Researchers say people using a common allergy nasal spray, azelastine, were 69% less likely to contract COVID-19. Participants in the trial were additionally 71% less likely to catch the common cold ...

B.C. residents can book an appointment through the province’s Get Vaccinated program, which sends out text messages, by calling the Get Vaccinated centre at 1-833-838-2323 or by checking with a local ...

As flu season arrives, a new highly infectious COVID-19 variant, Stratus (XFG), is driving a surge in US cases, first identified in Southeast Asia. Wi ...

A simple blood test could reveal kidney disease earlier so more can be done to halt progression, while also allowing better ongoing management of kidney health by simpler monitoring. Nearly one-third ...

The first successful human transplant of a kidney converted from blood type A to universal type O used special enzymes developed at UBC.

Detect influenza viruses quickly and easily with chewing gum or a lollipop: German researchers from Würzburg, Braunschweig and Cologne demonstrate with a new diagnostic tool how this works.

Researchers discuss the effects of azelastine nasal spray on the rate of SARS-CoV-2 infection as compared to placebo.

The first successful human transplant of a kidney converted from blood type A to universal type O used special enzymes developed at the University of British Columbia to help prevent a mismatch and ...

Meinel and his colleagues arrived at a crafty cost-cutter: using one of the body’s own molecular detection systems, the tongue. They came up with a molecule that, in the presence of a viral enzyme, ...