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CANADA: Medicago reports promising early Phase 1 test results of possible COVID-19 vaccine

CANADA: Medicago reports promising early Phase 1 test results of possible COVID-19 vaccine

The Quebec City-based company says interim results of a Phase 1 clinical trial found that 100 per cent of subjects developed a promising antibody response after two doses of its COVID-19 vaccine candidate
CANADA: Why young people tune out government COVID-19 messaging

CANADA: Why young people tune out government COVID-19 messaging

Young people don’t pay attention to government communication on COVID-19 because they don’t like being talked at rather than listened to
COVID-19: The unprecedented toll the pandemic is taking on mental health

COVID-19: The unprecedented toll the pandemic is taking on mental health

The network of interconnected mental health symptoms associated with COVID-19 is best understood as a multi-faceted syndrome
COVID-19: Remote work requires reconsidering how employees are evaluated, paid

COVID-19: Remote work requires reconsidering how employees are evaluated, paid

Many workplaces have dramatically changed during the COVID-19 pandemic. Performance assessments and compensation should reflect the new way of working
BEYOND LOCAL: The danger of excluding pregnant women from COVID-19 vaccine trials

BEYOND LOCAL: The danger of excluding pregnant women from COVID-19 vaccine trials

Pregnant women are routinely excluded from clinical trials for drugs and vaccines, bioethics prof says
COVID-19: How sewage can help scientists track and identify diseases before they spread

COVID-19: How sewage can help scientists track and identify diseases before they spread

Sewage testing can be used for early detection of disease
CANADA: The unmet health-care needs of non-COVID-19 patients

CANADA: The unmet health-care needs of non-COVID-19 patients

With more health resources devoted to COVID-19, non-COVID patients may have unmet health-care needs, which predict poorer health in the future
BEYOND LOCAL: Corporate social responsibility commitments: All talk, no action

BEYOND LOCAL: Corporate social responsibility commitments: All talk, no action

Instead of progress towards decency in labour and environmental standards, we find ourselves in a continuing maelstrom of corporate social irresponsibility, poli sci prof says
COVID-19: Freeland grilled over cost of pandemic aid as House fast-tracks rent relief bill

COVID-19: Freeland grilled over cost of pandemic aid as House fast-tracks rent relief bill

During four-hour question period, Freeland failed to provide numbers about the size of this year's deficit, overall federal debt, saying projections will come in a fiscal update later this fall
ONTARIO: Government to present first pandemic budget, lay out next steps for recovery

ONTARIO: Government to present first pandemic budget, lay out next steps for recovery

The province has said the budget will lay out the details of the next stage of its COVID-19 response