/newsroom/taxonomy/term/3834/all en /newsroom/channels/news/covid-19-without-masks-two-metres-distancing-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> Thu, 30 Sep 2021 15:00:58 +0000 shirley.cardenas@mcgill.ca 277291 at /newsroom /newsroom/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 18:56:02 +0000 vincent.allaire@mcgill.ca 26736 at /newsroom /newsroom/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 13:30:10 +0000 vincent.allaire@mcgill.ca 26050 at /newsroom /newsroom/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, UUֱ��</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 class="spamspan"><span class="u">philip.oxhorn</span> [at] <span class="d">mcgill.ca</span></span></a> (English, Spanish)</p> Wed, 01 Jun 2016 19:46:42 +0000 vincent.allaire@mcgill.ca 25932 at /newsroom /newsroom/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 14:07:06 +0000 vincent.allaire@mcgill.ca 25164 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/world-hepatitis-day-july-28-254237 <p> Mon, 27 Jul 2015 19:40:10 +0000 vincent.allaire@mcgill.ca 24360 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/korean-mers-outbreak-should-be-wake-call-world-253544 <p> Fri, 12 Jun 2015 18:01:29 +0000 melody.enguix@mcgill.ca 24231 at /newsroom