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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.

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.

The study scanned social media posts of vascular surgeons for 'unprofessional' content, which according to their criteria included posing provocatively in a bathing suit

Small study raises concerns about granting antibody-based “immunity passports,” development of herd immunity, and perhaps even vaccine durability

For-profit status of LTC homes was associated with about a two-fold increase in the number of cases

A team from Lawson Health Research Institute is seeking 500 Canadian health care workers to participate in a study on moral distress and psychological wellbeing during the COVID-19 pandemic. Participants will complete online surveys once every three months for a total of 18 months. The goal is to better understand the pandemic’s impact on health care workers in order to minimize moral distress and support wellbeing during future pandemic events.