Sunwing cancelling its flights out of Saskatchewan until Feb. 3 and Air Canada no longer offering direct flights from Saskatoon and Regina to Calgary starting in mid-January is changing the future of air travel in the province.
Jake Pushie is collaborating with the Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization (VIDO) and the Canadian Light Source to study the long-term effects of COVID-19.
SASKATOON Researchers at the University of Saskatchewan are studying the long-term effects COVID-19 has on the body. Scientists want to find out if people who have been exposed to the virus may be at risk for other health complications later in life even after fully recovering from COVID-19. Jake Pushie, a researcher with the university’s College of Medicine, said it’s important to know the potential risks now, so doctors can prepare for future treatment. “We want to forearm ourselves with some knowledge about what else this virus is doing within our bodies that may be putting us at risk for things like stroke, heart disease,” he said.
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Apr 27, 2021 6:09 PM
Researchers at the University of Saskatchewan are teaming up with employees at the Canadian Light Source and VIDO-InterVac to study the long-term effects of COVID-19.
Dr. Jake Pushie is used to studying strokes through his work with the College of Medicine’s Saskatchewan Cerebrovascular centre.
Pushie is now applying his expertise to look at what SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 do to blood vessels.
“A lot of what we were hearing sounded a lot to us like some of the things we’re used to studying using the synchrotron,” Pushie said of first hearing about terms like “brain fog” and other lingering neurocognitive issues after contracting COVID-19.