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Text reminders boost vaccine rates, pandemic screen time might be making kids short-sighted, and vaccine-resistant variants might arise without continued precautions in this week’s roundup of…

Natural populations of oil-degrading bacteria could help to clean up freshwater rivers and lakes after spills from pipelines and trains, researchers have found after experiments that…

Vaccines are holding up against Delta, 1.5 million kids lost a caregiver, and Canada should prepare for a big wave of childhood respiratory illness as public…

There is less vaccine hesitancy in poorer countries, students did worse at virtual school, and the health effects of lockdown are no worse than the pandemic…

Open-net pen Atlantic salmon aquaculture is big business on Canada’s east coast. Given the industry’s size, much has been studied and written about its effects on…

Cause of blood clots found, rapid testing to prevent school outbreaks, and the pandemic reduced bullying in this week’s roundup of pandemic science for The Tyee.