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CANADA: Flu vaccine orders up as simultaneous COVID and flu infections feared

CANADA: Flu vaccine orders up as simultaneous COVID and flu infections feared

The Public Health Agency of Canada has ordered 13 million doses of the flu vaccine, compared with 11.2 million last year
COVID-19: How to calmly navigate personal interactions during the pandemic

COVID-19: How to calmly navigate personal interactions during the pandemic

Treating each interaction as a type of micro-negotiation provides a helpful road map for navigating these potentially tricky situation
COVID-19: Tips from pediatric care for teachers wearing masks

COVID-19: Tips from pediatric care for teachers wearing masks

For those who teach children ages five and under, communicating while wearing a mask may have special challenges
BEYOND LOCAL: Could offering individuals incentives change coronavirus behaviours for the better?

BEYOND LOCAL: Could offering individuals incentives change coronavirus behaviours for the better?

To change coronavirus behaviours, think like a marketer
COVID-19: The added impact isolation has on disabled people

COVID-19: The added impact isolation has on disabled people

Many disabled people are facing difficulties maintaining and forming intimate relationships during COVID-19
COVID-19: A second wave? Here are 6 lessons from the first

COVID-19: A second wave? Here are 6 lessons from the first

Governments must work together, prior to the next pandemic or COVID-19’s second wave, to develop policies that protect the inter-connectivity of the global economy, business prof says
COVID-19: Kids are going back to school. How will it affect their mental health?

COVID-19: Kids are going back to school. How will it affect their mental health?

Experts say the full extent of impacts on children are not yet known
BEYOND LOCAL: Parental depression, anxiety during COVID-19 will affect kids too

BEYOND LOCAL: Parental depression, anxiety during COVID-19 will affect kids too

An escalation in parental anxiety and depression during COVID-19 not only affects parents’ mental health, but may also have long-term effects on children
CANADA: Colder weather and holidays bring new COVID-19 concerns, Tam warns

CANADA: Colder weather and holidays bring new COVID-19 concerns, Tam warns

ONTARIO: Province will waste more clean electricity due to COVID-19, engineer group says

ONTARIO: Province will waste more clean electricity due to COVID-19, engineer group says

The group says those patterns have "drastically" changed in the last six months, largely due to shifts in workplace and business operations