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Expert explainer: Mental health in the pandemic’s next phase
Schulich Medicine & Dentistry professor Arlene MacDougall provides strategies on how to manage anxiety as the country moves into the next phase of the pandemic.
Expert insights: Tennis players’ struggles during COVID-19
The pandemic has disrupted people’s lives globally, including professional tennis players whose revenue streams are impacted due to cancelled or postponed tournaments.
Expert insights: Reconsider COVID-19 vaccination passports
Researchers encourage public debate about the long-term societal impact of vaccine passports.
Safety first: Western mandates vaccinations for students in residence
The university is preparing for a full return to in-person classes this fall.
Expert explainer: How vaccines work in our bodies
Schulich Medicine & Dentistry professor Steven Kerfoot provides a clear picture of how our immune systems respond to the COVID-19 vaccine
Research sheds light on the “sounds of the pandemic”
Examination of verbal art performances shows how COVID-19 changed our everyday lives
Expert insights: Why COVID-19 vaccination should be mandatory for children
Three ethical arguments in support of mandatory vaccinations for children
Expert insights: Indians stepping up to save lives
Death count soars during the second wave of COVID-19 in India
Expert insights: Pandemic may usher in major social changes
Life expectancy, birth rates and immigration are all significantly impacted
Training infectious disease researchers to tackle the next pandemic
Inside ImPaKT, Western’s world-class biocontainment level 3 facility
900,000 COVID-19 tests moved through Schulich Medicine & Dentistry’s PaLM labs
The Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (PaLM) clinical labs support seven public health units, including hospitals and long-term care facilities, from Owen Sound to Windsor
Expert insights: Strengthening connections during the pandemic
How sex and intimacy coaching can help bring people closer together
Ivey students lead initiatives to help children in Canada, Bermuda and India
Vishal Vijay, HBA’22 candidate, created Social Educating, a free online tutoring program
Expert insights: The global approach to vaccine equity is failing
If countries want to solve the problem of vaccine equity they should stop seeing COVAX as the solution.
Ethics of mandatory vaccinations: benefits may not outweigh challenges
New WHO policy brief led by Western’s Maxwell Smith provides ethical guidance for countries and organizations.
Music mural rooted in pandemic resilience
New artwork symbolizes how Western music students have persevered and blossomed throughout a trying pandemic year.
Expert insights: The perils of Zoom courts
Glitchy screens, ‘cat lawyers’ and hot mics are just a few of the challenges with virtual court proceedings during the pandemic.
Expert insights: Too much sitting is bad for you
New findings suggest that certain types of sitting are better for you, while other types should be reduced.
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.