As shrubs take over Labrador’s tundra, the effects of climate change stretch beyond the ice by Lindsay Bird, CBC News April 29, 2021 Shrubs are rapidly overtaking tundra on the northern tip of Labrador, one of the many signs of climate change, which is altering the region. During Derrick Pottle’s lifetime [Read more…]
Pfizer and Moderna Vaccines Appear Safe, Effective During Pregnancy by Jaleesa Baulkman, Medscape April 28, 2021 The Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines appear to be safe in pregnant patients, according to preliminary findings published in the New England Journal of Medicine. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have said [Read more…]
Elsevier to Retract Debunked Masks Study Medscape April 28, 2021 A study that warned of the perils of using face masks as a precaution against contracting Covid-19 appears slated for retraction, Retraction Watch has learned. The 2020 paper, “Facemasks in the COVID-19 era: A health hypothesis,” was written by Baruch [Read more…]
Source: Psychology Today Are you the type who wants to enjoy the benefits of gratitude but are finding it a difficult habit to adopt? Would you like to overcome that mental roadblock and seize opportunities to feel grateful? First, let’s discuss why feeling gratitude (especially regularly) can be so hard [Read more…]
COVID-19 vaccines deployed in England can cut transmission of the coronavirus in households by up to a half, data from Public Health England (PHE) showed on Wednesday, in addition to the protection the shots offer against symptomatic infection. The research offers insight on one of the big unknowns over COVID-19 [Read more…]
Europe can achieve herd immunity against the coronavirus within the next four months, the head of German pharmaceutical company BioNTech, which developed the first widely approved COVID-19 vaccine with U.S. partner Pfizer, said Wednesday. While the exact threshold required to reach that critical level of immunization remains a matter of [Read more…]
How the spread of COVID-19 misinformation is undermining trust in public health by Alex Migdal, CBC News April 28, 2021 Over the Easter weekend, photos began to surface on Facebook showing British Columbia’s provincial health officer unmasked at an airport. Another photo appeared to show Dr. Bonnie Henry boarding a helicopter. Commenters [Read more…]
The CANVAS-COVID Study Results site contains the latest results from surveys of Canadians receiving one of the COVID-19 vaccinations. You can review results nationally or drill down to the results of each province. Some highlights as of April 21, 2021: Total persons enrolled in study = 531 542 Vaccination dose [Read more…]
Source: Global News You’ve probably witnessed them in Calgary, Barrie, Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver, Peterborough or several other cities across Canada. Many Canadians have swapped out their masks for protest signs that call for the defiance of COVID-19 lockdowns. “There’s no doubt that the sway of anti-vaxxers, anti-maskers and those who [Read more…]
Source: Global News Cancer patients are at a higher risk of developing serious illness from COVID-19, but surprisingly had a lower chance of testing positive for the respiratory disease during Canada’s first wave of the pandemic. That’s according to a new study published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ) [Read more…]
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