Claims babies harbour bacteria before birth refuted
Contamination actually occurred during vaginal delivery, clinical procedures or DNA sequencing
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Category: Science
New alcohol guidelines hard to swallow
Many Canadians will view the new drinking recommendations with great skepticism
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Key Alzheimer’s risk factors affect men more than women
Finding unexpected because women are diagnosed with Alzheimer’s more often than men
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Study faults media coverage of COVID vaccine requirement for transplants
Portraying views opposed to those held by health experts stokes needless controversy
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Making virus-killing clothing a good fit for production challenging
Fabric could be used to produce protective uniforms for soldiers, hospital workers, firefighters and paramedics
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Fifteen per cent of Canadians have long COVID symptoms
The stigma attached to being a Covid long-hauler has the potential to negatively impact patient outcomes
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Can we still trust media reports on environmental issues?
A recent one-sided article on Canadian forestry practices suggests the answer is no
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Are hobbits real?
Tantalizing hints that descendants of an early human species might still exist on an Indonesian island
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Netflix’s ‘Ancient Apocalypse’ is more fiction than fact
Show should be reclassified as “science fiction” rather than “documentary”
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Canada faces a serious shortage of STEM skills
A threat to both our quality of life and economic competitiveness
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Artificial intelligence may help predict opioid use disorder
Model predicted high-risk patients with an accuracy of 86 per cent
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How machine learning can produce better health outcomes
We are just beginning to discover its potential
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