COVID-19

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Health

The Mental Health Toll of a Pandemic Winter

November 20, 2020June 23, 2021 - by Gabrielle Drolet

There’s no blanket solution for the challenges of the cold dark season. But there are ways to make it more bearable

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Health

When Is It Ethical to Test New Treatments for COVID-19?

November 16, 2020November 16, 2020 - by Christina Frangou

The challenges of treating a virus that has forced doctors to learn on the job

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Education

A Lonely Year on Campus

November 9, 2020November 10, 2020 - by Jadine Ngan

Tuning in to lectures from bedrooms and basements, students face an isolating postsecondary experience. But many still see hope

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Environment

Foraging for Mushrooms on Zoom

October 22, 2020March 9, 2021 - by Amy van den Berg

I took a virtual trip and learned that culinary creativity can be found in unusual places

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Society

How to Live with Death

October 14, 2020September 14, 2021 - by Mark Kingwell

Even if our odds of dying at any given moment are low, we can’t escape the risks underlying our existence

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Technology

Hacking COVID-19

October 7, 2020October 7, 2020 - by Jonathan Garfinkel

Amateur inventors and app developers may be key to solving the pandemic’s many problems

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Why We’re So Bad at Disaster Planning

September 29, 2020September 29, 2020 - by Ethan Lou

Just because we see something coming, that doesn’t mean we can stop it

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Health

Can Virtual Therapy Replace the Real Thing?

September 21, 2020January 29, 2021 - by Allison Crawford

Frozen screens, echoing voices, Zoom fatigue: the new challenges facing compassionate care

Health / November/December 2020

How to Vaccinate a Planet

September 15, 2020March 9, 2021 - by Danielle Groen

What it will take to build the fastest inoculation program in history and defeat COVID-19

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Health

The Pandemic Is Intensifying the Opioid Crisis

September 14, 2020September 17, 2020 - by Alexandra Harvey

Public health measures meant to contain COVID-19 have caused a spike in overdose-related deaths

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The Mental Health Toll of a Pandemic Winter

When Is It Ethical to Test New Treatments for COVID-19?

A Lonely Year on Campus

Foraging for Mushrooms on Zoom

How to Live with Death

Hacking COVID-19

Why We’re So Bad at Disaster Planning

Can Virtual Therapy Replace the Real Thing?

How to Vaccinate a Planet

The Pandemic Is Intensifying the Opioid Crisis

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