Wu Lien-Teh.Credit…Library of Congress SectionsSkip to contentSkip to site index What Can and Can’t Be Learned From a Doctor in China Who Pioneered Masks Dr. Wu Lien-Teh helped change the course of a plague epidemic in the early 20th century and promoted the use of masks as a public health tool. Wu Lien-Teh.Credit…Library of Congress… Read More: What Can and Can’t Be Learned From a Doctor in… »
Article content continued Last month, the company’s co-founder said it was in talks with Russia, Brazil, Chile and Saudi Arabia to conduct Phase 3 trials, which determine whether the vaccine actually protects people against COVID-19 infection. Back in Canada, “we are continuing to wait for the vaccine,” said Scott Halperin, the Dalhousie scientist heading Canada’s… Read More: China spat may be threatening Canada’s bid to get early… »
Pigs in their pen at a farm on the outskirts of Chengdu in China’s south west Sichuan province, on August 2, 2005. Peter Parks | AFP | Getty Images Scientists have identified a new strain of flu carried by pigs in China that they say has the potential to become a pandemic. The new strain… Read More: New strain of flu found in China has potential to… »