Canada

Variants of SARS-CoV-2 arise through errors in the virus’s replication process. But some mistakes give the virus a deadly advantage.

Stephen Maher: We are at the beginning, not the end, of a process of reassessing our history, and filling in the silences that are needed to get at the truth

An Indigenous mother describes the exhaustion of hearing about residential school trauma, and her determination to share those stories with the next generation

Image of the Week: When Albertans hear about ’the cabinet table,’ this probably isn’t what they have in mind

Vaxx Populi: Researchers are getting faster at recognizing, diagnosing and treating VITT, and there is hope that they’re zeroing in on what causes it

Senator Mary Jane McCallum, who went to residential school at the age of five, offers a statement following the discovery of a mass grave at the site of a former school

Vaxx Populi: If you got a first dose of AstraZeneca, you can choose to get an mRNA vaccine for your second dose. Pfizer and Moderna will also be interchangeable as second doses.

An expert group has recommended using letters of the Greek alphabet like Alpha, Beta and Gamma as ’easy-to-pronounce and non-stigmatizing labels’ for COVID variants

Justin Ling: An investigation into Canada’s vaccine plan shows that while mistakes were made, key criticisms around cost, deals and domestic production miss the mark

Vaxx Populi: The four-month interval between doses is ticking away for Canadians, while new research is emerging about the optimal time to wait