Friday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Philip Ritchie writes about new research into natural receptors which may help limit infection by COVID-19 and other viruses, while Alice Klein reports…
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Saturday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your year-end reading. – Allison Maher et al. study how COVID-19 causes fundamental changes to a person’s immune system, resulting in far greater vulnerability to other infections.…
Thursday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Maggie O’Neill discusses how new research is confirming the importance of avoiding COVID reinfections. And Edward Keenan asks what it will take…
Sunday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Keenan Sorokan reports on the unprecedented number of students out sick from school in the Saskatoon area, while Karen Bartko reports on…
Friday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your week. – The Star Phoenix reports on Saskatchewan’s latest COVID-19 data showing 26 more deaths in just the last two weeks along with a rising…
Friday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Sarah Zhang discusses the absurdity of treating the COVID pandemic as being over when it’s causing more death and illness than ever, while…
Thursday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Linda McQuaig writes about the dangers of treating public health care systems as resources to be plundered by corporate raiders rather than…
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…
Saturday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Naomi Grimley, Jack Cornish and Nassos Sylianou report on the World Health Organization’s recognition that COVID-19 deaths far exceed official totals, while Sheryl…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Zak Vescera exposes how the Saskatchewan Health Authority warned Scott Moe’s government that it was extending a COVID wave, endangering lives and…
Sunday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Peter Kalmus discusses how climate scientists are increasingly turning to civil disobedience to try to alert people to the need for immediate…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Caroline Chen discusses the reasons why we’re still waiting for COVID vaccines for children under 5 – leaving the people least able to…
Thursday Evening Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Zak Vescera reports on leaked information showing that Saskatchewan’s COVID hospitalization rate has reached a record high just as Scott Moe decided…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Katherine Wu calls out the wishful thinking (and deliberate neglect) behind any attempt to brand the Omicron COVID variant as “mild”. Evelyn Lazare…
Friday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Guy Quenneville reports on Dr. Saqib Shahab’s warning that Saskatchewan needs to improve its vaccination rates and minimize social mixing to avoid a…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Katherine Wu, Ed Yong and Sarah Zhang set out six rules which will shape how we handle the next wave of COVID –…
#Elxn44 Roundup
Assorted content from Canada’s federal election campaign. – Seth Klein examines the considerations to take into account in casting a ballot for real climate action. And Michelle Gamage compares the…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – BBC News reports on the record COVID numbers arising in Scotland, while Josh Lynn and Carla Shynkaruk report on Charlie Clark’s call for…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Paul Krugman discusses the need for people who have been responsible about limiting the spread of COVID-19 to start speaking out and taking…
Sunday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Lauren Pelley examines the impact of the Delta variant in Canada. And Marieke Walsh notes that we’re facing an increasingly tight time…