COVID /spgh/taxonomy/term/410/all en Quebec should hold off on lifting mask mandates: experts - Montreal Gazette, April 3, 2022 /spgh/channels/news/quebec-should-hold-lifting-mask-mandates-experts-montreal-gazette-april-3-2022-338883 <p>Dr. Catherine Hankins, Professor at the Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health and co-chair of Canada's COVID-19 Immunity Task Force is among the experts quoted by the <em>Montreal Gazette.</em></p> Mon, 04 Apr 2022 20:50:12 +0000 stephanie.laroche-pierre@mcgill.ca 1337 at /spgh You may soon be offered a fourth COVID-19 shot. What’s known about second boosters? - Toronto Star, April 1, 2022 /spgh/channels/news/you-may-soon-be-offered-fourth-covid-19-shot-whats-known-about-second-boosters-toronto-star-april-1-338882 <p>Dr. Timothy Evans, Inaugural Director and Associate Dean at the School of Population and Global Health and Executive Director of Canada's COVID-19 Immunity Task Force Secretariat is among the experts quoted by the <em>Toronto Star.</em></p> <p style="margin-left:40px"><em>"</em>More Canadians may soon be offered a fourth dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, but the extent of the protection it provides remains to be seen.</p> Mon, 04 Apr 2022 20:39:23 +0000 stephanie.laroche-pierre@mcgill.ca 1336 at /spgh Après deux ans de pandémie, sommes-nous désensibilisés aux décès liés à la COVID-19? - Radio-Canada, March 14, 2022 /spgh/channels/news/apres-deux-ans-de-pandemie-sommes-nous-desensibilises-aux-deces-lies-la-covid-19-radio-canada-march-338398 <p>Dr. Joanne Liu, Professor focusing on pandemic and health emergencies at the 91Ë¿¹ÏÊÓƵ School of Population and Global Health (SPGH), is among the experts quoted by <em>Radio-Canada.</em></p> Mon, 14 Mar 2022 19:54:50 +0000 stephanie.laroche-pierre@mcgill.ca 1258 at /spgh The Pandemic Is Following a Very Predictable and Depressing Pattern - The Atlantic, March 4, 2022 /spgh/channels/news/pandemic-following-very-predictable-and-depressing-pattern-atlantic-march-4-2022-338144 <p>Dr. Madhukar Pai, Professor at the Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health and past 91Ë¿¹ÏÊÓƵ Global Health Programs Director co-wrote a piece in <em>The Atlantic</em> on the different paths Covid-19 is taking in high and lower-income countries.</p> Fri, 04 Mar 2022 19:33:58 +0000 stephanie.laroche-pierre@mcgill.ca 1243 at /spgh Quartiers vulnérables: Les « initiatives de proximité » au cÅ“ur de la solution - La Presse, February 21, 2022 /spgh/channels/news/quartiers-vulnerables-les-initiatives-de-proximite-au-coeur-de-la-solution-la-presse-february-21-337965 <p>Mathieu Maheu-Giroux, Assistant Professor in the Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, is among the experts quoted by <em>La Presse.</em></p> <p style="margin-left:40px"><em>"</em>Une récente étude à laquelle a participé l’Université 91Ë¿¹ÏÊÓƵ montre d’ailleurs que dans 16 grandes villes canadiennes, dont Montréal, 50 % des cas de COVID-19 se sont concentrés dans des zones regroupant moins de 21 % à 35 % de la population.</p> Fri, 25 Feb 2022 21:29:21 +0000 stephanie.laroche-pierre@mcgill.ca 1234 at /spgh How to prepare Quebec's fragile health-care system for the next COVID-19 wave - Montreal Gazette, February 21, 2022 /spgh/channels/news/how-prepare-quebecs-fragile-health-care-system-next-covid-19-wave-montreal-gazette-february-21-2022-337964 <p>Erin Strumpf, Associate Professor in the Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health is among the experts quoted by the <em>Montreal Gazette.</em></p> Fri, 25 Feb 2022 21:23:47 +0000 stephanie.laroche-pierre@mcgill.ca 1233 at /spgh Que veut dire «vivre avec le virus»? - Radio-Canada, February 18, 2022 /spgh/channels/news/que-veut-dire-vivre-avec-le-virus-radio-canada-february-18-2022-337839 <p>Dr. Joanne Liu, Professor focusing on pandemic and health emergencies at the 91Ë¿¹ÏÊÓƵ School of Population and Global Health (SPGH), and Dr. Madhukar Pai, Professor at the Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health and past 91Ë¿¹ÏÊÓƵ Global Health Programs Director, are among the experts quoted by <em>Radio-Canada.</em></p> Fri, 18 Feb 2022 22:23:02 +0000 stephanie.laroche-pierre@mcgill.ca 1222 at /spgh Quebec health experts stress COVID-19 booster shot still necessary despite vaccine passport removal - Global News, February 16, 2022 /spgh/channels/news/quebec-health-experts-stress-covid-19-booster-shot-still-necessary-despite-vaccine-passport-removal-337838 <p>Dr. Catherine Hankins, Professor at the Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health and co-chair of Canada's COVID-19 Immunity Task Force is among the experts quoted by <em>Global News.</em></p> Fri, 18 Feb 2022 22:16:31 +0000 stephanie.laroche-pierre@mcgill.ca 1221 at /spgh Removing Quebec's vaccine passport is reasonable at this time, experts say - Montreal Gazette, February 15, 2022 /spgh/channels/news/removing-quebecs-vaccine-passport-reasonable-time-experts-say-montreal-gazette-february-15-2022-337836 <p>Giorgia Sulis, a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health is among the experts quoted by the <em>Montreal Gazette.</em></p> <p style="margin-left:40px"><em>"</em>If Quebec does remove all restrictions it intends to by mid-March, Dr. Giorgia Sulis, an infectious disease epidemiologist at 91Ë¿¹ÏÊÓƵ’s school of population and global health, said it’s crucial for Quebecers to understand that doesn’t mean they should stop following public health recommendations."</p> Fri, 18 Feb 2022 21:53:34 +0000 stephanie.laroche-pierre@mcgill.ca 1219 at /spgh How to fight COVID-19 with ventilation and air purifiers - The Hindu, February 15, 2022 /spgh/channels/news/how-fight-covid-19-ventilation-and-air-purifiers-hindu-february-15-2022-337833 <p>Dr. Madhukar Pai, Professor at the Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health and past 91Ë¿¹ÏÊÓƵ Global Health Programs Director co-authored a <em>The Hindu</em> piece.</p> Fri, 18 Feb 2022 21:16:33 +0000 stephanie.laroche-pierre@mcgill.ca 1217 at /spgh Communities with low incomes, immigrants, essential workers hardest hit by COVID-19: study - CBC, February 15, 2022 /spgh/channels/news/communities-low-incomes-immigrants-essential-workers-hardest-hit-covid-19-study-cbc-february-15-2022-337832 <p>A study led by Mathieu Maheu-Giroux, Assistant Professor in the Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, is featured by <em>CBC News. </em>Professor Maheu-Giroux also commented on the study.</p> Fri, 18 Feb 2022 21:08:45 +0000 stephanie.laroche-pierre@mcgill.ca 1216 at /spgh Les inégalités dans la lutte contre la pandémie : Entrevue avec Joanne Liu - Radio-Canada, February 13, 2022 /spgh/channels/news/les-inegalites-dans-la-lutte-contre-la-pandemie-entrevue-avec-joanne-liu-radio-canada-february-13-337830 <p>Dr. Joanne Liu, Professor focusing on pandemic and health emergencies at the 91Ë¿¹ÏÊÓƵ School of Population and Global Health (SPGH), spoke with <em>Radio-Canada.</em></p> Fri, 18 Feb 2022 20:58:30 +0000 stephanie.laroche-pierre@mcgill.ca 1215 at /spgh La tuberculose tue davantage à cause de la Covid-19 - Journal de Montréal, February 4, 2022 /spgh/channels/news/la-tuberculose-tue-davantage-cause-de-la-covid-19-journal-de-montreal-february-4-2022-337827 <p>Dr. Madhukar Pai, Professor at the Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health and past 91Ë¿¹ÏÊÓƵ Global Health Programs Director spoke to the <em>Journal de Montreal.</em></p> <p style="margin-left:40px">"Les chercheurs de l’Université 91Ë¿¹ÏÊÓƵ dénoncent dans une édition récente de la revue scientifique New England Journal of Medicine les « effets dévastateurs » que la pandémie a eus sur la tuberculose en drainant les services qui lui étaient réservés vers les personnes atteintes du coronavirus."</p> Fri, 18 Feb 2022 20:41:08 +0000 stephanie.laroche-pierre@mcgill.ca 1213 at /spgh Prioritizing supports to specific neighbourhoods is key to curbing COVID-19 transmission /spgh/article/prioritizing-supports-specific-neighbourhoods-key-curbing-covid-19-transmission <p>The COVID-19 pandemic has uneven impacts across cities and provinces, with some regions struggling more than others. A new study shows hotspots of COVID-19 infections across Canadian cities are linked to occupation, income, housing, and markers for structural racism.</p> Fri, 25 Feb 2022 22:37:59 +0000 Shirley Cardenas, 91Ë¿¹ÏÊÓƵ Newsroom 1237 at /spgh Équité vaccinale : « Le prochain variant est évitable », affirment des organismes - Radio-Canada, February 2, 2022 /spgh/channels/news/equite-vaccinale-le-prochain-variant-est-evitable-affirment-des-organismes-radio-canada-february-2-337406 <p>Dr. Joanne Liu, Professor focusing on pandemic and health emergencies at the 91Ë¿¹ÏÊÓƵ School of Population and Global Health (SPGH), is among the experts quoted by <em>Radio-Canada.</em></p> Thu, 03 Feb 2022 21:47:14 +0000 stephanie.laroche-pierre@mcgill.ca 1200 at /spgh