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- 6/13/2020
Longer lines, higher fares and no booze: Flying is about to get more aggravating
Temperature checks. Bigger lines. Fewer meals. No alcohol. And ultimately, higher prices. Air travel—often a headache before the COVID-19 pandemic—is set to become even more uncomfortable, experts say, as increased in-flight personal space is offset by longer waits, higher airfares and more sterile environments. - 6/13/2020
Calls grow for Trudeau to end MSM blood donation ban
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to make people sick across Canada, health authorities are imploring Canadians to donate blood—all Canadians except men who have had recent sex with other men, despite a 2015 Liberal pledge to end this ban. NDP MP Randall Garrison is among a growing chorus of people saying it's time for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to honour his promises and lift the gay blood ban in Canada. - 6/12/2020
Retraction of hydroxychloroquine paper exposes faults in COVID-era clinical research
A now-retracted observational study of hydroxychloroquine had a ripple effect on randomized control trials in Canada and around the world, just as other, non-fraudulent, observational studies have done. - 6/11/2020
Collateral damage
It’s unclear how the pandemic has affected the incidence of other health conditions, but it has affected how doctors care for patients - 6/11/2020
Suffering in secret
Doctors often don’t want to admit to anxiety or low moods but there comes a point when they need to reach out. - 6/11/2020
I belong in Alberta
- 6/11/2020
A tale of two Torontos
What the map of COVID-19 cases tells us about how the disease has hit the city