COVID-19′s sixth wave is here. Quebec’s institute of public health says the sixth wave began in mid-March. On Monday, Ontario premier Doug Ford said the province is in the midst of a “little spike” but that it’s manageable. Hospitalizations are up by about 30 per cent since the week before. And in Alberta, the province’s Health Minister Jason Copping acknowl ... Show More
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How the war against Iran is choking global energy supply
Since the U.S. and Israel first struck Iran on Saturday, energy prices have been on the rise. Oil prices are up around 13 per cent, and LNG – liquefied natural gas – is up around 75 per cent. 20 per cent of the world’s oil and LNG pass through the narrow Strait of Hormuz, a passa ... Show More
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Mar 2
Skinny, Inc. Part 2: The big business of Ozempic
You can listen to the first episode of this three-part series here. GLP-1 medications to treat diabetes, obesity and several other illnesses have exploded in popularity since Ozempic was approved for use in Canada back in 2018. Ozempic and Wegovy, the GLP-1s which contain semaglu ... Show More
32m 53s
Aug 2023
COVID-19 on the rise: What you need to know
Over the last month, the percentage of COVID tests coming back positive started going up again, and wastewater COVID signals are also rising, suggesting a fall COVID-19 wave could be starting in Canada. Today on Front Burner, Dr. Allison McGeer, infectious disease specialist at T ... Show More
20m 34s
Nov 2020
Jeffrey Flier, Former Dean of Harvard Medical School, on This Week's Good News About the Hunt for a COVID-19 Vaccine
Jeffrey Flier—physician, endocrinologist, researcher, and 21st Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at Harvard University—speaks to Quillette’s Jonathan Kay about Pfizer’s recent announcement that its candidate COVID-19 vaccine was shown to be more than 90% effective in preliminary te ... Show More
30m 53s
Nov 2020
A Bubble Made Up of Millions
In Canada, the Covid-19 outbreak has affected much of the country. In Quebec, where three in five of Canada’s virus deaths have hit, rage over new lockdowns is palpable. In Ontario, ICUs are filling up. Out west, caseloads are hitting records.But four eastern Canadian provinces, ... Show More
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Mar 2020
COVID-19 Update: Friday, March 6, 2020
New York confirmed 11 new cases today, bringing the total in the state to 33 -- all of them, connected to an attorney who remains hospitalized with coronavirus. Indiana confirmed its first case of COVID-19 today. President Trump scheduled a trip to the Centers for Disease Control ... Show More
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