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He Caught COVID-19 Working In Health Care. Now He’s Awaiting Deportation.

Even though he risked his life working alongside the elderly during the pandemic, Mamadou Konaté isn’t recognized as a “guardian angel” by the government.
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We Must Ask Why Medicine Still Puts Racists On A Pedestal

Removing monuments should only be the start of examining the role history's physicians have played in slavery and colonialism.
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COVID-19 Tracing Apps Are Great As Long As You’re Young And Own A Smartphone

The population most in need of the alerts is the least likely to have a smartphone.
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Sikh Front-Line Workers Make Enough Sacrifices. Their Beards Shouldn't Be One.

Religiously worn beards have been subtly framed as an obstacle to the safety of COVID-19 patients.
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The Next Health-Care Crisis? The Patients Who Have Been Waiting Out COVID-19

The indirect effects of the pandemic on Canadians’ access to health care could be significant.
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Health-Care Workers Are Sacrificing Everything For Us. My Dad Was One Of Them.

He continued to see patients until he felt too sick to do so.
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Midwives Delivering Babies During Pandemic Aren’t ‘Front Line,’ Ontario Says

They’re working in hospitals and homes to support mothers who’ve tested positive for COVID-19.
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How To Soothe Tired Eyes Besides Reducing Screen Time

Because you're not getting off your phone anytime soon.
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My Family Moved To Canada To Be Health-Care Workers. Who Cares For Those Left Behind?

My grandmother's sick without family in the Philippines, and the distance hurts.
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Migrants In Ontario Aren’t Getting The Free Health Care They Were Promised

One family was asked for $5,000 up front despite Ontario’s coronavirus policy.
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