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No Need to Shave the World: Why Your Beard Is Not a Problem in the Age of COVID

3 Apr 2020

In 1843 a letter to the editor entitled 鈥淭he growth of the beard medically considered鈥 published in the Boston Medical and Surgical Journal argued that beards were medicinally beneficial, and that ...

The COVID Science Express: Malaria Drugs and Mutations

3 Apr 2020

A weekly explanation of the emerging science behind COVID-19 and its infectious agent, SARS-CoV-2....

Conclusions Change as Evidence Accumulates

1 Apr 2020

I remember once giving a talk on vitamins and having someone come up to me after with a comment along the lines of 鈥淚 was in your class years ago and you were talking about the benefits of vitamin...

Today's Reality Requires Superheroes

27 Mar 2020

For the past few weeks, I feel as if we have been living in a comic book. A dark cloud of impending doom slowly encroaching upon our North American cities, as we look out into the world watching...

Should you let a dog lick your hand if you used hand sanitizer?

27 Mar 2020

There is a 鈥渨arning鈥 making the rounds that hand sanitizer 鈥渉as the same ingredients as antifreeze鈥 and that you should not let dogs lick your hands. This warning is based on chemical ignorance....

What Does It Mean When a Vaccine Contains an Inactivated Virus?

27 Mar 2020

A vaccine contains an attenuated or inactivated microorganism (or part of one) so that your immune system can prepare itself for an eventual infection. The content of the vaccine must be...

The COVID Science Express: A Vanished Sense of Smell, Viral Origins, and Vaccines

27 Mar 2020

A weekly explanation of the emerging science behind COVID-19 and its infectious agent, SARS-CoV-2. Loss of smell and taste could be a symptom of COVID-19 but not a very specific one

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