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BEYOND LOCAL: The danger of excluding pregnant women from COVID-19 vaccine trials

BEYOND LOCAL: The danger of excluding pregnant women from COVID-19 vaccine trials

Pregnant women are routinely excluded from clinical trials for drugs and vaccines, bioethics prof says
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COVID-19: How sewage can help scientists track and identify diseases before they spread

COVID-19: How sewage can help scientists track and identify diseases before they spread

Sewage testing can be used for early detection of disease
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CANADA: The unmet health-care needs of non-COVID-19 patients

CANADA: The unmet health-care needs of non-COVID-19 patients

With more health resources devoted to COVID-19, non-COVID patients may have unmet health-care needs, which predict poorer health in the future
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BEYOND LOCAL: Corporate social responsibility commitments: All talk, no action

BEYOND LOCAL: Corporate social responsibility commitments: All talk, no action

Instead of progress towards decency in labour and environmental standards, we find ourselves in a continuing maelstrom of corporate social irresponsibility, poli sci prof says
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U.S. Election: After bitter campaign and protracted vote count, clarity could finally come today

U.S. Election: After bitter campaign and protracted vote count, clarity could finally come today

The president is vowing to take his fight against "illegal votes" all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court
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ONTARIO: Judge hears closing arguments in Brayden Bushby manslaughter trial

ONTARIO: Judge hears closing arguments in Brayden Bushby manslaughter trial

Justice Helen M. Pierce is expected to deliver her reasons for judgement on Dec. 14.
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COVID-19: Freeland grilled over cost of pandemic aid as House fast-tracks rent relief bill

COVID-19: Freeland grilled over cost of pandemic aid as House fast-tracks rent relief bill

During four-hour question period, Freeland failed to provide numbers about the size of this year's deficit, overall federal debt, saying projections will come in a fiscal update later this fall
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CANADA: Flu shot demand up and getting more supply won't be easy

CANADA: Flu shot demand up and getting more supply won't be easy

Production of flu vaccine is usually finished by the end of October, causing Canada to look to other countries or suppliers with a surplus, Public Health Agency officials say
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U.S. Election: Republicans break with Trump over baseless vote-fraud claims

U.S. Election: Republicans break with Trump over baseless vote-fraud claims

"STOP spreading debunked misinformation," Republican tweets
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CANADA: Solved cold case raises questions about genetic privacy

CANADA: Solved cold case raises questions about genetic privacy

Genealogists never anticipated that their benign but passionate interest in tracking relations through records and DNA would ever lead to law enforcement’s most potent cold case tool kit
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