Virtual Health: Pandemic Band-Aid or Opportunity for Better Care?
COVID-19 forced a massive shift to phone and online consultations. With new freedoms come new frustrations
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COVID-19 Vaccines for Kids and the Struggle of Pandemic Decision Making
Many parents eagerly received their jabs, but some aren’t feeling the same enthusiasm for immediately vaccinating their children
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New Brunswick’s Mystery Disease: Why Did the Province Shut Out Federal Experts?
The provincial government’s closed-door investigation has confused experts, stoked fears, and missed an opportunity to solve a possible new brain disorder
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Design for Survival: How to Build a Better Trauma Bay
In the high-pressure world of emergency medicine, a Toronto hospital finds new ways to save lives
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All Booked Up: The Frustrations of Finding a Black Therapist
Racism’s mental health fallout is staggering. But Black Canadians aren’t finding the care they need
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False Positive: Why Thousands of Patients May Not Have Asthma after All
A staggering number of people are being treated for a disease they don’t actually have
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Same Vaccine, Different Effects: Why Women Are Feeling Worse after the Jab
For decades, researchers have been conducting flawed clinical trials. The COVID-19 vaccine was no different
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How Big Tobacco Set the Stage for Fake News
A coordinated program of public deception that spanned four decades has become a template for modern disinformation
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What Happens to Our Brains When We Get Depressed?
The human brain, in all its complexity, is nearly impossible to model. One neuroscientist is trying anyway
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Even During a Pandemic, Immigrant Doctors Struggle to Find Work
Physicians trained abroad want to help with the fight against COVID-19. Why won’t Canada let them?
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