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PARIS -- There is little chance of a 100-per cent effective coronavirus vaccine by 2021, a French expert warned Sunday, urging people to take social distancing measures more seriously. "A vaccine is several years in development," said epidemiologist Arnaud Fontanet, a member of the team of scientists advising the government on the crisis, speaking on BFMTV television. "Of…

The Canadian Brewhouse employee in Saskatoon whose COVID-19 infection prompted a Saskatchewan health alert Thursday did not contract the virus in the workplace, a company official says. "[The Saskatchewan Health Authority] is conducting their investigation and through that process we've been able to link that to an outside source," said Peter VanGurp, the restaurant…

Amid a complicated global healthcare crisis, SUN is a vocal advocate for registered nurses and high-quality healthcare in Saskatchewan. SUN members are trusted health leaders and as their union, SUN is proud to speak up on their behalf.  View report

As we search for ways to deal with COVID-19 in nursing homes and to prevent such tragedies in the future, it seems obvious that we need to begin with staffing. Indeed, that is where BC began their efforts to control the spread of the virus in these homes, why Ontario called in the military and where Quebec is going in its attempt to hire and train 10,000 health care workers. Yet there are still…

TORONTO -- Some of Canada's top provincial doctors are downplaying new concerns from hundreds of scientists that physical distancing and frequent handwashing are not enough to fully protect against airborne transmission of the novel coronavirus. In an open letter to the World Health Organization (WHO), 239 scientists in 32 countries argued that particles smaller than what…