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What I Learned by Reading Hundreds of COVID-19 Research Studies
I’ve scanned the latest science almost every day for nine months. Three themes kept coming up. For the better part of the past year, I have…
Canada Research Chairs and Genome Canada celebrate 20-year anniversaries
The vital role these two programs continue to play in Canada’s research landscape highlights the vision of those who pushed to create them two decades ago.…
How to Get People to Take the Vaccine. And More Fresh Science News
How to promote vaccines, which masks offer the best protection, and how dogs might be able to sniff out COVID-19 in my weekly round-up of pandemic…
Taking stock: Canada’s research funders assess their response to COVID-19 so far
Money was disbursed quickly, researchers stepped up, but some adjustments had to be made along the way. When the COVID-19 pandemic struck Canada in early 2020,…
What Cleaners Work Best? Which Are Harmful? And More Fresh COVID-19 Science
Most countries are breaking international law, why misinformation is hard to stop, and how to safely share a car ride in this week’s roundup of pandemic…
One-Third of Infected Kids Show No Symptoms. And More New Virus Science
Many kids don’t show symptoms, narcissists love being essential workers, and dark chocolate could fight the virus in my weekly roundup of pandemic science for The Tyee.