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What are the most reliable rapid antigen tests?

What are the most reliable rapid antigen tests?

  • newsGP
AstraZeneca withdrawing COVID vaccine worldwide
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AstraZeneca withdrawing COVID vaccine worldwide

  • The Telegraph
High-risk Albertans urged to get another vaccine dose as COVID cases ticking up

High-risk Albertans urged to get another vaccine dose as COVID cases ticking up

  • CBC News
U.S. Tightens Rules on Risky Virus Research
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U.S. Tightens Rules on Risky Virus Research

  • The New York Times
I got COVID and the casual response I received shows we haven’t learned lessons from the pandemic

I got COVID and the casual response I received shows we haven’t learned lessons from the pandemic

  • Toronto Star
  • Andrew Phillips
Ottawa spends $575-million to shore up pandemic readiness

Ottawa spends $575-million to shore up pandemic readiness

  • Globe and Mail
Scientists create vaccine with potential to protect against future coronaviruses

Scientists create vaccine with potential to protect against future coronaviruses

  • The Guardian
The unlearned lessons of the COVID-19 pandemic
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The unlearned lessons of the COVID-19 pandemic

  • Globe and Mail
N.B. has highest COVID-19 test-positivity rate in the country: Public Health Agency of Canada

N.B. has highest COVID-19 test-positivity rate in the country: Public Health Agency of Canada

  • CTV News
Fall COVID-19 vaccine guidelines are out. Here’s what NACI recommends

Fall COVID-19 vaccine guidelines are out. Here’s what NACI recommends

  • Global News
Association of nirmatrelvir–ritonavir with post-acute sequelae and mortality in patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19

Association of nirmatrelvir–ritonavir with post-acute sequelae and mortality in patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19

  • The Lancet
Common diabetes drug lowers SARS-CoV-2 levels, clinical trial finds

Common diabetes drug lowers SARS-CoV-2 levels, clinical trial finds

  • CIDRAP
Scientists tried to give people COVID — and failed

Scientists tried to give people COVID — and failed

  • Nature
Bird Flu Is Spreading. Did We Learn Nothing From Covid?
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Bird Flu Is Spreading. Did We Learn Nothing From Covid?

  • The New York Times
  • Zeynep Tufekci
What to Know About the ‘FLiRT’ Variants of COVID-19

What to Know About the ‘FLiRT’ Variants of COVID-19

  • Time
WHO COVID vaccine advisers recommend switch to JN.1 strain

WHO COVID vaccine advisers recommend switch to JN.1 strain

  • CIDRAP
AstraZeneca admits for first time in court documents its COVID vaccine can cause rare side effect
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AstraZeneca admits for first time in court documents its COVID vaccine can cause rare side effect

  • The Telegraph
Researchers say nasal application of neomycin shows promise in the prevention and treatment of respiratory viruses

Researchers say nasal application of neomycin shows promise in the prevention and treatment of respiratory viruses

  • Yale News
Preprint: Virological characteristics of the SARS-CoV-2 KP.2 variant

Preprint: Virological characteristics of the SARS-CoV-2 KP.2 variant

  • BioRxiv
Novavax prepared to deliver protein-based JN.1 COVID vaccine this fall, in line with WHO recommendation

Novavax prepared to deliver protein-based JN.1 COVID vaccine this fall, in line with WHO recommendation

  • Novavax
Canadians deserve a transparent report into the COVID-19 pandemic

Canadians deserve a transparent report into the COVID-19 pandemic

  • Globe and Mail
Study reveals promising results for abatacept for severe COVID

Study reveals promising results for abatacept for severe COVID

  • CIDRAP
Ambient carbon dioxide concentration correlates with SARS-CoV-2 aerostability and infection risk

Ambient carbon dioxide concentration correlates with SARS-CoV-2 aerostability and infection risk

  • Nature
Supreme Court to examine COVID-related entry limits imposed by Newfoundland and Labrador

Supreme Court to examine COVID-related entry limits imposed by Newfoundland and Labrador

  • Canadian Press
Edmonton judges dismiss appeal by parents: Alberta school boards may not enforce their own masking mandates

Edmonton judges dismiss appeal by parents: Alberta school boards may not enforce their own masking mandates

  • Edmonton Journal
WHO redefines airborne transmission: what does that mean for future pandemics?

WHO redefines airborne transmission: what does that mean for future pandemics?

  • Nature
Evidence of aerosol transmission of SARS-CoV-2 almost 5 hours after hospital room turnover

Evidence of aerosol transmission of SARS-CoV-2 almost 5 hours after hospital room turnover

  • American Journal of Infection Control
In U.S., COVID prison death rate increased 3 times higher than broader population: study

In U.S., COVID prison death rate increased 3 times higher than broader population: study

  • Axios
COVID-19 disrupts protein production, U of T study finds

COVID-19 disrupts protein production, U of T study finds

  • University of Toronto
Sask. officials knew COVID-19 was spreading at an 'exponential' rate in 2021, but refused restrictions

Sask. officials knew COVID-19 was spreading at an 'exponential' rate in 2021, but refused restrictions

  • CBC News
Alberta review of COVID-19 led by doctors who challenged vaccine policies expected next month
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Alberta review of COVID-19 led by doctors who challenged vaccine policies expected next month

  • Globe and Mail
Toxic: How the search for the origins of COVID-19 turned politically poisonous

Toxic: How the search for the origins of COVID-19 turned politically poisonous

  • Associated Press
Droplet or airborne? WHO says it’s ‘through the air’

Droplet or airborne? WHO says it’s ‘through the air’

  • Canada Healthwatch
  • Joe Vipond, MD
Who needs Paxlovid now? New guidelines suggest only highest-risk groups should get COVID drug

Who needs Paxlovid now? New guidelines suggest only highest-risk groups should get COVID drug

  • CBC News
Effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines to prevent long COVID: data from Norway

Effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines to prevent long COVID: data from Norway

  • The Lancet
WHO finally properly recognizes airborne nature of SARS-CoV-2

WHO finally properly recognizes airborne nature of SARS-CoV-2

  • Canada Healthwatch
  • Dr. Merrilee Fullerton
Covid ignited a global controversy over what is an airborne disease. The WHO just expanded its definition

Covid ignited a global controversy over what is an airborne disease. The WHO just expanded its definition

  • STAT
COVID vaccination protects kids from serious outcomes, but wanes after 4 months, new data show

COVID vaccination protects kids from serious outcomes, but wanes after 4 months, new data show

  • CIDRAP
WHO experts now agree diseases like COVID spread through the air

WHO experts now agree diseases like COVID spread through the air

  • Reuters
Vaccine breakthrough means no more chasing strains

Vaccine breakthrough means no more chasing strains

  • UC Riverside News
COVID infections are causing drops in IQ and years of brain aging, studies suggest

COVID infections are causing drops in IQ and years of brain aging, studies suggest

  • CBC News
U.S. federal government launches indoor air quality research program

U.S. federal government launches indoor air quality research program

  • CIDRAP

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