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- 7/26/2020
Senator urges Ottawa to support Canadian vaccine company awaiting funding
An Alberta senator is urging Ottawa to fund a Canadian company so it can develop a domestic COVID-19 vaccine to lessen the risk Canadians will have wait in a line on a foreign-made pandemic cure. "I really do believe that we need to keep the pressure now on the government of Canada, whom I'm not criticizing. I get that this is an unusual time. And this may be in hand, or it may have fallen through the cracks. But we can't allow that to happen,'' Sen. Doug Black said in an interview Monday. - 7/26/2020
B.C. puts controversial overdose bill on hold
Critics of the bill, which proposes to detain young people after they OD, say it would disproportionately impact Indigenous youth - 7/26/2020
Horgan advises drivers with non-B.C. plates to take bus to avoid harassment
British Columbia Premier John Horgan says drivers who have out-of-province licence plates on their vehicles should consider taking public transit or riding a bicycle if they're feeling harassed by people. Horgan also suggests drivers change over to B.C. licence plates to avoid trouble from residents who are concerned about the spread of COVID-19. - 7/25/2020
Less than 1% of Canadians are believed to have contracted SARS-CoV-2
Canadian Blood Services and Canada's COVID-19 Immunity Working Group have released initial results from the analysis of the first 10,000 samples tested for the presence of antibodies to the disease. However, less than 1% of them contained antibodies. - 7/25/2020
Indoor visits to long-term care homes stymied by rules and enforcement
Though Ontario has allowed visitors inside long-term care homes for the better part of a week, Mary Oko is still seeing her mother outdoors. Rules enforced during the visits mean there's little benefit to going inside the home, Oko said, and at least this way her mom gets some sunshine. - 7/25/2020
Posting on Quebec's COVID-19 frontline shaped Duvernay-Tardif's decision: agent
Kansas City Chiefs offensive lineman Laurent Duvernay-Tardif's decision to sit out the 2020 NFL season and focus on medicine wasn't an easy one, but his experience on the front lines of Quebec's COVID-19 fight at a long-term care home shaped that decision, his agent said Saturday. The Canadian offensive lineman announced late Friday through social media he wouldn't take part in the upcoming NFL season, becoming the first player to opt out due to the COVID-19 pandemic. - 7/23/2020
Doctors proudly post their bikini pictures after study suggests it's 'unprofessional'
The study scanned social media posts of vascular surgeons for 'unprofessional' content, which according to their criteria included posing provocatively in a bathing suit - 7/22/2020
Less flu, more vaccinations in Southern Hemisphere
Countries in the Southern Hemisphere are reporting fewer cases of influenza this year; however, reporting agencies suggest that results be interpreted with caution