We all know that 14 days of self-isolation is mandatory for healthcare workers and others following unprotected exposure to a confirmed case of COVID-19. But this infection control strategy can put...
As Quebec tries to tamp down its daily infection numbers—and without access to a COVID-19 vaccine for the general population yet—contact tracing has become ever more important in the fight to rein...
Covid-19 has changed everything. A case in point: In 1978, when Australian physician Helen Caldicott revived a moribund non-profit organization called Physicians for Social Responsibility, the...
In October 1822, a group of medical officers of the Montreal General Hospital assembled to draw up a mission statement that might hopefully lead to the founding of a medical school in the city.
In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, a group of Montreal researchers realized that Canada was in a vulnerable position. The country was dependent on other countries for the tests that were...
Age 50 has long been recommended as the time to start screening for colorectal cancer (CRC) because of the higher risk to those in the 50–54 category. But a study published early this year by...
