Long COVID
Summer COVID-19 surge looms
June 16, 2025By: Ashima Shukla, Staff Writer Public health researchers warn of a potential global summer surge as a new highly transmissible COVID-19 variant spreads across Asia. NB.1.8.1 has been classified as a “variant under monitoring” by the World Health Organization and has already been detected in the United States and Canada. In BC, wastewater analysis indicates rising COVID-19 levels since March, and some forecasters anticipate a surge caused by this new variant to hit as early as July or August. As Kayli Jamieson, a research fellow at SFU’s faculty of health sciences, told The Peak, “NB.1.8.1 has emerged as a notable…
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Protect Our Province BC holds briefing on COVID-19 infections in hospitals
June 26, 2024By: Yashita Dhillon, Peak Associate and Petra Chase, Editor-in-Chief On May 30, Protect Our Province BC hosted an online event where a panel of healthcare researchers discussed the prevalence of COVID-19 in healthcare settings, the lack of protective measures against…
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BC health advocates demand return of mandatory masks in healthcare
May 14, 2024By: Yashita Dhillon, News Writer In response to April’s removal of mandatory mask mandates in healthcare settings, BC’s health advocacy group DoNoHarm BC, joined by Protect Our Province BC and Masks4EastVan, are leading a campaign to urge the provincial government…
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SFU study highlights need for Long COVID awareness
May 9, 2024By: Yashita Dhillon, News Writer A report published in April by SFU’s newly-founded Pacific Institute on Pathogens, Pandemics and Society (PIPPS) emphasizes the need for broader awareness and understanding of Long COVID among healthcare professionals and the general public in…
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