Conor Trainor shares personal journey from Mustang to Olympian
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Western alumni support athletes’ Olympic dreams
Marnie McBean, David Shoemaker play key roles as Team Canada preps for competition.
Research sheds light on the “sounds of the pandemic”
Examination of verbal art performances shows how COVID-19 changed our everyday lives
Training infectious disease researchers to tackle the next pandemic
Inside ImPaKT, Western’s world-class biocontainment level 3 facility
Nearly 40,000 kids in the U.S. who lost a parent to COVID-19 need immediate support
New international study reveals one in every 13 COVID-related deaths results in a child under 18 years of age losing a parent.
Global study shows elective surgery patients should be prioritized for COVID-19 vaccines
The change could prevent 60,000 COVID-19 related deaths in one year
Pandemic provides real-time, case-based learning opportunity
For this year’s Masters of Public Health cohort, the backdrop of the pandemic is presenting unique opportunities for learning and analysis.
Bats may hold the key to vaccines for future pandemics
Western researchers are joining forces with Royal Ontario Museum bat biologists to create a ‘vaccine bank’ that could be used in the next pandemic.
Expert Explainer: Coronavirus ‘variants of concern’
The coronavirus will keep mutating unless we can mitigate its spread.
Gender, age, education can predict use of pandemic precautions
Men, non-immigrants, younger adults and people living in rural areas are the Canadians most likely to resist COVID-19 safety measures, according to a Western analysis.
ImPaKT researchers help industry develop anti-viral products
Less than a year after opening, Western’s ImPaKT lab is helping industry partners test the anti-viral properties of their products to protect consumers from COVID-19.
Engineering students expand Basket Project for homeless
A trio of Western Engineering students decided to help vulnerable members in their community as they assembled hygiene kits for the homeless.
Ebola ’emergency’ vaccines provide ethical blueprint for COVID-19 response
The ethics of emergency use vaccines during Africa’s ebola crisis can guide how Canada eventually authorizes vaccines for COVID-19, says a new paper co-authored at Western.