Experts: Quebec pulls 1,200 electric school buses from service following fire 

Published: 12 September 2025

The Quebec government has ordered 1,200 LION Electric school buses off the road after one of the vehicles caught fire earlier this week in Montreal. McGill experts are available to comment on the...

Expert: Suicide prevention 

Published: 9 September 2025

Sept. 10 is World Suicide Prevention Day. A new World Health Organization report underscores the urgency of suicide prevention, estimating that 727,000 people died by suicide in 2021 alone.

Expert: Trial of former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro  

Published: 3 September 2025

Jair Bolsonaro, the former president of Brazil, has been charged with attempting to stage a coup d’état and reclaim power following his loss of the 2022 election. The verdict and sentencing phase...

Experts: New guidelines to help Canadians quit smoking

Published: 25 August 2025

New national smoking cessation guidelines caution that e-cigarettes should generally not be the first choice for people trying to quit. Published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal, the...

Tinnitus severity linked to mood, sleep and personality traits

Published: 20 August 2025

How severely a person experiences tinnitus is shaped by their mood, sleep quality and even personality traits, a new study has found....

Trauma and resilience: McGill study explores the enduring effects of sexual violence during the Rwandan genocide against the Tutsi

Published: 17 September 2025

A study led by McGill University researchers offers insights into intergenerational memory and the experiences of children born of conflict-related sexual violence and their mothers in post...

New tool helps seniors reduce unnecessary medications

Published: 4 August 2025

McGill University researchers have developed and are licensing a digital tool to help safely reduce patients’ use of medications that may be unnecessary or even harmful to them....

Study raises red flags about BPA replacements

Published: 26 August 2025

Chemicals used to replace bisphenol A (BPA) in food packaging can trigger potentially harmful effects in human ovarian cells, according to McGill University researchers....

Students with overprotective parents are more vulnerable to anxiety during their transition to university, researchers find

Published: 4 September 2025

First-year undergraduates who grew up with overly cautious or controlling parents tend to experience increased anxiety when faced with stresses associated with the transition to university,...

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