Making a difference: UBC students help frontline medical workers during COVID-19
Medical students support health care providers with childcare, pet care and errands.
Canadian hospitals trialing new treatment options for COVID-19 patients
The initiative will compare the safety and effectiveness of drugs and drug combinations in treating patients who are hospitalized with COVID-19.
Removing seniors from care homes is not the solution to COVID-19 fears
Read Dr. Roger Wong’s op-ed in The Globe and Mail.
UBC-led study finds trial drug can significantly block early stages of COVID-19 in engineered human tissues
The findings hold promise as a treatment capable of stopping early infection of the novel coronavirus.
Scientists discover gene that increases risk of Alzheimer’s disease
International research team led by Dr. Weihong Song has for the first time identified a gene that increases the risk of Alzheimer’s disease.
UBC researchers warn of dangers of air pollution during COVID-19 outbreak
Air pollution can make infections of the respiratory tract more severe.
How to support seniors during the COVID-19 outbreak
Dr. Roger Wong shares tips to support our seniors
More UBC researchers receive federal funding to study COVID-19
Five Faculty of Medicine scientists awarded $2.3 million for research on novel coronavirus.
Myth busting: Setting the record straight on ibuprofen and COVID-19
Dr. Mahyar Etminan, an epidemiologist and drug safety expert, explains the drug safety evidence of ibuprofen.
8% of school-age children have thought about or attempted suicide
A new study looks at risk and protective factors associated with childhood suicide.