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Union launches nationwide appeal for long-term care reform in wake of COVID-19

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The union backing Canada’s public employees is launching a nationwide effort to transform long-term care into a publicly funded, universal health care system in the midst of a pandemic it says has exacerbated problems in facilities across the country and led to the deaths of thousands of residents.

National strategy needed to address grieving process 'distorted' by pandemic, coalition says

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Grief experts say Canadians are facing an unprecedented level of grief as a result of the pandemic, which they say has shaped every facet of health care.

House calls, revisited: Mobile medical team provides in-home care to help take pressure off hospitals

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Virtual triage assessment centre program offers people remote access to medical experts, on-site care in their own homes when necessary.

Many Ontario hospitals can't resume scheduled surgeries. Here's why

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Although hospitals around Ontario are now allowed to resume non-emergency surgeries, many of them can't, either because they're too full or don't have enough protective equipment.

Masks: Everything you need to know but might be too afraid to ask

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We’ve received more than 1,000 questions about masks from Canadians, and some inquiries show that many of you are just straight-up confused about wearing them. We took your most common and curious questions to the experts.

Why attempts to use antiviral drugs to fight COVID-19 are so different from the early days of HIV

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Doctors are exploring how to attack COVID-19 with antiviral treatments repurposed from HIV and Ebola.

Potential COVID-19 vaccine shows promising early results

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A Phase 1 trial of a prospective COVID-19 vaccine that will soon be tested on Canadians has found it to be safe and also prompted an immune response, but researchers caution they are far from knowing whether or not it could actually protect people from the virus.