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This is an excerpt from Second Opinion, a weekly roundup of eclectic and under-the-radar well being and medical science information emailed to subscribers every Saturday morning. If you have not subscribed but, you are able to do that by clicking right here. As COVID-19 continues its lethal unfold throughout the …

There was by no means any doubt seniors are particularly susceptible to COVID-19, and the way that has performed out to date inside Quebec’s elder-care infrastructure has been notably troubling. People over 70, and people with pre-existing well being points, usually tend to die from the novel coronavirus. Elderly care …

In Brazil, extensive swaths of rainforest are being decimated for logging and farmland. In Asia, animals are being collected within the wild and bought in markets. In Africa, some animals are hunted right down to near-extinction for his or her so-called medicinal qualities. Meanwhile, in nations like Canada and the …

Canada missed opportunities early on to sort out the COVID-19 pandemic and put itself in a greater place to flatten the curve of infections sooner, say experts wanting on the nation’s response to the pandemic. “Look at what the government has had to do in order to get this under control. …

Amanda Merle had simply stop her job in January, so when the pandemic hit and the job market dried up, she was relieved to see her financial institution was providing some aid by permitting her and her husband to defer the mortgage payments on their Toronto residence. “It gave me …

Artist Paul McCartney’s handwritten lyrics to The Beatles’ hit song Hey Jude bought for $910,000 US on Friday, 9 occasions its authentic estimate, auction home Julien’s Auctions mentioned. A classic bass drumhead with The Beatles’ emblem that was used through the English band’s first North American tour in 1964 was one …

Dr. Nadia Alam of Georgetown, Ont., describes how one aged affected person did not need to be on a ventilator and how her kids are afraid that she, too, might get sick.

Canadian race automobile driver Robert Wickens is back behind the wheel, racing once more towards the identical drivers that he used to race towards each weekend on the IndyCar circuit. Only now he is doing it from the basement of his Indianapolis residence. The 31-year-old, left paralyzed in a devastating …

Canada and the G20 nations agree on the necessity for oil value stability, however in a Friday assembly Canada didn’t promise any specific manufacturing cuts, Natural Resources Minister Seamus O’Regan mentioned. The minister additionally mentioned the federal authorities would ship an assist bundle to present liquidity to the nation’s struggling …

Apple and Google launched a serious joint effort to leverage smartphone know-how to comprise the COVID-19 pandemic. New software program the businesses plan to add to telephones would make it simpler to use Bluetooth wi-fi know-how to track down folks for who might have been contaminated by coronavirus carriers. The …