Jill On Money: College bound financial advice
Millions of families are packing up to send their kids to college. Before starting the journey, hopefully they are spending as much time on course selection as on preparing students …
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Startups investing millions to make drugs and semiconductors in space
In-space manufacturing may sound like science fiction but it’s happening already, albeit on a very small scale. It’s a fledgling market that analysts and several startups are projecting will take …
Housing crisis to take centre stage at Liberal retreat with new cabinet – National
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is set to deliver a new mission for his cabinet at a three-day retreat in Charlottetown this week, in a bid to restore Canadians’ sense of …
New vaccines will likely protect against Eris variant
A pharmacist prepares to administer Covid-19 vaccine booster shots during an event hosted by the Chicago Department of Public Health at the Southwest Senior Center in Chicago, Illinois, Sept. 9, …
Moderna Covid vaccine effective against Eris, Fornax variants
Nikos Pekiaridis | Lightrocket | Getty Images Moderna’s new Covid vaccine generated a robust immune response against the now-dominant Eris variant and another rapidly spreading strain of the virus in …
WHO places new COVID variant BA.2.86 “under monitoring” as experts watch for spread of highly-mutated strain
The World Health Organization announced Thursday it had stepped up its classification of a recently discovered COVID-19 strain, BA.2.86, citing its large number of mutations. This strain’s rapid escalation to …
The CDC works to overhaul lab operations after COVID test flop
In early February 2020, Kirsten St. George and her team at New York state’s public health lab received a test developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to …
Canada’s unfilled health-care jobs doubled since pandemic began: StatCan – National
The number of empty health-care jobs in Canada has more than doubled and care providers are working more overtime and taking more sick leave since the COVID-19 pandemic began, according to …
COVID hospitalizations accelerate for fourth straight week
New COVID-19 hospitalizations have accelerated for a fourth straight week, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data now shows. A total of 10,320 patients in the U.S. were newly hospitalized …
Meet the Voice Actors Fighting for Accessibility On and Behind the Screen
Accessibility impacts more than disabled players. Options in games like God of War Ragnarök and Street Fighter 6 help lessen unintentional barriers, introducing newcomers to previously inaccessible franchises and allowing …