Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Eric Topol writes that the only sensible response to the increased death and sickness from COVID-19 is to dedicate our efforts to…
inequality
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – David Quammen writes about the ongoing race between scientific discovery and an evolving coronavirus. And Heidi Sheehan reports on new research showing…
Wednesday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Maggie Mills discusses how an antisocial public health policy in the midst of an ongoing pandemic is producing a disastrous human cost (particularly…
A Sunday Reflection
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Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Matthew Sitman writes about the fundamentally anti-social values being pushed by U.S. Republicans and their right-wing cousins – as well as the desperate…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Andrew Gregory reports on new research showing that tens of millions of adults may already be facing long-term loss of smell and/or…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Glenn McConnell reports on New Zealand’s continued leadership in acknowledging and fighting the avoidable spread of COVID-19. Arwa Mahdawi discusses why nobody…
Sunday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – The Economist reports on new research estimating that COVID-19 vaccines saved 20 million lives in their first year of availability – though…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Chas Danner writes about the arrival of the BA.5 COVID-19 surge in the U.S. Nora Loreto writes about the thousands of Canadians who…
Sunday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Jim Stanford laments the likelihood that we’re headed for a self-inflicted recession in the name of an arbitrary inflation target. – Acey…
Wednesday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Jon Henley writes that COVID is surging across Europe as governments and people alike ignore desperate warnings not to let their guard down.…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – The Globe and Mail’s editorial board reminds us of the continued choice between taking reasonable precautions to minimize the damage from continued…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Judy Melinek notes that the physical effects of long COVID include irreversible organ damage, while Rob Chaney discusses its devastating impact on people’s…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Sara Reardon discusses new research showing that vaccination has only a limited effect on the prevalance of long COVID among people who…
Monday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to start your week. – The Associated Press reports on Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus’s warning that the COVID-19 pandemic is far from over. Mary Papenfuss discusses how people living…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Xue Cao et al. find that infection with COVID-19 produces accelerated physical aging among its other alarming effects, while Jan Hennigs et…
Sunday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Judy Melinek offers a coroner’s perspective on the large number of ways in which COVID infection can result in death or severe…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction highlights the fundamentally flawed evaluation of risk which is resulting in our suffering from far…
Homelessness 101
I recently taught an eight-module Homelessness 101 workshop, and have since made all material available free of charge here: https://nickfalvo.ca/courses/
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Elisabeth McClymont et al. study the risks COVID-19 creates for maternal and perinatal outcomes, while Jessica Widdifield et al. find that vaccines…