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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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Landon Getz and Graham Dellaire
Monday, March 18, 2019
CRISPR gene editing should learn from the Slow Food movement, say Dal researchers Landon Getz and Graham Dellaire. Scientists must allow time for critical conversations and perfecting of techniques before rewriting the source code of humanity.
Obinna Esomchukwu
Friday, March 15, 2019
Ten of Dal's elite graduate students faced off in the finals of Dal's 3 Minute Thesis compeition, with Microbiology and Immunology PhD candidate Adrian Herod taking home the top prize for his presentation on salmonella and food safety.
Allison Kincade
Tuesday, March 12, 2019
In the next few years, there may be as many as 30 billion different devices connected to the Internet, including many everyday objects you find in your home. That poses major challenges for everything from security to reliability – challenges Computer Science prof Srini Sampalli and his team in the MYTech Lab are working to address.
Melanie Jollymore
Monday, March 11, 2019
A AV¾ãÀÖ²¿ pain researcher and a former Much Music-host-turned-parenting-blogger are helping millions of parents around the world learn how to help relieve their children’s pain with the #ItDoesntHaveToHurt initiative.
Cecilia Khamete
Friday, March 8, 2019
March 8 is International Women’s Day, and Dal leaders and researchers — including Vice-President Research & Innovation Alice Aiken and Computer Science prof Rita Orji — are helping lead important community conversations about how research can be harnessed to further equity and social change.