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Canada’s surprising history and questionable partnership with a Chinese company and its military-backed COVID-19 vaccine

Article content continued CanSino’s Canadian connections, meanwhile, did not end with the federal vaccine collaboration inked in May. A week later, it announced a deal to help develop a COVID-19 vaccine created by Vancouver’s Precision Nanosystems. Based on totally different cutting-edge technology, it uses “messenger RNA” to trick the body into making coronavirus proteins, which… Read More »

COVID-19 outbreak: 18 new cases linked to nail salon in Kingston, Ont.

Article content continued “This is one example of how COVID-19 could sneak into our community,” Moore said. Among the people infected is an employee of the Amherstview Golf Club, who came into contact with someone who is believed to have contracted the virus at the salon, according to a message posted by the golf club.… Read More »

COVID-19 Hits People of Color Harder—How Racism Plays a Role

COVID-19 is having a greater impact on people of color. Here’s how one extended family struggled to get care during the pandemic. The numbers are clear: The coronavirus pandemic hits people of color harder. Black and Hispanic people are more likely to get COVID-19, need to be hospitalized for it, and are far more likely… Read More »

‘Optimism tinged with anxiety’: What to expect from the next 100 days of COVID-19, according to experts

Article content “What’s keeping you awake at night?” That’s the question we put to doctors, scientists, philosophers, psychologists, futurists, microbiologists and bioethicists, 100 days after the World Health Organization officially declared COVID-19 a global pandemic. We asked the experts what they’re anticipating for the next 100 days, what we should do differently, what worries them most.… Read More »

Covid-19 news: UK coronavirus alert level lowered from four to three

By Conrad Quilty-Harper and Layal Liverpool TOLGA AKMEN/AFP via Getty Images Latest coronavirus news as of 5 pm on 19 June UK coronavirus alert level lowered from four to three The UK’s chief medical officers today said the country’s coronavirus alert level has reduced from four to three. This level of the alert system corresponds… Read More »