Canada’s Role in the Creation of the Ebola Vaccine
Vaccines are a life-saving tool that prevent infection by training your immune system to fight against viruses and bacteria. Canada played a significant role in the creation of an Ebola...
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...
Ethics of Vaccine Passports
With increasing numbers of people being fully vaccinated against SARS-CoV-2 worldwide, governments have been considering the implementation of vaccine passports. Vaccine passports (VP), also known as digital health passes or...
Vaccine hesitancy in the age of COVID-19
As the long-awaited COVID-19 vaccines are being administered to the Canadian public, a significant proportion of the population remains hesitant to get their injections. Vaccines generally have minor amounts of...
Influenza Virus: The Concern of a Century
The 1918 influenza pandemic infected an estimated 500 million people or one third of the global population. This led to at least 50 million deaths, all by a single virus....
Vaccines, the immune memory trick
“With the exception of safe water, no other modality… has had such a major effect on mortality reduction and population growth.” – Susan and Stanley Plotkin, Vaccine 5th ed (2008).1...
If false claims go viral, so will infectious diseases
It is the year 2020, and we are in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. With the availability of online platforms, claims ranging from the origin of the virus to...
EnVIRALmental: Viral Vaccine Research and Development – An Alumni Interview with Dr. Anh Tran
Dr. Anh Tran completed her postdoctoral fellowship in Prof. Tania Watts’ laboratory, where she investigated the role of microRNAs in T cell survival. Currently, she holds the title of Research...
HPV in Men
Starting September 2016, Ontario extended the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination program to all Grade 7 students free of charge. The Gardasil® vaccine, approved for use in 2006, is now being...
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