Society

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

Education disruption is the ‘shadow pandemic’ that could eclipse the health crisis in its impact. And with mounting learning gaps and lagging policy, Canadian students are falling behind their global peers.

Pam Palmater: Systemic racism in health care continues because it has been normalized, ignored and denied, while the system places an onerous burden on First Nations peoples to prove racist hospital treatment

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

The isolation of the past year has functioned as a cocoon for some, providing an opportunity to grow and change, whether it be physically—through weight loss and plastic surgery—or mentally

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.

A Calgary physician captures COVID-19 in the ICU: trauma, heartbreak and immense love and resilience

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

For Michael Gunther, road trips with his father, who now has Alzheimer’s disease, were never really about the destination

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