Clearer data needed on Quebec's COVID-19 numbers: expert - Montreal Gazette, August 19, 2021
Dr. David Buckeridge, Professor at the Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health spoke with the Montreal Gazette.
"More than one-quarter of Quebecers who were hospitalized with severe COVID-19 over the past month were people who had been fully vaccinated, the government reported on Wednesday in its latest chart on the situation in the province."
Un geste clé pour une ouverture sécuritaire des universités - Le Devoir, August 19, 2021
Dr. Joanne Liu, Professor focusing on pandemic and health emergencies at the McGill School of Population and Global Health (SPGH) authored a letter in the French daily newspaper Le Devoir.
As Ontario universities press ahead, no plans for Quebec universities to make vaccines mandatory - CBC, August 13, 2021
Dr. Ananya Tina Banerjee, Assistant Professor at the Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health is quoted by CBC.
Quebec reports 759 new COVID-19 cases, deaths and hospitalizations stable - The Globe and Mail, August 9, 2021
Dr. Nicole Basta, Associate Professor at the Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health is interviewed by the Globe and Mail.
Should Canadians be offered booster shots, when poorer countries struggle to access vaccines? - CBC, August 5, 2021
Dr. Madhukar Pai, Professor at the Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health and past McGill Global Health Programs Director, is among the experts interviewed by CBC The Current.
When To Stop Hoping For a COVID-19 Miracle Cure - FiveThirtyEight, August 4, 2021
Professor Jonathan Kimmelman, Director of the Biomedical Ethics Unit is among the experts quoted by FiveThirtyEight.
Inégalité vaccinale dans le monde : Entrevue avec la Dre Joanne Liu - Radio-Canada, August 3, 2021
Dr. Joanne Liu, Professor focusing on pandemic and health emergencies at the McGill School of Population and Global Health (SPGH) is interviewed by Radio-Canada on COVID-19 vaccine distribution.
"C'est une chose de donner des vaccins, mais il y a toute la chaîne de distribution (...) présentement il y a des doses de vaccins qui restent sur les tarmacs des aéroports."
Concerns raised over travel based on type of COVID-19 vaccine received - Global News, July 22, 2021
Dr. Nicholas King, Associate Professor in the Biomedical Ethics Unit, is among the experts quoted by Global News.
"…Nicholas King, a professor in the bioethics and epidemiology department at McGill University, said inequalities start to present themselves when travel is determined by the type of vaccine a person received."
With 50,000 cases a day, one country opens up as another suffers - The Star, July 24, 2021
Dr. Joanne Liu, Professor focusing on pandemic and health emergencies at the McGill School of Population and Global Health (SPGH) is quoted by Malaysian Paper The Star.
Decolonizing Global Health: A Moment To Reflect On A Movement - Forbes, July 22, 2021
Dr. Madhukar Pai, Professor at the Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health and past McGill Global Health Programs Director, authored a recent Forbes opinion piece.
Le Canada devrait-il vacciner les enfants au plus tôt? - Radio-Canada, July 19, 2021
Dr. Joanne Liu, Professor focusing on pandemic and health emergencies at the McGill School of Population and Global Health (SPGH) is one of two experts quoted by Radio-Canada.
Canada has let thousands of AstraZeneca vaccine doses expire — and thousands more soon will. Why one expert calls that ‘a moral failure’ - Toronto Star, July 13, 2021
Dr. Ananya Tina Banerjee, Assistant Professor at the Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health is among the experts quoted by the Toronto Star.
"Thousands of AstraZeneca doses are going to waste in this country, at a time when other nations face critical vaccine shortages in their battle against COVID-19."
« Peut-on faire preuve d’humanité ? », demande une experte - La Presse, July 10, 2021
Dr. Joanne Liu, Professor focusing on pandemic and health emergencies at the McGill School of Population and Global Health (SPGH) is quoted by La Presse.
"…Telle est la réaction de la Dre Joanne Liu, professeure à l’Université McGill, spécialisée dans les urgences pandémiques et sanitaires, lorsqu’on aborde avec elle les règles de visite très variables d’un hôpital à l’autre, avec des restrictions particulièrement sévères au CHUM."
Le seuil de vaccination et l’immunité collective, une cible mouvante - Radio-Canada, July 12, 2021
Dr. Catherine Hankins, Professor at the Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health and co-chair of Canada's COVID-19 Immunity Task Force is among the experts quoted by Radio Canada.
Residential school deaths from tuberculosis weren’t unavoidable – they were caused by deliberate neglect - The Globe and Mail, July 12, 2021
Lena Faust, a PhD student in the Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, co-authored a recent Globe and Mail opinion piece.