Canada’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout gets a boost with faster timelines and approval of Johnson & Johnson’s single-shot offering. A CBC News investigation looks at the healthcare inmates receive in Canada’s prisons. Plus, three trans women of colour share how they’re dealing with social isolation during the pandemic.
Day: March 6, 2021
Bitcoin’s flirtation with mainstream acceptance and gravity-defying climb in price have made headlines around the world. Underneath the mania is a potential sea change in the world of finance that observers say was made possible by a global pandemic. And what’s at stake is nothing less than a war for the future of money.
Equipment such as masks, gowns and surgical drills that has been previously used can be a safer choice than single-use, disposable options, doctors say. Here’s why more hospitals are shifting to reusable PPE and medical supplies, and how they’re finding ways to recycle previously unrecyclable medical supplies, such as IV bags.