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BC experiences COVID-19 vaccine shortage
February 11, 2021Written by: Karissa Ketter, News Writer A shortage of Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines is forcing the provincial government to alter their distribution plan. Dr. Bonnie Henry attributes this to delays in production and delivery. This has forced health officials to extend the time period between each dose. Previously, Pfizer’s doses were administered 35 days apart, but have now been extended to 42. According to Global News, health officials were told that the shortage of vaccines experienced in January is expected to continue into February. In the Vancouver Sun, Henry said she is extremely concerned. “We do not have enough…
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SFU researchers study patient needs for COVID-19 vaccine distribution software
January 14, 2021By: Emma Jean, Staff Writer A group of researchers at Simon Fraser University are working to identify the most effective roll-out of the COVID-19 vaccine. Led by Full Professor Dr. Diana Gromala and Professor Associate Director Dr. Chris Shaw, the…
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COVID-19 vaccines approved and distributed to Canadians
January 11, 2021Written by: Karissa Ketter, News Writer Canada has approved Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccines and has begun distributing them to Canadians. BC “hopes to have vaccine[s] available for all those who choose to [be] vaccinated by the end of 2021,”…
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Black people are not your guinea pigs
July 25, 2020By: Idara L. Udonya, SFU student All over the world researchers, epidemiologists, and other health experts are working around the clock on a vaccine for COVID-19. The race for a vaccine, however, presents some concern considering the histories of medicine in…
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SFU researchers discover a way to combat HIV mutation
February 18, 2019In November 2018, Simon Fraser University researchers along with a group of South African academics from the University of Kwa-Zulu Natal published a study that revealed how certain HIV-positive individuals possess immune cells that enable them to control their HIV…
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Vancouver records multiple measles cases
September 21, 2018Written by: Srijani Datta, Assistant News Editor Health officials from Vancouver are urging individuals across the city and its surrounding areas to update their measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccination doses, after reported cases of measles have gone up…
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SFU researchers tackle HIV
February 4, 2018By: Nathaniel Tok, Peak Associate Are the sexual rights of women with HIV ignored? In a paper titled “The Problematization of Sexuality among Women Living with HIV and a New Feminist Approach for Understanding and Enhancing Women’s Sexual Lives,” SFU…
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