/newsroom/taxonomy/term/12934/all en /newsroom/channels/news/implications-serology-testing-canada-323476 <p>Serology testing for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) will be useful for public health decisions and research but will not have wide application for clinical care, according to a <a href="https://www.cmaj.ca/content/early/2020/07/31/cmaj.201588" target="_blank">review article </a>in <em>CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal)</em>.</p> Tue, 04 Aug 2020 18:05:38 +0000 frederique.mazerolle@mcgill.ca 231892 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/cbc-pioneer-fight-against-hivaids-star-quebec-researcher-turns-quest-covid-19-immunity-322098 <p>When <strong>Catherine Hankins</strong> first arrived in Montreal in 1986, she never expected she'd get into a spat with the provincial health minister. But eight months into a job in Montreal's public health department she made headlines for doing just that. The Alberta-born community medicine specialist had moved to Montreal just as a mysterious and little-understood new disease was terrorizing the gay community.</p> Mon, 11 May 2020 13:44:59 +0000 amelia.souffrant@mail.mcgill.ca 210415 at /newsroom