/spgh/taxonomy/term/309/all en /spgh/article/prioritizing-supports-specific-neighbourhoods-key-curbing-covid-19-transmission <p>The COVID-19 pandemic has uneven impacts across cities and provinces, with some regions struggling more than others. A new study shows hotspots of COVID-19 infections across Canadian cities are linked to occupation, income, housing, and markers for structural racism.</p> Fri, 25 Feb 2022 22:37:59 +0000 Shirley Cardenas, Æ»¹ûÒùÔº Newsroom 1237 at /spgh /spgh/channels/news/covid-19-cases-rise-quebec-experts-predict-fewer-deaths-and-hospitalizations-globe-and-mail-august-332874 <p>Dr. David Buckeridge, Professor at the Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, is among the experts quoted by the Globe and Mail.</p> <p style="margin-left:40px">"New COVID-19 cases are rising in Quebec, but unlike during previous waves of the novel coronavirus, the level of vaccination in the province should lead to significantly fewer hospitalizations."</p> <p><a href="https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-quebec-reports-527-new-covid-19-cases/" target="_blank"><em>Read the full article</em></a></p> <p style="margin-left:40px"> </p> Fri, 27 Aug 2021 22:15:37 +0000 stephanie.laroche-pierre@mcgill.ca 878 at /spgh /spgh/channels/news/clearer-data-needed-quebecs-covid-19-numbers-expert-montreal-gazette-august-19-2021-332827 <p>Dr. David Buckeridge, Professor at the Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health spoke with the <em>Montreal Gazette.</em></p> <p style="margin-left:40px">"More than one-quarter of Quebecers who were hospitalized with severe COVID-19 over the past month were people who had been fully vaccinated, the government reported on Wednesday in its latest chart on the situation in the province."</p> <p><a href="https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/clearer-data-needed-on-quebecs-covid-19-numbers-expert" target="_blank"><em>Read the full article</em></a></p> Thu, 26 Aug 2021 20:26:16 +0000 stephanie.laroche-pierre@mcgill.ca 875 at /spgh