Saving newborn babies for just $1.15 a day
In conversation with Dr. Zulfiqar Bhutta ahead of Canada’s international summit on maternal and newborn health
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Kate Lunau
Kate Lunau is a health and science writer at Maclean’s Magazine, who previously reported for the Montreal Gazette. She’s the recipient of several journalism awards, including the 2014 Yves Fortier Earth Science Journalism Award, and has been nominated for two National Magazine Awards. Like Elon Musk, she hopes to retire on Mars.
A lifetime of snooping
Review of Casebook, the latest novel from Mona Simpson
Bench to bench: The science of wines
Researchers in genetics, biology and climatology are working in labs to improve what we find in our glasses
Death by sugar
How the sweet killer is fuelling the biggest health crisis of our time
Dr. Carl Lavie on the demonization of fat—and the health benefits of extra weight
Why fitness is more important than being thin
Don’t call them bird brains
Some species are smarter than five-year-old kids
One-third of vegetative patients may be conscious: study
Patients thought to be brain dead may be misdiagnosed
A link between bacteria and breast cancer?
A new study suggests bacteria could could play a role in how the disease progresses, and maybe one day, how it’s treated.
Crafting a common language for death
From 2014: Canadians agree they should tell loved ones their final wishes. The thing is: we don’t actually do it
Redefining palliative care
Patients and doctors often think it’s only for the dying. New studies show it may extend life.