covid-19

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.

Isolation could increase susceptibility, a widening gender gap, and how to avoid sharing false information in my latest roundup of COVID-19 science for The Tyee.

A more infectious strain, a spike in child abuse, and the link with income inequality in my weekly COVID-19 science roundup for The Tyee.