Safer supply of opioids saves lives: Providing alternatives to toxic street drugs
Methamphetamine, heroin and cocaine distributed by the Drug User Liberation Front, a grassroots organization proving a safe supply of illicit...
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‘We suppressed our scientific imagination’: four experts examine the big successes and failures of the COVID response so far
The World Health Organization declared COVID a pandemic on March 11 2020. In the two years since, countries have diverged...
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Should public health measures like masking continue beyond the pandemic? Data on viral infections shows their benefits
A woman wears a face mask as she walks by the sculpture ‘The Illuminated Crowd’ on a street in Montréal....
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Why daylight saving time is unhealthy – a neurologist explains
Changing clocks twice a year may be more than just a biannual annoyance. Carol Yepes/Moment via Getty ImagesAs people in...
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Long COVID leaves newly disabled people facing old barriers – a sociologist explains
Some COVID-19 patients experience months of debilitating symptoms. sharply_done/E+ via Getty ImagesUp to one-third of COVID-19 survivors will acquire the...
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Two years into the pandemic, which of our newly formed habits are here to stay?
The World Health Organization officially declared COVID a pandemic on March 11 2020. Now, two years later, there’s light for...
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Motion sickness: this might explain why some people feel sick in cars or on trains
Motion sickness affects people of all ages. metamorworks/ ShutterstockIf you’re someone who suffers from motion sickness, travelling in many types...
Read moreUkraine’s opiate users: Russian invasion has severely disrupted access to drug-treatment services
About 317,000 Ukrainians inject drugs like heroin regularly. As of January, 14,868 of them were receiving substitute opiates such as...
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How pet cancer data sheds light on human cancers – and speeds the development of new treatments
Dogs are pets in nearly 50 million U.S. homes. zhao hui/500Px Plus via Getty ImagesStunning advances have happened in medicine...
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Who gets to decide when the pandemic is over?
Cavan-Images/ShutterstockIt’s been two years since the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the COVID outbreak a pandemic, and since then, people...
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