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Meet the scuba-diving cyclist who works on the frontlines of vaccine research
As a clinician, investigator and director of the Vaccine Evaluation Center (VEC) at BC Children’s Hospital, Sauder Family Chair in Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Associate Professor at the University of British Columbia, Dr. Manish Sadarangani has become even busier since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. To help recognize National Immunization Awareness Month, he answered…
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Pandemics, vaccine trials and 36-hour shifts
One of the biggest challenges Kim Marty, senior data manager of the Vaccine Evaluation Center (VEC) at BC Children’s Hospital, has faced during the COVID-19 pandemic is ensuring the success of the CANVAS-COVID study to closely monitor side effects from COVID-19 vaccines in the face of unprecedented enrolment.
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Children are entering a fourth school year in a pandemic: Expert advice for parents
As children head back for a fourth school year with COVID-19, many parents are hoping that their kids will be able to enjoy a mostly normal school experience. But with new variants circulating and respiratory virus season on the horizon, many also have concerns and questions about what the new school year will look like.
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