With facts and figures driving conversation internationally during the COVID-19 pandemic, it is equally important to remember – and record – the resilience of healthcare workers (HCW) fighting the most challenging global crisis since World War II. Elysée Nouvet, an...
School of Health Studies
Drone technology supports TB diagnosis and treatment in remote Madagascar
An international team of healthcare investigators is piloting a new medical delivery system that uses a ‘surgical strike’ approach to solve pandemic problems. Researchers from Western University, Institut Pasteur de Madagascar, Stony Brook University (New York), and...
Seniors’ simple falls prompt costly paramedic visits
A newly published study shows London-area paramedics are spending at least a month’s worth of time each year literally picking up seniors who have called emergency services for help in getting up, usually after a fall, but who refuse transport to hospital for further...