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The VIRTUES platform, developed by the team at CANet, enables health-care providers to monitor and manage patients' conditions remotely.

If a new report from the Financial Wellness Lab of Canada at Western University is any indication, moving from a financially stressed situation to a more comfortable level in a relatively short period of time may not be an impossible feat.

Metal corrosion - in large steel bridges, computer microchips and medical nanoparticles, for example - cost billions of dollars in damage.

With pandemic school closures in place in Ontario, Québec , Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island until Jan.

Cities emerged as the epicentres of the COVID-19 pandemic: roughly 90 per cent of COVID-19 infections worldwide were reported in urban settings.

The climate change crisis and the push for sustainable technologies are driving the work of five engineering professors and their research teams at Western's Institute for Chemicals and Fuels from Alternative Resources ( ICFAR ).

Malaria is the leading cause of death among young people in Uganda. (Photo by Shelagh Murphy/Pexels) Western professor Ian Cunningham is working to help people in Uganda have better access to life-saving testing and early diagnosis of malaria.

Every January, millions of individuals make New Year's resolutions to lose weight or eat healthier, if not both.

Western University will lead the way in developing Canada's first nation-wide phone app to help women facing violence in the home.

"This image is a composite of nine wide-angle photos of the biggest clean room at NASA Goddard when the uncovered flight primary mirror of the James Webb Space Telescope was tilted into a vertical position.

Municipal staff in Zorra Township are so satisfied with a four-day work week that almost three-quarters of them would like to extend the innovative experiment.

Western research shows medical racism is one reason for vaccine hesitancy among Black and Indigenous people.

Researchers at Western Health Science's school of physical therapy are working shoulder to shoulder to develop a new patient education program that can help those suffering from arthritis in the upper extremities.

On the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women, researchers write that media can make a difference by raising awareness about femicide.

HIV-infected H9 T-cell, viewed through electron microscope. Photo: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Wikimedia Commons At first, in the medical fight against AIDS, there was only uncertainty. Then researchers brought hope in the form of life-saving treatment - antiretrovirals that stop HIV from replicating in an infected person and reduce the risk of transmission.

Filming of The Handmaid's Tale at the Lincoln Memorial.

Whether scrolling Facebook, calling an Uber or searching for jobs, how does artificial intelligence (AI) affect the daily lives of Western students?

Jessica Grahn is a 2021 recipient of an E.W.R.

By Valere Gaspard, Alec Mazurek, Special to Western News In the months leading up to the next provincial election in Ontario in June, spending for third parties has been rigorously restricted during the pre-election period.

Western researcher Slobodan P. Simonovic shows how - and where - flooding will put humans and property at risk under changing climate  The raging Bow River rushes under and around Centre Stree

Lewis Williams with a copy of her new book, Indigenous Intergenerational Resilience: Confronting Cultural and Ecological Crisis (Rob Rombouts / Western Communications) By Robert Rombouts, Special to

By Anthony Skelton, Special to Western News The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine for use in children ages five to 11 .

Big brown bats are species commonly found on campus.

Patrick Kinghan, a Western public history student, is among the millions of people with diabetes who are alive because of Dr. Frederick Banting and researchers who followed him.

The COVID-19 pandemic has meant countless women are looking beyond harder-to-access, traditional postpartum depression (PPD) treatment options - like psychiatry and medication - and finding that physical activity could be key. A new Western study suggests brisk walking - as little as 15 minutes a day - may be the answer for many women struggling with PPD, though some severe cases may still require traditional medical care.

Touchscreen technology using mice can help researchers decode learning centres of the brain. (Submitted photo) How does memory work?

By Lawson Health Research Institute, Special to Western News Recognizing the toll the pandemic has taken on many health-care workers' mental health, Dr. Ruth Lanius is examining the role that moral injury plays, and its effects on the brain.

By Kaitlynn Mendes, Jacquelyn Burkell, Jane Bailey and Valerie Steeves, Special to Western News In September, the Wall Street Journal released the Facebook Files.

Clinical psychologist Dr. Marnin Heisel will be working to prevent suicides among vulnerable populations thanks to two separate grants worth a total of $1.2 million from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and the Movember Foundation.

By Zack Taylor and Jack Lucas, Special to Western News After all the ballots were counted in the recent Canadian federal election, was anyone surprised that Gudie Hutchings, incumbent Liberal MP in the district of Long Range Mountains, Newfoundland and Labrador, had been re-elected ?

A refurbished Nabataean cistern at the site of Humayma, Jordan. Photo by Craig Harvey By Craig A. Harvey, Special to Western News October 13, 2021 This year witnessed one of the hottest and driest summers in recent history for Western Canada and the American Southwest. The resulting droughts adversely affected food supply and helped send meat prices rising three times faster than inflation.

New data from the Pan-Canadian Women's Housing and Homelessness Survey shows lack of access to housing has gendered causes and effects. By Alex Nelson, Hannah Brais, Jesse Jenkinson and Kaitlin J. Schwan, Special to Western News October 6, 2021 Visible homelessness during the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the housing crisis across Canada.