/newsroom/taxonomy/term/13465/all en /newsroom/channels/news/made-order-diagnostic-tests-may-be-horizon-353167 <p>平特五不中 researchers have made a breakthrough in diagnostic technology, inventing a 鈥榣ab on a chip鈥� that can be 3D-printed in just 30 minutes. The chip has the potential to make on-the-spot testing widely accessible.聽聽</p> Wed, 29 Nov 2023 20:04:57 +0000 keila.depape@mcgill.ca 307494 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/experts-random-covid-19-testing-resumes-four-major-airports-340380 <p>Mandatory random COVID-19 testing resumed on Tuesday, July 19 for vaccinated travellers coming into Canada through four major airports. The tests for select passengers landing in Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary and Montreal will be completed outside the airports, either through an in-person appointment or a virtual appointment for a self-swab test. (<a href="https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2022/07/19/random-covid-19-testing-resumes-at-four-major-airports-tests-to-be-done-offsite.html" target="_blank">Toronto Star</a>)</p> Tue, 19 Jul 2022 20:37:12 +0000 frederique.mazerolle@mcgill.ca 288259 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/ctv-news-loneliness-can-directly-impair-immune-system-increase-risk-death-study-322840 <p>The findings,聽published in the journal Trends in Cognitive Sciences聽earlier in June, show how social isolation can negatively affect the health of the brain as well as the immune system.鈥淪ocial isolation, or a lack of social opportunity, gives rise to a sense of loneliness. Directly or indirectly, this feeling has many wide-ranging consequences for our psychological well-being as well as our physical health, even our longevity,鈥� the study states.</p> Wed, 17 Jun 2020 22:42:46 +0000 amelia.souffrant@mail.mcgill.ca 217106 at /newsroom