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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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Sylvain Charlebois
Monday, April 1, 2019
By 2025, Canada’s population could include five million people who live alone. Those who live alone tend to cook less, but the food industry has plans for them, writes researcher Sylvain Charlebois.
Michele Charlton
Thursday, March 28, 2019
Stanislav Sokolenko, an assistant professor from the Faculty of Engineering, will be using funding from the Canada Foundation for Innovation’s CFI John R. Evans Leaders Fund to develop new approaches to cell cultures.
Michele Charlton
Wednesday, March 27, 2019
The UN's 17 Sustainable Development Goals can be found throughout Dal's Strategic Direction for Research and Innovation. Now, the university wants to hear from faculty about how the UN SDGs align with their work, in an effort to help grow Dal's research and innovation enterprise.
Amberley Ruetz and Sara Kirk
Monday, March 25, 2019
A well-planned national school food progam in Canada could be a huge boost to children's health outcomes, long-term healthcare spending and local agriculture and economies, writes Dal health researcher Sara Kirk.
Kevin Quigley
Tuesday, March 19, 2019
The documentary "Leaving Neverland" demonstrates the identifiable victim effect: people are more willing to empathize with individual victims than with large statistics, writes Kevin Quigley (scholarly director, MacEachen Institute for Public Policy and Governance).