4. The Politics of Health

Months into a pandemic that has killed nearly 500,000 people worldwide, scientists are still trying to answer crucial questions about the coronavirus.

The revelations in journalist Bob Woodward’s new book about what U.S. President Donald Trump knew about the threat posed by COVID-19 in the early days of the pandemic have prompted new questions about the Canadian government’s response to the virus, given how much intelligence is shared between the two countries.

Interim Com-COV2 trial data evaluated two-dose COVID-19 vaccination regimens with first dose of BNT162b2 (Pfizer-BioNTech) or ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 (Oxford-AstraZeneca) alongside second dose as either homologous vaccination, heterologous NVX-CoV2373 (Novavax) vaccination, or heterologous mRNA-1273 (Moderna) vaccination.1 These data showed that ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccination followed by NVX-CoV2373 vaccination drove optimal T-cell immunogenicity and excellent antibody induction. These heterologous vaccine approach findings are now likely to be extrapolated in developing scheduling strategies for other vaccines.

There’s still a long way to go, but RNA vaccines might help in the fight against malaria.

An extra 19 488 Canadians died during the COVID-19 pandemic than would have been expected normally, according to Statistics Canada. However, additional deaths from COVID-19, delayed medical care and a rise in substance use were likely offset by fewer deaths from influenza and other causes thanks to

Claims about the drug are based on shoddy science—but that science is entirely unremarkable in its shoddiness.

Calgary physician organizer Dr. Amy Tan explains how to clean your mask, which kind to choose and why wearing one is absolutely vital.

People who recover from mild COVID-19 have bone-marrow cells that can churn out antibodies for decades, although viral variants could dampen some of the protection they offer.

The Informed Consent Action Network, one of the most notorious anti-vax groups in the world, has been seeking to broker ties with Trump supporters.

Extremists are being pitted against moderate centre-right voters in the next chapter of the culture wars, says academic and author Paolo Gerbaudo

New messenger RNA vaccines to fight the coronavirus are based on a technology that could transform medicine. Next up: sickle cell and HIV.

Most people believe human rights are broadly based and it's illegal to discriminate between categories of employees. Not true

Six good reasons to rethink vaccine certificates

Sure, it may be true. But that doesn’t mean it’s productive.

Approving COVID-19 booster shots seemed like a slam dunk, but two influential advisory boards raised a host of complicated questions.

Governments are launching booster programmes over fears about waning immunity levels, but vaccines are still highly effective at what matters most – preventing severe disease.

They need consequences, not sympathy.

"The vaccines were transformational," said one doctor. "It was sort of a very visible miracle."

Once, people were asking to be exempted from measures that kept the public safe. Now the reverse is happening.

"It is painfully clear that the developing world cannot rely on the largesse and charity of rich nations and pharmaceutical companies, and hundreds of thousands of people are dying from Covid-19 as a result."

Scientists analyzed data from patients hospitalized with COVID-19 symptoms through the Delta variant's surge.

In the first months of the Covid-19 pandemic, only a small number of the more than 6,000 hospitals in the U.S. let journalists inside.

Dr. Rhonda Patrick explains why the risk of vaccine side-effects is relatively low and warns about the dangers of vaccine misinformation on Joe Rogan's podcast.

Three charts released by the Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table demonstrate the vast difference between vaccinated and unvaccinated people when it comes to COVID-19 risks.

The comedian seems to have found a loyal fan base in conservatives and anti-vaxxers who have flocked to his YouTube and Facebook accounts for his rambling vaccine-skeptic views.

Vaccination mandates are a reasonable response to the spread of the variant

"If this pandemic cannot catalyze real change, what will?"

Analysis: the new coronavirus variant seems highly transmissible, but the big question is whether it causes severe disease. Either way, poorer nations will be hit hardest