Combatting COVID-19
Hear from UBC experts, learn more about work on the frontlines, and discover the latest research shaping the global pandemic response and recovery.
Making a difference: UBC students design low-cost ventilator for COVID-19
The design is among the final 10 in the international Code Life Ventilator Challenge.
Brett Finlay explains how SARS vaccine development can inform COVID-19 response
Finlay discusses his involvement in the development of three potential SARS vaccines and the lessons researchers learned.
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.
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.
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.