Health Canada in ‘overdue’ crackdown on unproven stem-cell based treatments dlvr.it/R7zcFl

#robotic tail for balance for the elderly Geras Centre for Aging Research Dr A Papaioannou UHN Osteoporosis CESHA @OsteoporosisCA Angela M. Cheung Lora Giangregorio, PhD 🇨🇦

Interesting article AAMC about why many women physicians leave medicine or go part-time shortly after completing their residencies bit.ly/2mZvzQ2

For the fifth year in a row, University of Toronto takes the #1 stop as Canada’s top school in Maclean’s Magazine rankings bit.ly/355R1E5

#COVID19 update from Dr. Theresa Tam, Canada's chief public health officer (as of April 11 at noon): - 22559 cases, 600 deaths (numbers changing rapidly) - 400K tested - long-term care home outbreaks: need to stay away to protect residents while finding ways to connect & support

📢 Our World Health Organization (WHO) living guidance on drug therapies for #COVID19 has been updated - now incorporating new recommendations for remdesivir in addition to steroids! This is novel collaborative work between the MAGIC Evidence Ecosystem, The BMJ & WHO. Kudos to the team behind it!

Nine months after #COVID19 was declared a global pandemic, University Health Network was the site of a historic moment as five long-term care workers became the first healthcare workers in Canada to be vaccinated against the coronavirus. Read more → uhn.ca/corporate/News…

⭐️THE IMPACT OF MOVING ONTARIO SCHOOLS TO REMOTE LEARNING⭐️ I compare & contrast 4 regions, all from Ontario’s previous grey zone; 2 with remote learning and 2 without. CURRENT R VALUES: 🏫 Peel Region - 1.18 🏫 Toronto - 1.10 🔒 Sudbury - 0.78 🔒 Thunder Bay - 0.75

The recent increase of COVID-related ICU admissions has strained the adult health-care system, while ICU admissions at SickKids have remained low. As a result, we are preparing to open an eight-bed ICU for previously healthy adults with COVID-19, if needed sickkids.ca/en/news/archiv…

Congratulations, Dan! Daniel J Drucker

Today we recognized UHN's incredible #Vaccine team that launched the first Vaccine Clinic in Canada & one of the first in North America. Thanks to this team, we have delivered almost 70,000 #COVID19Vaccines across our clinics.

"The data shows Canada has stronger social mobility than the United States." Has the American dream moved to Canada? Tonight on The Agenda, Steve Paikin speaks to CNN’s Fareed Zakaria, author of "Ten Lessons for a Post-Pandemic World." At 8/11pm | Producer: Preeti Bhuyan

Monday, August 9th : 1️⃣.5️⃣2️⃣ (Ontario Covid-19 Rt) GLOBAL and ONTARIO REGIONAL R VALUES (Below) 🇨🇦CANADA - PROVINCES🇨🇦 📊 R Values (p. 2) 💉 Vaccination Tracker (p. 2) 🌆ONTARIO REGIONAL BREAKDOWN🌆 ⚠️ Risk Assessment (p. 3) 👵 Age Breakdown (p. 4) ...1/4

If the rate of growth Ontario has experienced the past two weeks is sustained, we will reach: - 1,000 cases between September 2nd and September 9th, and - Between 2,300 and 4,700 cases by Thanksgiving

Long suspected but now emerging evidence that vaccination prevents #LongCovid EVEN if infected. Very reassuring, especially for young, otherwise healthy people! #VaxToTheMax thelancet.com/journals/lanin… bit.ly/38Dux0p

Not that it bears repeating... But if you plan to disrupt, harass & intimidate patients, caregivers & health care workers at a hospital in the name of your "freedom", you have forfeited it. The hospital is a sacred place. Leave it in peace.

Explainer: Delta dominates the world, but scientists watch for worrisome offspring | Reuters reuters.com/business/healt…