/oss/taxonomy/term/2359/all en /oss/article/health-and-nutrition-you-asked/what-are-adjuvants-vaccines <p>In 1926, Alexander Thomas Glenny, a British immunologist, discovered that noted that vaccinated guinea pigs had a better response when the jab caused a local inflammation at the site of the injection. He then had the idea of adding substances to the vaccine to cause such an inflammation and found aluminum salts to be particularly effective.</p> Fri, 11 Mar 2022 22:51:33 +0000 Joe Schwarcz PhD 9050 at /oss /oss/article/covid-19-health/how-worried-should-we-be-about-myocarditis <hr /> <p>This article was originally published in the Montreal Gazette</p> Fri, 01 Oct 2021 20:48:39 +0000 Christopher Labos MD, MSc 8885 at /oss /oss/article/covid-19/how-help-protect-under-12-crowd <hr /> <p>This article was originally published in the <a href="https://montrealgazette.com/opinion/columnists/christopher-labos-how-to-help-protect-the-under-12-crowd">Montreal Gazette</a></p> Fri, 03 Sep 2021 23:08:19 +0000 Christopher Labos MD, MSc 8836 at /oss /oss/article/covid-19-health/escaping-covid-19-vaccine-hesitancy <p>As I write this,<a href="https://ourworldindata.org/covid-vaccinations"> 4.8 billion doses of a COVID-19 vaccine</a> have been administered globally. Even with my scientific background, I cannot easily wrap my head around this number, 4.8 billion. If you think of each syringe carrying a dose as a pencil, and you put these 4.8 billion pencils side by side like they are in a colouring box, you end up with a line that is almost twice the length of the Earth’s diameter.</p> Fri, 20 Aug 2021 19:55:34 +0000 Jonathan Jarry M.Sc. 8810 at /oss /oss/article/science-science-everywhere/h1n1-influenza-injection-reason <p>I think the time has come to panic. But not about catching the H1N1 “swine flu.” And not about the alleged risks of the vaccine that can protect against it. For the vast majority of people, the flu will mean no more than a week or so of misery, not different from previous versions. As far as the risk of the vaccine goes, it’s minimal. However, there is something to panic about: the stunning and spectacular amount of misinformation being bandied about, ranging from cherry-picked data and the promotion of quack remedies to outlandish conspiracy theories about culling the world’s population.</p> Thu, 29 Sep 2011 15:28:32 +0000 Joe Schwarcz PhD 1626 at /oss