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Right-Wing Sources are Spreading Misinformation About a Court Battle Over Canada’s Vaccine Mandates
Original court documents tell a different story than the one contained in a viral blog post from a convoy-friendly National Post columnist.
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Memory problems after covid-19 more common in people with smell loss
Regardless of disease severity, people who have lingering smell loss after covid-19 are more likely to have cognitive problems than those who regain or never lose their sense of smell
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Schools Spent Millions on Faulty COVID Scanners
Some of the thermal scanners and cameras sold to schools to detect fevers would regularly fail if someone walked in with a hot coffee or after spending too much time in the sun.
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Apple no longer requires most corporate employees to wear masks
Apple will no longer require corporate employees to wear masks at "most locations," according to an internal email from the company's COVID-19 response team seen by The Verge. "We are writing to share an update to our current protocols," the email reads. "In light of current circumstances, wearing a face mask will no longer be required in most locations."
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North Korea reports no new ‘fever’ cases for first time since May
North Korea has reported no new “fever” cases for the first time since mid-May when it abruptly announced its first domestic outbreak of COVID-19, and imposed tough measures to curb the spread of the virus. The North’s state emergency anti-epidemic centre said it had found zero fever patients in the most recent 24-hour period, state media reported on Saturday.
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What we know so far about how covid-19 affects sperm
Covid-19 infections can lower sperm count and the virus may even bind to receptors on the surface of sperm cells. However, there is no evidence to suggest that the effects differ to those seen after other illnesses that involve fever, such as the flu.
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COVID-19 changed public spaces, but many cities have retreated
While advocates called for a move to more livable communities, the experience in Canada has proven more halting, and less permanent, than in other countries
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New face mask that can kill Covid virus developed
Researchers have developed a new N95 face mask that can not only reduce COVID-19 spread but also kill the SARS-CoV-2 virus upon contact with it.
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Too Little, Too Late, WTO Finally Eases Patent Rights On COVID Vaccines
In what definitely feels like a case of way too little, way too late, the WTO last week finally decided to grant the TRIPS waiver on COVID vaccines, allowing others to make more of the vaccine with…
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Alcohol, Marijuana Use Declined Among Youth During Pandemic
During the coronavirus pandemic, several substance use behaviors decreased among youths, namely drinking, smoking, vaping, and cannabis use, according to a recent study published in the journal Current Psychiatry Reports.
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Novavax COVID vaccine heads to U.S. FDA advisory committee
Advisers to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday will consider whether to recommend Novavax Inc's (NVAX.O) COVID-19 vaccine for adults, which the drugmaker hopes can become the shot of choice among some American vaccine skeptics. Novavax's shot is a more traditional type of vaccine employing technology that has been used for decades to combat diseases including Hepatitis B and influenza.
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TWiV 906: Long COVID, giant viruses, and smallish pox
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COVID made things taste weird, now 'Paxlovid mouth' sounds disgusting. What causes dysgeusia?
The effects of COVID and a new treatment for it are leaving a bad taste in the mouth for many. How do we detect what’s salty, sweet, bitter, sour or umami?
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WHO chief: The COVID pandemic is 'most certainly not over'
BERLIN (AP) — The COVID-19 pandemic is “most certainly not over,” the head of the World Health Organization warned Sunday, despite a decline in reported cases since the peak of the omicron wave. He told governments that “we lower our guard at our peril.”
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Link between COVID-19 and Parkinson’s disease risk grows with new findings
A few years after the 1918 Spanish Flu pandemic doctors around the world began to notice an increase in new Parkinson’s disease cases. This link between viral infection and increased Parkinson’s risk has been an ongoing mystery to scientists for well over a century. And the association isn’t just…
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How North Korea Went from ‘Zero COVID’ to 1.2 Million Cases in 72 Hours
This time last week, North Korea was still claiming to be one of three COVID-free countries worldwide. Now it’s facing a public health catastrophe.
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Kim blasts pandemic response as North Korean outbreak surges
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un criticized officials over slow medicine deliveries and mobilized the military to respond to a surge in suspected COVID-19 infections, as his nation struggled to contain a fever that has reportedly killed dozens and sickened nearly a million others in a span of three days.
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Coronavirus ‘ghosts’ found lingering in the gut
Scientists are studying whether long COVID could be linked to viral fragments found in the body months after initial infection
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North Korea reports first COVID-19 outbreak with Omicron case, orders lockdown
North Korea officially confirmed its first COVID-19 outbreak on Thursday and ordered a national lock down, with state media reporting a sub-variant of the highly transmissible Omicron virus had been detected in the city of Pyongyang.
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Korean scientists develop world’s 1st photothermal filters that kill coronavirus
SEOUL — South Korean scientists have developed the world’s first photothermal-effect-based high efficiency particulate air filter — also known as HEPA filter — that can take out 99.9 percent of influenza and COVID-19 viruses, the Korea Institute of Energy Research said Tuesday.
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