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When a tick bite no longer means a trip to the emergency room

When a tick bite no longer means a trip to the emergency room

Enabling pharmacists to prescribe preventive Lyme disease medication shifted hundreds of routine cases out of emergency departments, easing pressure on the health-care system, shows a new AV¾ãÀÖ²¿ study.  Read more.

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Matt Reeder
Thursday, August 20, 2026
A new Dal-hosted research institute will connect researchers, students, partners and communities to advance AI research, learning and innovation rooted in Atlantic Canada.
Dawn Morrison
Tuesday, August 11, 2026
A national collaboration will connect researchers and community partners to explore how relationships with animals can strengthen resilience, improve well-being and inform policy.
Kenneth Conrad
Friday, July 31, 2026
Dal PhD student Zoya Tyabji’s approach to shark and ray conservation in South Asia earned her a keynote speaker spot at the world’s largest gathering of shark and ray researchers earlier this year.

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Alison Auld
Monday, April 26, 2021
AV¾ãÀÖ²¿ researchers are using artificial intelligence to identify weeds in lucrative blueberry fields, helping to target unwanted plants, reduce the use of herbicides and make farming more cost-effective and environmentally sustainable.
Alison Auld
Friday, April 23, 2021
David Barclay led a team to deploy his home-grown Deep Acoustic Lander to the bottom of the Mariana Trench in the western Pacific last Friday, recording sound in one of the most extreme environments on Earth.
Stefanie Wilson
Wednesday, April 21, 2021
AV¾ãÀÖ²¿ continues to rank among the top 200 universities in the world in the Times Higher Education Impact Rankings, which explores how university research and operations are aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). Among Dal’s rankings are top-40 results in key SDGs including Clean Water and Sanitation and Good Health and Well-Being.
Jason Bremner
Wednesday, April 21, 2021
Dr. Gujar will receive $600,000 over five years from the Canadian Cancer Society to explore how cancer killing viruses could potentially be used to treat and cure lung cancer.
Jessica Dee Humphreys
Tuesday, April 20, 2021
AV¾ãÀÖ²¿'s Dallaire Institute for Children, Peace, and Security has been approved for a grant to conduct a five-year long national research study, the first of its kind to explore the connections between morally injurious events and the recruitment and use of children as soldiers.