This year, the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine was awarded to virologists Harvey J. Alter and Charles M. Rice and biochemist Michael Houghton for the...
As the coronavirus pandemic broke out across the country, health care providers and scientists relied on the standard method for detecting respiratory viruses: sticking a long...
Predicting how a vaccine will work in the real world is tricky With several vaccines against COVID-19 in late-phase testing, the business of measuring efficacy is...
When I began my medical career in Hong Kong in the early 1980s, I chose to focus on hepatitis B, in part because it was very...
The COVID-19 pandemic can teach us many things about how climate change emergencies manifest themselves, and how humanitarian organizations can think and do things differently. COVID-19...
An 1801 etching of a dandified physician taking a lancet to a ‘dindonnade,’ a word signifying both ‘turkey’ and ‘hoax.’ It ridicules the smallpox vaccine, which...
President Donald Trump’s announcement that he’s tested positive for COVID-19 is especially concerning because of his age. At 74 years old, Trump is solidly within an...
The COVID-19 pandemic has painfully illustrated what people who use drugs have long known: that the current overdose crisis is more of a “drug poisoning crisis,”...
The same risk factors may protect against other diseases Some people’s genetic inheritance from Neandertals may raise their risk of developing severe COVID-19. A stretch of...
I was a reporter in Rome in 2005 when Italy banned smoking in restaurants. I was skeptical. For many Italians, having a cigarette with after-dinner coffee...
There was a time when I thought a fulfilling life had to be busy to be meaningful. Now, I think...
There is a particular kind of heartbreak that comes with watching your child grow up. It isn’t the heartbreak of...
There are illnesses we can see, and then there are the ones we learn to hide. Anxiety is often one...
We live in a world that glorifies being busy. Some people wear exhaustion like a badge of honour. Calendars are...
Every wedding anniversary takes me back to one of the most magical days of our lives and reminds me why...
Birthdays have a way of making us pause—not to count the years we’ve lived, but to appreciate the countless blessings...
Recently, I experienced the painful reality of losing someone through others. One friend lost her fiancé to death, while another...
Growing old brings a sobering reality: time is finite. You watch your body slow down, see your parents age, and...
Celebrating Dr. David Suzuki’s 90th birthday on Friday, May 22 was a true privilege and a great pleasure! My husband,...
Did you know that a mother’s cells can live in her child’s body for their entire lives? This fascinating phenomenon...
Mikaela Ariar, Philippine Canadian Inquirer August 3, 2026 CANADA – Filipino-Canadian Dante Paolo created Pagsasama, a cultural program in Toronto...
Mikaela Ariar, Philippine Canadian Inquirer July 5, 2026 CANADA – Philippine President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. concluded his visit to...
Trisha Matabalan, Philippine Canadian Inquirer July 3, 2026 CANADA – President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. arrived on Canadian soil on July...
Trisha Matabalan, Philippine Canadian Inquirer July 1, 2026 PHILIPPINES – On Tuesday, June 30, the unannounced rally by the members...
Mikaela Ariar, Philippine Canadian Inquirer June 28, 2026 CANADA – Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is set to visit Vancouver,...