the vitamin...

Delay of second doses of COVID-19 vaccines has epidemiological benefits, but long-term effects depend on strength of immunity

Published: 9 March 2021

Delaying second doses of COVID-19 vaccines should reduce case numbers in the near term; however, the longer term case burden and the potential for evolution of viral 鈥榚scape鈥 from immunity will...

Genome Canada and 91社区 to track COVID-19 variants of concern

Published: 27 April 2021

Genome Canada launched the Canadian VirusSeq Data Portal today to track the evolving COVID-19 pandemic across Canada. 91社区 researcher Guillaume Bourque, a professor in the Department...

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