Press & Media
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2020
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CBC
CBC 'Everybody is susceptible': Why younger Canadians may be helping fuel the 2020 spread of COVID-19
Interviewed by Adam Miller
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April 1. 2020
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Maclean’s
Maclean’s How science is accelerating to try and catch up with COVID-19
Interviewed by Christina Frangou
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March 30. 2020
MEDIA COVERAGE
Yahoo News
New Chinese research may point to possible role of children in coronavirus spread
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March 28. 2020
MEDIA COVERAGE
CIDRAP
CIDRAP: COVID-19 may spread from moms to infants and by seemingly healthy kids
CIDRAP - Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy
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March 26. 2020
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CBC
CBC COVID-19 – What you need to know – Fact Checkers
Experts alarmed as recipes for homemade hand sanitizer proliferate online
Interviewed by Elizabeth Thompson
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March 26. 2020
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CBC
CBC Dalhousie research team prepares for clinical trial of COVID-19 vaccine
Interview with Portia Clark for Information Morning live radio
Written up for print by Emma Smith
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March 25. 2020
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CBC Quirks and Quarks
CBC Quirks and Quarks: How aging increases vulnerability to COVID19
Interview with Bob McDonald and producer Sonya Buyting
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March 20. 2020
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CBC The Current
CBC The Current: Finding a COVID19 Vaccine
Interview with Matt Galloway and producer Benjamin Jamieson
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March 20. 2020
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Readers Digest Best Health
10 Quirky Questions About Coronavirus Answered
Readers Digest Best Health Q&A with Jela Tejada
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March 20. 2020
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Nature
Nature: Where I work and Q&A
Interview with Virginia Gewin
Scheduled for April Publication in Nature
March 19. 2020
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Canadian Press
Rapid response COVID-19 science conducted by father and daughter virologists
Interview with Michael Tutton from the Canadian Press
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March 15. 2020
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Global National News
Flatten the curve: How one chart became a rallying cry against coronavirus
Interview with Leslie Young from Global National News on social distancing strategies for mitigating COVID-19
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March 11. 2020
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Canadian Press
Interview with Canadian Press regarding the role of hospitals in coronavirus transmission
Interview with Adina Bresge on hospitals as amplification centres
Clips of this interview have been featured in several articles and radio news programs
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March 6. 2020
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Dalhousie Media
THE BIG PICTURE: VACCINES — HOW THEY WORK, AND WHY WE STILL NEED THEMInterview with Michele Charlton photos by Danny Abriel
Interview focused on my work with emerging viruses and developing vaccines
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February 22. 2020
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SiruisXM
Efforts addressing the 2019-2020 coronavirus outbreak
SiruisXM 12:00pm Live Interview on Canada Now!
Interviewed by Jeff Sammut
January 28. 2020
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CBC Halifax
Dal researchers sending medical supplies to heart of coronavirus outbreak
Halifax CBC TV interview
Interviewed by Tom Murphy
January 27. 2020
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CBC
Dal researchers sending medical supplies to heart of coronavirus outbreak
National print news story for CBC
Interviewed by Christine Birak
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January 27. 2020
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CTV Atlantic
Coronavirus outbreak in 2019-2020
Interviewed by Nick Moore
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January 26. 2020
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CBC The National
Coronavirus outbreak in 2019-2020
National TV interview for CBC The National
Interviewed by Christine Birak
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January 26. 2020
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The Globe and Mail
As peak flu season arrives, Canadian hospitals seeing higher than usual pediatric cases
National interview for The Globe and Mail regarding the 2019-2020 influenza season
Interviewed by Carly Weeks
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January 12. 2020
2019
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Global National News
Global News Health IQ: Q: What happens if you wait too long to get your flu shot?
In the Mailbag with Leslie Young
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October 21. 2019
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CBC National News
CBC National News: What you need to know before flu season hits in Canada
National Interview published on CBC.Ca regarding the Influenza Season 2019-2020.
Interviewed by Adam Miller
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October 10. 2019
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Global National News
Global News: Flu forecast 2019: Here’s what to expect from this year’s flu season
National Interview published on GlobalNews.Ca regarding the upcoming 2019-220 Influenza Season.
Interviewed by Leslie Young
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September 29. 2019
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Dalhousie Media
A SOAPBOX FOR FEMALE SCIENTISTS
Text interview with Dalhousie Media on the Halifax Soapbox Science Event I co-organized
Interviewed by Ryan McNutt
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July 2019
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CBC Kids
CBC Kids: Preventing the spread of misinformation about measles.
TV Interview on Measles and Measles virus.
Interviewed by Isabelle MacNeil with Sabrina Fabian.
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March 18. 2019
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CBC Radio
CBC Radio – Mainstreet Halifax
Commentary on “PEI nurses object to new policy on flu prevention”
Interviewed by Bob Murphy
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January 23. 2019
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CBC Radio
CBC Radio – Mainstreet Halifax
The current 2019 influenza season and disease severity in children
Interviewed by Bob Murphy
January 3. 2019
2018
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CTV Atlantic
The Upcoming Flu Season and Review of Last Flu Season
Interviewed by Bruce Frisko
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September 30. 2018
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CTV Atlantic
Current Flu Situation in Atlantic Canada
Interviewed by Priya Sam
January 17. 2018
2016
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ResearchGate
Researchers need Zika data fast. This mobile app could deliver
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April 6. 2016
2015
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ALN
In Ferrets, Influenza is Spread from Mother to Offspring Through Infected Breast Cells
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October 30. 2015
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The Naked Scientists. BBC Radio 5. University of Cambridge
Flu breast infection
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October 9. 2015
MEDIA COVERAGE
This Week In Virology with Vincent Racaniello
TWiV 363: Eat flu and dyad
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October 2015
MEDIA COVERAGE
CIDRAP: Ferret study shows live flu viruses in breast tissue, milk.
CIDRAP - Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy
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2015
MEDIA COVERAGE
Virology Blog. Influenza virus in breast milk
Virology Blog. All about viruses and disease.
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2015
MEDIA COVERAGE
La Vanguardia
Constatan en hurones que las mamas también son fuente de contagio de la gripe
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2015
MEDIA COVERAGE
Medical Express
Role of breast cell infection in flu transmission between mothers and breast-feeding ferrets
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2015
MEDIA COVERAGE
Examiner
Study is the first to prove flu can be transmitted through breast tissue
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2015