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‘We should be teaching kids to wear masks’

Will our kids be safe in school this September? By: Diana Duong *Younger children can learn how to properly wear a mask *“Bubble buddies” of three students...

Youth Mental Health Should Be a Top Priority for Health Care...

By: Ashok Malla Societal Perspective ‘Youth’, the age group 12 to 25 years, encompasses early adolescence and emerging adulthood.7 Adolescence is a period of social and...

What happens if you catch the new coronavirus?

What we know so far on what COVID-19 does to the human body in cases of infections and deaths? A new coronavirus that emerged in...

How to make sure your mask maximizes protection, according to...

Whether or not you agree with a mandate to wear a mask, many of us will do so during our daily business. I am a...

What Causes Sinus Problems?

By Jennifer Nelson What made your good sinuses go bad? The problem isn’t the sinuses themselves. They’re just hollow air spaces within the bones between your...

Oxford COVID-19 vaccine developers encouraged by immune response but cautious on...

LONDON (Reuters) - A leading scientist behind the University of Oxford’s potential COVID-19 vaccine said on Wednesday the team has seen the right sort...

How safe is using a public restroom during a pandemic? Expert...

As provinces across Canada begin to reopen their economies, more facilities and businesses are opening their doors again, leaving questions around how people can...

Canadians can still travel to the U.S. during the COVID-19 pandemic...

By: Sophia Harris · CBC News · Posted: Jun 12, 2020 The land border is closed, but the U.S. still allows Canadians to fly to the country After...

Health Canada approves first clinical trial for possible coronavirus vaccine

By: Emerald Bensadoun , Global News Posted May 16, 2020 Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the first Canadian clinical trials of a potential COVID-19 vaccine have b​​een...

Vaccines Could Start Rolling Out This Fall. We’re Not Ready for...

By Matt Peterson June 18, 2020 It’s difficult to untangle the science of the Covid-19 pandemic from politics. Exhibit A is hydroxychloroquine. After the president...

Vancouver man becomes first plasma donor for Canadian COVID-19 treatment trial

By Craig Takeuchi A national clinical trial to test a possible treatment for the novel coronavirus, using plasma from people who have recovered from COVID-19,...

Hemorrhoids

Hemorrhoids are varicosities of the veins around the dentate line of the anal canal. Of all the anorectal disorders, hemorrhoids has the highest rate...

100,000 Lives Lost to COVID-19. What Did They Teach Us?

By: Caroline Chen Each person who has died of COVID-19 was somebody’s everything. Even as we mourn for those we knew, cry for those we...

10 tips to keep Seniors healthy and fit.

By: Ben J Those 65+ now account for 13% of the population in the western world! This age group grew at a faster rate than...

Coronavirus vaccine: When will we have one?

Coronavirus is spreading around the world, but there are still no vaccines to protect the body against the disease it causes, Covid-19. Medical researchers...

How did coronavirus get its name?

ATLANTA - It’s practically impossible to go even an hour without hearing the word coronavirus. That’s all anyone has been able to talk about since...

People who are at high risk for severe illness from COVID-19

While diseases can make anyone sick, some Canadians are more at risk of developing severe complications from an illness due to underlying medical conditions...

What happens if a coronavirus vaccine is never developed? It’s...

By Rob Picheta, CNN As countries lie frozen in lockdown and billions of people lose their livelihoods, public figures are teasing a breakthrough that would...

Epidemic Vs. Pandemic: What Exactly Is the Difference?

They’re both pretty terrifying—here’s what to know about each. By Kasandra Brabaw (March 13, 2020) The worldwide coronavirus outbreak has officially been declared a pandemic, the...

6 of the Worst Pandemics in History

Five of them have happened in the last century alone. By Korin Miller January 28, 202 In late December 2019, the world was introduced to a...