May 20, 2020
TORONTO – The Ontario Bioscience Innovation Organization (OBIO), a not-for-profit organization dedicated to advancing health technology innovation and commercialization, announced a Canada-wide call for applications from companies for its Early Adopter Health Network (EAHN) to address COVID-19.
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May 13, 2020
Toronto – Responding to the unprecedented challenges posed by COVID-19, leading oncology patient groups launched a national patient-led initiative to support the immediate, practical needs of people living with cancer.
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May 13, 2020
TORONTO – Seven out of 10 Ontarians (69 per cent) believe the province is headed for a “serious mental health crisis” as it emerges from this pandemic, and nearly eight out of 10 (77 per cent) say more mental health supports will be necessary to help society.
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May 13, 2020
TORONTO – University Health Network (UHN) has launched a research study, titled “Research Platform to Screen and Protect Healthcare Workers” – or RESPECT for short – to determine how common asymptomatic COVID-19 infection is among its healthcare workers.
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May 6, 2020
CALGARY – Alberta Health Services (AHS) announced that construction was finished on a temporary healthcare facility for COVID-19 patients at the Peter Lougheed Centre in Calgary.
The 766-square-metre field hospital – called a Sprung Pandemic Response facility – will add capacity to meet increasing demand caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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May 6, 2020
PETERBOROUGH, ON – Miskin law has reframed its class action commenced in the Peterborough Superior Court by discontinuing against Spartan Bioscience Inc., which was originally included, based on incorrect information provided to the law firm.
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May 1, 2020
VANCOUVER – Thrive Health has developed an app for tracking equipment, clinicians and staff in hospitals that’s now being used in 39 of British Columbia’s hospitals, across three health authorities. The COVID-19 Critical Care Resource Management app allows front-line personnel – from doctors and nurses to administrators – to rapidly locate gear such as gowns, gloves or ventilators on the spur of the moment. Read More
April 29, 2020
SYDNEY – More than two million Australians have downloaded an app to trace contacts of COVID-19 patient’s hours after its release, the government said on Monday, as states set out plans to expand testing for the infection.
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April 22, 2020
MONTREAL – A $5 million COVID-19 innovation campaign has been launched by the Jewish General Hospital Foundation and already has the support of three major Quebec philanthropists: Sharon Azrieli, Sophie Desmarais and Lisa Mierins on behalf of the Mierins Family Foundation. Together, the three women have donated $1.3 million to the innovation program.
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April 22, 2020
VANCOUVER – To keep Canada’s most vulnerable citizens connected during the COVID-19 pandemic, TELUS is giving over 10,000 free mobile devices and $0 rate plans, valued at more than $5 million, to hundreds of organizations across the country.
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