Appointments are now open for free influenza, COVID-19 and RSV vaccines in Quebec, with vaccinations beginning Oct. 20 for those who meet the criteria.
Jesse Papenburg, MD, is an Associate Professor in McGill University’s Department of Pediatrics, an infectious disease specialist at the Montreal Children’s Hospital and Chair of the Quebec Immunization Committee.
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Grain farmers in the Prairie provinces are reporting delays in crop harvesting due to flooded fields, with Saskatchewan producers falling furthest behind compared to their five-year average.
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Mathieu Leduc is a Faculty Lecturer and Associate Director of the Farm Technology Program in the Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences.
The President of the European Commission has expressed interest in seeing Canada become the first associate member of the European Union.
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Prime Minister Mark Carney will host a two-day summit in Toronto Sept. 14-15. The inaugural, invitation-only event, created in partnership with two of Canada’s largest institutional investors, the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments) and the Public Sector Pension Investment Board (PSP Investments), is expected to attract hundreds of CEOs from around the globe who are potentially interested in investing in Canada.
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Though some artificial intelligence (AI) researchers have long suggested that the technology could pose an existential threat, prominent voices have recently begun to warn that AI could spell the end of humanity within the next 10 years unless precautions are taken.
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Nabil Beitinjaneh, Faculty Lecturer, Academic Program Coordinator (AI and Data), McGill School of Continuing Studies
A new generation of weight-loss medicines is delivering results that exceed those of some of today's best-known treatments, according to a new study led by researchers at McGill University and the Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research.
Researchers reviewed 38 randomized clinical trials involving more than 25,000 adults with obesity or excess weight but not diabetes to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of GLP-1-based weight-loss drugs.
Warning that global warming is set to surpass the 1.5C threshold set in the Paris climate agreement within the next few years, the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), in a new report, is urging an “overshoot, peak and decline” strategy to limit the risk of climate disasters like heatwaves, floods and wildfires,
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On Sept.1, the first Canadian participant will begin the World Health Organization's Integrated Care for Older People (ICOPE) program, marking the start of the initiative's rollout in Quebec.
Meta Platforms will pay up to $18 billion to settle lawsuits in various U.S. states and territories alleging its platforms were designed to make children and teens addicted to them, while at the same time collecting information about them. It will also establish various safeguards for young users of Facebook and Instagram, including limits to the hours that they can spend online each day.
Trade negotiations between Canada and the U.S. fell apart over the weekend, as 50 per cent U.S. tariffs on almost $ 30 billion worth of Canadian goods came into effect, and the Canadian government announced there would be retaliatory tariffs.
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With the new school year just around the corner, McGill experts are available to provide perspectives on issues affecting students, parents and teachers.
Marie-Claude Geoffroy, Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Douglas Mental Health University Institute, is the Canada Research Chair in Youth Suicide Prevention. She can discuss youth mental health.
Quebec and Newfoundland and Labrador announced an energy deal this week that will triple the capacity of the Churchill Falls generating station. The deal was made in collaboration with the federal government: Ottawa is to contribute $10 billion toward upgrades, alongside related projects. The deal replaces the 1969 pact and the 2024 memorandum of understanding between Hydro-Québec and Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro, which jointly own the station.
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The U.S. president has signed an executive order calling for significant changes to the country’s childhood vaccination schedule, including offering separate measles, mumps and rubella vaccines instead of the combined MMR vaccine and reducing the number of routinely recommended childhood vaccines from 18 to 11.
McGill University experts are available to discuss the science behind childhood vaccination schedules and potential implications for vaccine confidence and public health in the United States and beyond.
Kids Help Phone is seeing a sharp increase in youth seeking support overnight. New data from the national helpline shows overnight text conversations rose 24 per cent during the first half of 2026 compared with the same period last year. On average, the service receives a text every 90 seconds.
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Pet owners are being urged to vaccinate their animals after rabies was confirmed in a stray cat in the Montérégie region for the first time, as raccoon rabies continues to spread in southeastern Quebec.
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