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COVID-19: Is there a way to convince someone to listen to public health experts?

COVID-19: Is there a way to convince someone to listen to public health experts?

Ethan Meyers, a psychology researcher at the University of Waterloo, said one reason people aren't listening to experts is because those people think they know more than them
ONTARIO: Ford to announce COVID-19 task force today (updated)

ONTARIO: Ford to announce COVID-19 task force today (updated)

Ford said yesterday the team is being finalized and the province will be ready to distribute the vaccine whenever it arrives
CANADA: How COVID-19 stress creates perfect conditions for mental health crises for university students

CANADA: How COVID-19 stress creates perfect conditions for mental health crises for university students

Study suggests more female students indicate that the COVID-19 pandemic has been extremely disruptive to their stress and mental health, and that it has significantly disrupted their academic studies
Students with disabilities should have the option of in-person learning during COVID-19 school closures

Students with disabilities should have the option of in-person learning during COVID-19 school closures

Remote learning doesn’t work for all children
COVID-19: Health Canada to make decision on Pfizer vaccine approval soon, feds say

COVID-19: Health Canada to make decision on Pfizer vaccine approval soon, feds say

Patty Hajdu described the United Kingdom's decision to authorize the vaccine made by Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech as "encouraging"
CANADA: Federal government will not meet goal to end boil water advisories by spring 2021

CANADA: Federal government will not meet goal to end boil water advisories by spring 2021

NAN Grand Chief Alvin Fiddler said the federal government’s acknowledgement that it will miss its self-imposed deadline to end boil water advisories is ‘disheartening'
BEYOND LOCAL: What the public hopes and fears about the use of AI in health care

BEYOND LOCAL: What the public hopes and fears about the use of AI in health care

The growing use of artificial intelligence in health care should be driven by careful consideration of what is important to members of the public
ONTARIO: First COVID-19 case reported in Manitouwadge

ONTARIO: First COVID-19 case reported in Manitouwadge

The individual is believed to have got the virus through travel
COVID-19: Britain OKs Pfizer vaccine and will begin shots within days

COVID-19: Britain OKs Pfizer vaccine and will begin shots within days

Officials cautioned that several tough months still lie ahead even in Britain, given the monumental task of inoculating large swaths of the population
CANADA: Guidelines governing doctors' relationships with pharma companies under review

CANADA: Guidelines governing doctors' relationships with pharma companies under review

Over 90 per cent of Canadian doctors see pharmaceutical sales representatives