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Closing the gender pay gap in medicine in Canada requires a multipronged approach to overcome systemic bias, including payment and hiring transparency, changes to medical education, better parental leave and more, as outlined in an analysis article in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal).

The dean of a newly launched pandemic institute at the University of Toronto says the initiative will help bring together the school's vast resources to effectively research and respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Institute for Pandemics will study the impact of the coronavirus as well as the ensuing recovery efforts, while also helping to prepare for future pandemics, Adalsteinn Brown said.

A new tool may help us estimate the likelihood of COVID-19 outbreaks at schools in the fall

After COVID-19 was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization, the number of cases started to climb globally. It’s difficult to apply a one-size-fits-all interpretation as to why certain states experienced higher numbers of infections while others kept theirs in check.

A new paper suggests the changing gender makeup of certain medical specialties is correlated with earnings

'The medical profession is decades behind other sectors in terms of pay equity'