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COVID-19 vaccine FAQs: Efficacy, immunity to illness vs. infection (yes, they’re different), new variants and the likelihood of eradication
A COVID-19 vaccine is administered at a clinic at Olympic Stadium in Montréal on March 1, 2021, marking the beginning…
Forcibly sterilized during Fujimori dictatorship, thousands of Peruvian women demand justice
Victims of forced sterilizations protest in Lima, Peru, in 2014. Public hearings to uncover this dark chapter of the Fujimori…
COVID-19 vaccination: What we can learn from the great polio vaccine heist of 1959
In a pandemic, vaccines are in very high demand, and this threatens their supply. (Shutterstock) Paula Larsson, University of Oxford…
Why you shouldn't neglect eye care during the pandemic
One-third of adults report deriorating eyesight since the pandemic began. (Unsplash/David Travis) Alison Ng, University of Waterloo and Mike Yang,…
Why you shouldn't neglect eye care during the pandemic
One-third of adults report deriorating eyesight since the pandemic began. (Unsplash/David Travis) Alison Ng, University of Waterloo and Mike Yang,…
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A guest looks out from a Sheraton hotel window in Mississauga, Ont., on Feb. 22, 2021, as new air travel…
Cannabis education should aim to normalize — not prevent — safe and legal use
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Coronavirus: a single 'escape mutant' shouldn't render a vaccine useless
NIAID-RML/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA Sarah L Caddy, University of Cambridge Several coronavirus variants have emerged in recent weeks that have…
How safe is your baby food?
One study found that 95% of baby foods tested contained at least one heavy metal. Plume Creative via Getty Images…
Baby infected with coronavirus in the womb – new study
Velishchuk Yevhen/Shutterstock Mehreen Zaigham, Lund University A pregnant woman with suspected COVID-19 was rushed by ambulance to Skåne University Hospital,…
