New funding from the Public Health Agency of Canada, part of a national strategy to address dementia, will also help researchers determine risk factors for the disease.
Parminder Raina, scientific director of the McMaster Institute for Research on Aging, explains a new nationwide study that will investigate the spread and impact of COVID-19 on older adults.
A $4-million investment from Canada's COVID-19 Immunity Task Force will launch a national study to investigate the burden of SARS-CoV-2 infection among aging Canadians, a population that has been shown to be at greatest risk for severe outcomes from COVID-19 disease.
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