/channels/taxonomy/term/14164/all en /channels/channels/news/covid-19-coughing-without-masks-distancing-alone-not-enough-333819 <p>To prevent the spread of COVID-19 indoors, the two metres physical distancing guideline is not enough without masks, according to researchers from Quebec, Illinois, and Texas. However, wearing a mask indoors can reduce the contamination range of airborne particles by about 67 percent.</p> Tue, 05 Oct 2021 13:08:37 +0000 webfull 173679 at /channels /channels/news/mouse-model-could-shed-new-light-immune-system-response-zika-virus-266592 <p>A new mouse model with a working immune system could be used in laboratory research to improve understanding of Zika virus infection and aid development of new treatments, according to a study published in <em>PLOS Pathogens</em>.</p> Thu, 23 Feb 2017 19:04:22 +0000 webfull 125753 at /channels /channels/news/tracing-origins-ebola-virus-241012 Fri, 09 Jan 2015 15:31:41 +0000 webfull 107420 at /channels /channels/news/korean-mers-outbreak-should-be-wake-call-world-253544 <p> Fri, 12 Jun 2015 18:01:32 +0000 webfull 110713 at /channels /channels/news/zika-virus-258147 <p>"A new virus invading parts of Central and South America and now the Caribbean is causing concern among people living in and travelling to infected countries. Transmitted by the aggressive Aedes mosquito, the Zika virus has spread to at least 23 countries and will likely infect tens of millions of people in a few short years." (<a href="http://montreal.ctvnews.ca/zika-virus-and-birth-defects-pregnant-women-warned-against-travelling-south-1.2753473">CTV News</a>)</p> Wed, 27 Jan 2016 14:07:09 +0000 webfull 115539 at /channels /channels/news/brazil-2016-politics-olympics-games-and-zika-261105 <h4><a href="/politicalscience/faculty/oxhorn">Philip Oxhorn</a>, Political Science, Founding Director of the Institute for the Study of International Development, ���ϲ����� University</h4> <p>Professor Oxhorn is an expert in democracy, economic development and Latin American Comparative Politics. He can comment on social, political, and economic angles.</p> <p><a href="mailto:philip.oxhorn%40mcgill.ca"><span><span>philip [dot] oxhorn</span> [at] <span>mcgill [dot] ca</span></span></a> (English, Spanish)</p> Mon, 01 Aug 2016 12:45:12 +0000 webfull 120110 at /channels /channels/news/expert-viruses-rio-2016-261909 <div>“Just days ahead of the Olympic Games the waterways of Rio de Janeiro are as filthy as ever, contaminated with raw human sewage teeming with dangerous viruses and bacteria, according to a 16-month-long study commissioned by the Associated Press.” (<a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/olympics/rio-2016-water-pollution-virus-risk-danger-swimming-sailing-rowing-chance-of-infection-almost-a7165866.html" target="_blank"><em>The Independent</em></a>)</div> <div> </div> Tue, 02 Aug 2016 13:30:18 +0000 webfull 120125 at /channels