90% of drugs fail clinical trials – here’s one way researchers can select better drug candidates

It takes 10 to 15 years and around US$1 billion to develop one successful drug. Despite these significant investments in time and money, 90% of drug...

If I am vaccinated and get COVID-19, what are my chances of dying? The answer is surprisingly hard to find

Thankfully, most people who get COVID–19 don’t become seriously ill – especially those who are vaccinated. But a small fraction do get hospitalized, and a smaller...

When parents get Medicaid, it can benefit the health of their kids too

The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work. The big idea Low-income parents who live in states that expanded their Medicaid programs under...

Health Canada authorizes plant-based, Canadian-developed COVID-19 vaccine

Health Canada authorized a new COVID-19 vaccine Thursday that it touted as the first greenlit shot to be developed by a Canadian company and the first...

Masks, RATs and clean air – how people with disability can protect themselves from COVID

Do COVID boosters cause more or fewer side effects? How quickly does protection wane? Your questions answered

How to care for your sore hands and wrists when your life is online

We are back to pounding keyboards and swiping phones for another year. But with so much of today’s learning, working and socialising happening via devices, hand...

COVID: how will people behave when self-isolation isn’t mandatory?

The legal requirement to self-isolate when infected with the coronavirus will end in England on February 24, the UK prime minister has announced. It’s been two...

Swabbing floors to detect COVID-19 could be a useful indicator of the disease’s spread

The rapid spread of SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus causing COVID-19, over the past two years has been nothing short of devastating. Although widespread vaccination and new antiviral...

Two glasses of wine might add more sugar to your diet than eating a doughnut

Soft drinks have been the focus of the UK government’s attempts to curb people’s sugar intake in recent years, but the same approach has not yet...