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17.03.2021 / 00:53

London, Ont., team researching COVID-19 impacts on brain zero in on ‘microbleeds’

COVID-19’s impacts on the brain.London Health Sciences Centre‘s Urgent COVID-19 Care Clinic (LUC3) infectious diseases physician Dr. Megan Devlin says she’s seen a range of symptoms — memory loss, confusion, severe headaches, loss of smell, and even stroke.

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When should kids return to in-person learning? Western University researcher, colleagues finding answers

coronavirus pandemic, researchers continue to grapple with two crucial questions: when and how should children go back to in-person learning?A Western University professor, alongside colleagues from across the globe, are attempting to find answers.Dr.

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Western’s Linda Hasenfratz, Maxwell Smith tapped for Ontario COVID-19 vaccine panel

coronavirus vaccine panel.The panel, headed by retired chief of national defence staff Gen. Rick Hillier, will oversee distribution of the vaccine when it becomes available.Among those sitting on the panel, officially named the COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution Task Force, will be Linda Hasenfratz, Western’s 23rd chancellor, and Maxwell Smith, a bioethicist and assistant professor with the university’s Faculty of Health Sciences, the province announced.

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Noise complaint leads to charges after 30 people gather in Richmond St. home: London police

coronavirus pandemic.On Wednesday, police announced that the woman has been charged with participating in an indoor gathering which exceeded ten people and hosting an indoor gathering which exceeded ten people, both contrary to the Reopening Ontario Act. Toronto woman, 20, charged with hosting large indoor gathering: London police Police say officers received a noise complaint and arrived at a residence in the 1100 block of Richmond Street, near the University Gates and Broughdale Avenue, at roughly 12:15 a.m.

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Coronavirus: expert in global education launches interactive map of Ontario school cases

COVID-19.Western University education professor Prachi Srivastava says the map allows for real-time data in a visualized form and connects it to school-level social background characteristics and demographic data to help increase transparency and understanding among the school community and broader public.

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8 COVID-19 cases at Western University’s Saugeen-Maitland Hall, outbreak declared

Middlesex-London Health Unit has declared an outbreak of COVID-19 tied to a Western University residence on Thursday.Western University also issued a statement, reporting that the outbreak was at Saugeen-Maitland Hall, its largest residence.So far, the health unit says eight residents have tested positive for the virus and they are all self-isolating “with the support of Western’s administration.” Coronavirus: 23 new cases in London-Middlesex, 9 in Elgin-Oxford, 6 in Huron-Perth The health unit says it’s “following up with all close contacts” and that it is working with the university “to support these individuals as well as any other students who may need to seek testing or quarantine.”“Declaring an outbreak is an important step in order

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2 charged in connection with massive Halloween party: London police

London, Ont., police, bylaw investigating after 150 attend Halloween party in student neighbourhood The party was held Friday, Oct. 30 at a residence on Beaufort Street, a small side street off where Wharncliffe Road North becomes Western Road.On Nov.

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Talks avert job action as LHSC psychiatry service medical residents raise COVID-19 concerns

COVID-19 exposure at the London Health Sciences Centre’s Centralized Emergency Psychiatry Service at the Victoria Hospital campus.LHSC confirmed to Global News on Monday afternoon that “LHSC and physician leadership has met with the CEPS residents,” that “there is currently no job action,” and that further meetings will take place later this week.

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Western University law students volunteer to provide access to justice as pandemic raises barriers

COVID-19 pandemic is making it more difficult to navigate the legal system, while more and more services are being moved online. Ontario government won’t pursue criminal charges for some impaired drivers due to COVID-19 court backlog “We believe that access to justice is a right.

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Coronavirus: meet the Ontario researchers responsible for 3 world-firsts

coronavirus pandemic on March 11 and before the month was over, Douglas Fraser’s team out of Lawson Health Research Institute and Western University had already begun work on what would be one of three world-firsts in COVID-19 research accredited to the team by September.The team, based out of London, Ont., is the first in the world to profile the immune system’s response to COVID-19, the first to identify mechanisms involved in blood-clotting in COVID-19 patients, and the first to come up with biomarkers that can help predict how severely ill a patient is likely to become. London, Ont., researchers the first to profile immune response to COVID-19 The team’s findings have a worldwide impact, with J.

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How Western University’s largest COVID-19 cluster happened

coronavirus cases identified so far among Western University students, according to the Middlesex-London Health Unit (MLHU).At a media briefing Thursday afternoon, medical officer of health Dr. Chris Mackie walked through the series of events between Sept.

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London, Ont., researchers studying loss of smell in COVID-19 patients as part of global initiative

Scientists at Western University and Lawson Health Research Institute in London, Ont., are taking part in an initiative called the Global Consortium for Chemosensory Research to study the sudden loss of smell in COVID-19 patients.

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