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- 5/24/2022
Long COVID affects more older adults; shots don't prevent it: new research
In a study of veterans published Wednesday, about one-third who had breakthrough infections showed signs of long COVID. - 5/24/2022
Theories emerge for mysterious liver illnesses in children
The best available evidence points to a fairly common stomach bug that isn't known to cause liver problems in otherwise healthy kids. That virus was detected in the the blood of stricken children but—oddly—it has not been found in their diseased livers. - 5/19/2022
170 Saskatchewan pharmacies can now prescribe Paxlovid
Previously, the medication could only be prescribed through a central team at the province's health authority. - 5/19/2022
Laboratory mice are usually distressed and overweight, calling into question research findings
Over 120 million laboratory rats and mice are used worldwide each year. Many are used to study distressing conditions like cancer, arthritis and chronic pain, and nearly all spend their lives in small, empty box-like cages: a kind of permanent lockdown. - 5/19/2022
Canada facing shortage of allergy friendly baby formula, feds say
Health Canada says in a Thursday advisory that supplies of allergy-friendly formulas aren't meeting demand in some provinces. - 5/19/2022
The (pharmaceutical) funny pages: Knowledge is powerful—and sometimes unhelpful
In a world of endless data, sometimes it's your friend and sometimes it isn't. - 5/19/2022
Lab-grown mini-brains could help find treatments for Alzheimer’s and other diseases
Alzheimer’s has been cured more than 400 times in laboratories. How then can we still consider Alzheimer’s to be incurable? The reason is that it has only been cured in animals. - 5/19/2022
Jagged little bill: Do Anglophone Quebecers need to be worried about Bill 96?
Thousands of protesters took the streets of Montreal last week to call for Quebec government to throw out Bill 96.