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Don’t Hold Back the Vaccine for a Second Dose. And More New Virus Science
Don’t hold back vaccines for the second dose, why COVID is worse than flu, and countries led by women don’t necessarily fare better, plus more in…
Canada’s ecosystem hotspots: Rockies, Hudson Bay among areas flagged for protection
Ottawa has big ambitions but little research when it comes to setting aside the most valuable areas for conservation. Never fear, the mapping scientists are here.…
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,…