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The What, Why and What to do about Hiccups

3 Oct 2025

We’re all familiar with the sensation- an uncontrollable jerk of our diaphragm and an involuntary noise, stifled or not, that gives the condition its name. Hiccups are ubiquitous amongst mammals of...

Does COVID-19 Mess with the Immune System?

10 Feb 2023

Have you heard that, apparently, COVID-19 is “airborne AIDS?”...

'Natural immunity' to COVID has its limits

25 Feb 2022

This article was originally posted in the Montreal Gazette

The Debilitating Puzzle Box of Long COVID

4 Feb 2022

Imagine sitting in front of 40,000 tiny pieces that you have to assemble into a jigsaw puzzle. Except that some of these pieces may belong to a different puzzle. There is no box to tell you what...

With COVID-19, Air Is Both the Problem and the Solution

15 Jan 2022

On March 28, 2020, at the beginning of the pandemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) tweeted out, “FACT: #COVID19 is NOT airborne.”...

Shedding Light on Illusionary Connections

7 Jan 2022

We may have left 2021 behind, but unfortunately, the misinformation that characterized the past year continues unabated. Betty White, comedienne extraordinaire, passed away on December 31, just...

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