Capitalism as Pathology

This report compiles key actions and measures implemented by the Public Health Agency of Canada to address the COVID-19 pandemic and discusses related lessons learned

We compare Canada with nine other countries to examine the growth of COVID-19 cases and the effectiveness of our response.

Canada handled the first two years of the COVID-19 pandemic and weathered the ensuing upheaval better than several other nations with comparable health-care and economic infrastructure, a new study in the Canadian Medical Association Journal suggests.

An investigation by the Information Commissioner of Canada concludes the Harper government muzzled scientists.

The Conservative leader’s promise to cut “woke” funding to universities and research echoes the disaster unfolding in the U.S.

In the past few years, the federal government has cut funding to hundreds of renowned research institutes and programs. Ottawa has dismissed more than 2,000 ...

In the first few days of 2014, scientists, journalists, and environmentalists were horrified to discover that the Harper government had begun a process to close seven of the 11 of Canada's world-renowned Department of Fisheries and Oceans libraries...

Science—and the culture of evidence and inquiry it supports—has a long relationship with democracy. Widely available facts have long served as a [...]

It wasn’t just climate research. Rock snot, sharks and polar bears: All were off-limits during the Harper administration

Exclusive: Britons found to have ‘lost out’ while rest of Europe benefits from golden age of research and treatments

Professors find this chilling and warn of the costs.

When I look around the world today — and particularly at English speaking societies — entire nations seems to be having a kind of severe mental breakdown. America. Britain. Nation after nation is…

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What’s Happening—and Why We’re Speaking Out In recent months, the federal government has escalated efforts to interfere in higher education—threatening to eliminate Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion…

Blue Cross Blue Shield Louisiana authorized mastectomies and breast reconstructions for women with cancer but refused to pay one Louisiana hospital’s full bi...

Based on a systematic analysis of environmental exposures associated with aging and mortality in the UK Biobank, the relative contributions of such exposures and genetic risk for mortality and a range of age-related diseases were compared, highlighting the potential beneficial effects of environment-focused interventions.

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[CHH S08E07] This week on Capitalism Hits Home, Dr. Fraad discusses how the profit motive that defines capitalism is that no one hires you unless they make m...

A new analysis by ProPublica shows that after Texas' 2021 abortion ban went into effect, pregnancy became far more dangerous.

As America’s health crisis deepens, some experts are calling to “depoliticize” public health. But what we need isn’t less politics in health care — it’s a mass movement to transform our broken system into one that serves everyone.

“Greedy billionaire trying to ripoff the American people pretending to be altruistic is all I see,” the lawmaker said.

335 votes, 106 comments. “That would mean that our brains today are 99.5% brain and the rest is plastic.” Any ideas how one can clear it out? There…

The medical industry under capitalism operates as a lethal paradox: a system ostensibly designed to heal instead perpetuates preventable suffering…

How much do you spend on groceries? Do you think that price accounts for the true cost of food production? We have entered into an unspoken agreement with our grocery stores: give us cheap prices and we'll look the other way. Ran Goel is an investment lawyer turned urban farm owner who wants to connect people to the source of the food they buy. He's on a mission to turn consumers into active citizens to create stronger communities, healthier environments, and a more just food system.

The inside story on how one federal library's journals and documents ended up in a dumpster.

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