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A worker lifts boxes of personal protective equipment supplies amidst stacks of other boxes
March 30, 2020
Ã山ǿ¼é donates masks, gowns and other critical supplies to health-care workers combatting COVID-19

The University of Toronto is scouring labs across its three campuses for masks, gloves and other badly-needed protective equipment to donate to…

Coronavirus, Joint Centre for Bioethics, Ã山ǿ¼é Mississauga, Ã山ǿ¼é Scarborough, Vivek Goel
March 30, 2020
Ã山ǿ¼é launches podcast focusing on COVID-19 public health challenges and next steps

A new podcast hosted by the University of Toronto’s Vivek Goel offers timely and reliable information about the COVID-19…

Coronavirus, COVID-19 Podcast, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, Ã山ǿ¼é Mississauga, Ã山ǿ¼é Scarborough, Vivek Goel
March 27, 2020
Ã山ǿ¼é infectious disease expert's AI firm now part of Canada's COVID-19 arsenal

  On New Year’s Eve, the software company BlueDot pushed out a notification to its customers about a mysterious illness that appeared in…

Coronavirus, Institute of Health Policy Management and Evaluation, Artificial Intelligence, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, Global, St. Michael's Hospital
a man and a woman light an olympic cauldron together in tokyo
March 27, 2020
How the rescheduled Tokyo Olympics could heal a post-coronavirus world: Ã山ǿ¼é's Bruce Kidd

The rescheduled Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics should bring the world back together in a reinvigorated spirit of Olympism – the ideal that sport…

Coronavirus, Tokyo 2020, Bruce Kidd, Faculty of Kinesiology & Physical Education, Olympics, The Conversation, Ã山ǿ¼é Scarborough
Glen Bandiera looks out of a window
March 27, 2020
Through new partnership, Ã山ǿ¼é medical trainees given safe place to stay, self-isolate during COVID-19

As the COVID-19 outbreak unfolds in Toronto, medical trainees working on the frontlines often need somewhere to stay away from their families to…

Coronavirus, Faculty of Medicine, St. Michael's Hospital
Three men stand in a field in alberta wearing gauze masks
March 26, 2020
Social distancing and blame: Ã山ǿ¼é researcher on lessons from past pandemics

Public meetings are banned. Theatres, schools, colleges and churches are closed. Business hours are restricted across Canada. It sounds like the…

Coronavirus, Anthropolgy, History, Humanities, Ã山ǿ¼é Mississauga
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March 26, 2020
Ã山ǿ¼é Engineering students create online map to help track the spread of COVID-19

Due to the COVID-19 outbreak in Canada, Shrey Jain and his University of Toronto classmates received notice that all their courses were…

Coronavirus, Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering, Research & Innovation, Undergraduate Students
a view of convocation hall across front campus from behind a pair of close up pillars
March 26, 2020
Ã山ǿ¼é cancels spring convocation ceremonies as Canada battles COVID-19 pandemic

With the world in the grips of the COVID-19 pandemic, the University of Toronto has taken the difficult decision to cancel spring convocation…

Coronavirus, Meric Gertler, Ã山ǿ¼é Mississauga, Ã山ǿ¼é Scarborough
a latex gloved hand of a lab tech handles a vial with coronavirus in it
March 26, 2020
'We're right to be optimistic,' says Ã山ǿ¼é epidemiologist about search for COVID-19 vaccine

Millions of people around the world are staying home as much as possible to limit the spread of COVID-19. Social distancing has brought large sections…

Coronavirus, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, Global, Vaccines
portrait of vivek goel
March 25, 2020
It's impossible to predict length of COVID-19 pandemic, says Vivek Goel in Globe and Mail

How long will the COVID-19 pandemic last and when will measures like physical distancing be lifted? Such questions are top of mind for officials…

Coronavirus, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, Global, Vivek Goel
screenshot of nathan stall during his webinar
March 25, 2020
Ã山ǿ¼é researchers create interactive tool to help hospitals plan for COVID-19

A group of researchers at the University of Toronto’s Dalla Lana School of Public Health have developed an interactive online tool that helps…

Coronavirus, Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Graduate Students, Mount Sinai Hospital, Research & Innovation, University Health Network
Paul Lem holds up one of his Spartan cubes
March 25, 2020
Firm led by Ã山ǿ¼é alumnus joins fight against COVID-19 with portable test kit

A University of Toronto alumnus is behind a biotech firm that could soon be bringing portable COVID-19 tests to communities across the country —…

Coronavirus, Human Biology, Alumni, Faculty of Arts & Science, University College