Join Globe and Mail health columnist André Picard in conversation with McMaster University researchers Dawn Bowdish and Andrew Costa about the impact of COVID-19 and its implications for older Canadians.
How worried should we be about the coronovirus coming to Canada? Dr. Bowdish talks to the CBC about the risks. Listen here.
Dr. Bowdish talks to Zoomer magazine about why older adults are more likely to die from coronavirus (or more commonly influenza and pneumonia). Read the article here.
The Bowdish lab’s work on the evolution of the scavenger receptor MARCO may help us understand why humans are so susceptible to air pollution (article in the New York Times).
What cold remedies work & which don’t? The Toronto Star asks Dr. Bowdish what the evidence says.
Dr Bowdish talks to CHML radio about why the public has lost its trust in science. Are scientists elitist? What can scientists do to regain the public’s trust ? Listen to this clip to hear more….
Nathan Shock Center webinar on “Inflammation and Aging”
2018
Dr Bowdish is the Canadian Lung Association’s spokesperson for World Pneumonia Day (November 12, 2018). Here she discusses the importance of being vaccinated for pneumonia….
She also speaks to Zoomer Magazine about pneumonia, vaccinations and the aging immune system here…
2017
Dawn discusses how making vaccination a family affair can protect older adults from pneumonia on CTV Toronto.
Dawn discusses how older adults can protect themselves from pneumonia on Zoomer Radio.
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