In the initial phases of the COVID-19 pandemic, many US hospitals could not provide an adequate supply of beds to meet demand. Solving the problem of hospital bed capacity is of great importance in the “new normal,” which requires recognizing that SARS-CoV-2 is but one of several circulating respiratory viruses and there will be an ongoing need…
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Revisiting and learning from the Black liberation movement
Professor Cheryl Thompson talks Martin Luther King Jr. and community collectivism The last two years have forced us to look at society’s deep contradictions and ask ourselves: what has really changed for equity-deserving communities? For Cheryl Thompson, professor in the School of Performance, the recent book bannings in the U.S. is an opportunity to look…
Google And Twitter Don’t Want Us To Talk About Racism
Earlier this week Health Affairs published an entire issue dedicated to the topic of racism and health. As Health Affairs is a peer-reviewed health policy journal, this issue aligns with our mission to serve as a high-level, nonpartisan forum to promote analysis and discussion on improving health and health care, and to address such issues as cost, quality, and access….
The pandemic practically killed culture. How five artists plan to use a chance to revive it
Two years after the pandemic put a stop of live performance and other artistic endeavours, the artists are thrilled and relieved to land a six-month residency with arts and culture festival Luminato. Almost two years after the pandemic put a stop to live performance and artistic and cultural endeavours of all kinds, five artists are…
FIGHTING FOR A SHOT: Canada has failed to deliver on its COVID-19 promises to the world — and some say they won’t forget it PART-3
Canadians now administered more third doses to its own population than it has donated to the rest of the world You are reading Part 3 of Fighting for a Shot Soweto, SOUTH AFRICA — Tebogo Siwela is frank about why he signed up to have an untested vaccine injected into his arm. Mostly, for the money.SKIP…
Do vaccine passports work? Ontario’s was followed by a bump in second doses
The province is scrapping its vaccine certificates. But data suggests certificates helped “change the trajectory” in the fall. The introduction of a proof-of-vaccination policy in Ontario last fall for entry into venues such as restaurants, bars and gyms was followed by a noticeable bump in second-dose COVID-19 vaccinations, particularly among younger age cohorts, a Star analysis has…
Travel rules are changing on Feb. 28. Here’s what you need to know about COVID-19 testing and more
The federal government announced that it is lifting or modifying several travel-related restrictions, as Canada has now moved beyond the peak of the Omicron wave. The federal government announced Tuesday that it is lifting or modifying several travel-related restrictions, as Canada has now moved beyond the peak of the Omicron wave of the COVID-19 pandemic….
Doug Ford says Ontario’s top doc will decide when mask mandate ends
It will be up to Ontario’s chief medical officer of health to determine when it is safe to lift the province’s pandemic mask mandate, says Premier Doug Ford. It will be up to Ontario’s chief medical officer of health to determine when it is safe to lift the province’s pandemic mask mandate, says Premier Doug…
What a trip to Africa showed me about ‘my’ COVID-19 vaccine and Canada’s obligations
Three-part series delves into what went wrong with the global vaccine rollout — and what the consequences will be As I stepped into the shade, a blue-gowned staffer waved me into a room nearby. “Your vaccines, they’re in here,” he said, prying up the top of the chest freezer to reveal boxes upon boxes of…
FIGHTING FOR A SHOT: Why South Africa’s plans to make continent’s first COVID-19 vaccine may upend a broken global system PART-2
If Afrigen Biologics succeeds it would be a huge health win for a part of the world that doesn’t yet produce very many vaccines. You are reading part 2 of Fighting for a Shot. CAPE TOWN, South Africa—Petro Terblanche has just settled into a chair in her office with a cappuccino when the insectlike whine starts…