The Tyee

Life expectancy takes a hit, transit cuts affect the poor, and COVID-19 may become seasonal – but not yet, in my weekly roundup of pandemic science for The Tyee.

Canada is about average for trust in vaccines, children’s mental health suffers under lockdown, and how moral values influence misinformation in my weekly roundup of COVID-19 science for The Tyee.

Face shields and exhalation valves defeat the purpose of masks, Ontario’s huge surgical backlog, and the first data about that Russian vaccine in my weekly roundup of COVID-19 science for The Tyee.

Keep Trump out of health messages, symptom screening won’t work in schools, and drug use at virtual raves in this week’s roundup of COVID-19 science for The Tyee.

Healthcare workers shunned, kids could be silent spreaders, and  spit is as good as a swab in my weekly roundup of COVID-19 science for The Tyee.

Transmission risk is highest at home, few children infected in first wave, and a worrying rise in domestic violence in this week’s roundup of COVID-19 science for The Tyee.

How Canada can beat the pandemic, the price countries were willing to pay to save lives, and how reading these updates can help keep your stress down, in my weekly roundup of COVID-19 science for The Tyee.

Conflicting evidence on school reopenings, convincing people to use contact tracing apps, and prevention is cheaper than cure in this week’s COVID-19 science roundup for The Tyee.

Higher mortality in for-profit care homes, Earth goes quiet, and don’t expect a baby boom in my weekly roundup of COVID-19 science for The Tyee.

Vaccines trials advance, a drop in ICU mortality, and less accurate weather forecasts in my weekly roundup of COVID-19 science for The Tyee.