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WORLD: How COVID-19 mutations in animals affect human health and vaccine effectiveness

WORLD: How COVID-19 mutations in animals affect human health and vaccine effectiveness

Mink can be readily infected with SARS-CoV-2 and then pass the virus to humans
COVID-19: Is there a way to convince someone to listen to public health experts?

COVID-19: Is there a way to convince someone to listen to public health experts?

Ethan Meyers, a psychology researcher at the University of Waterloo, said one reason people aren't listening to experts is because those people think they know more than them
ONTARIO: Ford to announce COVID-19 task force today (updated)

ONTARIO: Ford to announce COVID-19 task force today (updated)

Ford said yesterday the team is being finalized and the province will be ready to distribute the vaccine whenever it arrives
CANADA: How COVID-19 stress creates perfect conditions for mental health crises for university students

CANADA: How COVID-19 stress creates perfect conditions for mental health crises for university students

Study suggests more female students indicate that the COVID-19 pandemic has been extremely disruptive to their stress and mental health, and that it has significantly disrupted their academic studies
Students with disabilities should have the option of in-person learning during COVID-19 school closures

Students with disabilities should have the option of in-person learning during COVID-19 school closures

Remote learning doesn’t work for all children
COVID-19: Health Canada to make decision on Pfizer vaccine approval soon, feds say

COVID-19: Health Canada to make decision on Pfizer vaccine approval soon, feds say

Patty Hajdu described the United Kingdom's decision to authorize the vaccine made by Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech as "encouraging"
COVID-19: Britain OKs Pfizer vaccine and will begin shots within days

COVID-19: Britain OKs Pfizer vaccine and will begin shots within days

Officials cautioned that several tough months still lie ahead even in Britain, given the monumental task of inoculating large swaths of the population
CANADA: Passenger complaints filed in pandemic won't start to be processed until 2021

CANADA: Passenger complaints filed in pandemic won't start to be processed until 2021

CTA chairman Scott Streiner says the agency is struggling to handle another 11,000 complaints it received between last December and March
CANADA: Fiscal experts warn of higher federal taxes post-pandemic

CANADA: Fiscal experts warn of higher federal taxes post-pandemic

"You can't have new spending programs without figuring out how you're going to pay for them," says former federal finance minister John Manley, part of a working group set up by the C.D. Howe Institute
COVID-19: Canadians’ pessimistic pandemic state of mind worsening

COVID-19: Canadians’ pessimistic pandemic state of mind worsening

Provinces are reporting a higher rate of infection, and the fear of increased hospitalizations that will put an extreme strain on the health-care system remains present