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Vaccine experts answer your questions about COVID-19
What niggling questions do you have about COVID-19 vaccines? Should pregnant people get vaccinated? Will vaccines be given to children?
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New research paves way to better treatment for common childhood brain cancer
Medulloblastoma (MB) is the most common pediatric brain tumour and usually affects children and infants under 10 years old. Current…
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A baby’s first poop can help predict risk of developing allergies
It may seem like an unusual place to go looking for answers, but the contents of a baby’s first diaper…
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Michael Cuccione cancer researchers at BC Children’s receive international award
BC Children’s Hospital cancer researchers are part of a team that has been awarded the 2021 Team Science Award by…
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New book shares the latest research on prenatal stress and child development
When Dr. Tim Oberlander was first hired at Sunny Hill Health Centre more than 25 years ago, he treated developmental…
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New study finds girls in rural BC at highest risk of self-poisoning
Girls age 10 to 19 living in rural BC communities with poor access to local mental health services are at…
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Most Vancouver adults had antibody reactivity to SARS-CoV-2 by first wave, infant immune system research confirms
In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, many research teams around the world focused on creating antibody tests to…
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Reimagining Patient Care: Q&A with Dr. Stuart Turvey, Precision Health Lead
In 2016, BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute set out to become one of the top pediatric research institutes in North…
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Health Care Hero Linda Warner
Nurse turned clinical research coordinator Linda Warner has been named Gold Apple Health Care Hero by the 2020 BC Health…
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Future eating disorder prevention programs to target ‘body-checking’ behaviours
New research by Dr. Shannon Zaitsoff, Dr. Jennifer Coelho and their team suggests that body-checking behaviours — like frequent weighing…
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Poison Prevention Week campaign focuses on children and cannabis
This week, the BC Injury Research and Prevention Unit (BCIRPU) is promoting safe storage of cannabis products to prevent children…
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Congratulations CIHR Grant Recipients!
Congratulations to the BC Children’s and BC Women’s investigators who were awarded funding through the Canadian Institutes of Health Research…
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