Health
Public alert issued in Windsor-Essex after 14 opioid overdoses reported
A public alert was issued Wednesday after the Windsor-Essex County Health Unit’s (WECHU) system identified 14 opioid-related overdoses in one...
Microplastics are in our bodies. Here’s why we don’t know the health risks
Tiny particles of plastic have been found everywhere — from the deepest place on the planet, the Mariana Trench, to...
Calgary doctor believed to be 1st in Canada to perform spine surgery on conscious patient
'The next day I was up cooking breakfast for my grandkids,' says patient In what's believed to be a first...
Study links adoption of electric vehicles with less air pollution and improved health
Electric vehicles are widely hailed as a keyway to mitigate climate change through reduced emissions, but research on the dual...
Bacterial electricity: Membrane potential influences antibiotic tolerance
The electrical potential across the bacterial cell envelope indicates when bacteria no longer operate as individual cells but as a...
Using fungi, researchers convert ocean plastic into ingredients for drug industry
Research on fungi underway at the University of Kansas has helped transform tough-to-recycle plastic waste from the Pacific Ocean into...
Nano plastics unexpectedly produce reactive oxidizing species when exposed to light
Plastics are ubiquitous in our society, found in packaging and bottles as well as make up more than 18% of...
Health Canada approves first bivalent booster for kids aged 5 to 11
Shot protects against the most prevalent subvariants of Omicron, BA.4 and BA.5 Health Canada approved a COVID-19 vaccine booster for...
Alzheimer’s drug slowed cognitive decline overall in trial, but with major side effects for some
Alzheimer's Association says data shows drug could be beneficial to those in earliest stages of disease An experimental drug for...
New mRNA vaccine targeting all known flu strains shows early promise
Research still in animal trials, but it lifts potential of mRNA technology to new heights A new mRNA vaccine targeting...