The long-term effects of ‘Long COVID’ on a post-pandemic world
Over the last 17 months, the world has been dealing with the burden caused by the COVID-19 pandemic that led to the deaths of over 4 million people globally. While...
A post-pandemic pandemic
An underrepresented consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic is, in fact, another pandemic, one of mental health. The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) reported that half of all Canadians...
mRNA vaccines: Leading a new era of medicine
What is mRNA, and why are mRNA vaccines so attractive? The completion of the Moderna and BioNTech-Pfizer vaccines against the SARS-CoV-2 virus is a remarkable feat –from conception to widespread...
The rise of vaccines: is the COVID-19 pandemic coming to an end?
Every country should have the right to make its own vaccines during a pandemic, however, it is not that simple when not every country has the infrastructure and wealth to...
Past Pandemics
Ever since the COVID-19 pandemic has spread over the world and impacted our daily lives, there has been a certain unease as to how and when we can return to...
Post-pandemic health care: Are we finally heading into the future?
Who knew that all it took to expose the massive inequalities within the healthcare system was a deadly global pandemic? Even in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, we have...
The future of work
The COVID-19 pandemic brought many unfortunate realities; and one such reality was the unemployment of a vast amount of individuals. This was due to a sudden drop in business, and...
Alumni Interview with Dr. Akiko Iwasaki
Dr. Akiko Iwasaki is currently a professor at Yale University and an investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Her research is focused on the dynamics of innate immune responses...
The Research Pentathlon: The History and Merit of Interdisciplinary Science
The pentathlon was a special event in the Olympic games of ancient Greece. Unlike other competitions, it featured five different events, testing an athlete's ability to perform well in a...