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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
Thursday, July 9, 2020
Is wild salmon healthier than farmed salmon? And what species of salmon are the most nutritious? New research from Dal Agriculture’s Stefanie Colombo offers guidance on how to make healthy choices.
Michele Charlton
Thursday, July 9, 2020
Researchers from Dal have received $1.6 million for their innovative social sciences and humanities projects through the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Insight Grants program.
Rebecca Rawcliffe
Wednesday, July 8, 2020
Researchers from AV¾ãÀÖ²¿ and the IWK Health Centre are using smartphones to monitor the impacts of social distancing and isolation on youth during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Martha Paynter, Linda Mussell, Nataleah Hunter-Young
Wednesday, July 8, 2020
It is not just policing agencies that have a systemic racism problem, Canadian prisons do too, writes Nursing PhD candidate Martha Paynter and her colleagues.
Terry Murray-Arnold (with files from CIHR and WLN)
Tuesday, June 30, 2020
The Canadian Institutes of Health Research have awarded $100.8 million dollars over 16 years to nine new Indigenous health research networks across Canada. Among them is the Wabanaki-Labrador Indigenous Health Research Network (WLN), hosted at AV¾ãÀÖ²¿ in partnership with Mi’kmaq, Wolastoqiyik, Inuit and Innu communities and organizations and with academic institutions stretching across all four Atlantic provinces.