Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchCoronavirus is airborne, so stop disinfecting and start focusing more on ventilation: expert
Coronavirus is airborne, so what does that mean for how we fight COVID outbreaks? Michael Brauer, a professor in the School of Population and Public …
5 years, 3 months ago
Focus on vaccination rates, not herd immunity as the way out of the pandemic: expert
Catherine Hankins, the co-chair of Canada’s COVID-19 Immunity Task Force, explains why achieving herd immunity may be elusive, but stopping transmiss…
5 years, 3 months ago
Cannabis use is up during the pandemic so what do you need to know about the risks?
Surveys suggest cannabis use in Canada is up by as much as 35% in the pandemic. And cannabis sales doubled in this country last year. So what are the…
5 years, 3 months ago
What do you need to know about outdoor transmission of the coronavirus?
The risk of catching coronavirus outdoors is very low. Yet new pandemic restrictions in Ontario ban most outdoor sports and gatherings. Infectious di…
5 years, 3 months ago
Shut down travel between provinces to control spread of variants like P1, experts say
The COVID variant P1 is surging in BC and spreading east. Infectious diseases and critical care specialist Dr. Srinivas Murthy joins Dr. Brian Goldma…
5 years, 3 months ago
How to breathe better and why it matters to your health, especially in a pandemic
Learning how to breathe better can have real impacts on your overall health, according to James Nestor, author of “Breath: The New Science of a Lost …
5 years, 4 months ago
'What if I've already had one dose?' Your AstraZeneca vaccine questions answered
This week we hand The Dose over to you. Canadians have been on a roller-coaster with changing guidance on the AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine, so we put y…
5 years, 4 months ago
Confused wading through all the COVID-19 vaccine info? Here's help
There's lot of confusing information around the COVID-19 vaccines. It's hard to figure out what's accurate and what's misinformation or deliberate di…
5 years, 4 months ago
What governments & individuals can do to tame Canada's third wave
The third wave of COVID is here in Ontario according to experts but epidemiologist Raywat Deonandan says there are steps governments and individuals …
5 years, 4 months ago
What does the newest science say about how to lose weight?
Losing weight is frustratingly hard -- especially during a pandemic when studies show people have gained weight. Host Dr. Brian Goldman is joined by …
5 years, 5 months ago