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Why Winnipeg? How Canada’s national lab became an Ebola research powerhouse

TORONTO—When Dr. Frank Plummer talks about the first experimental Ebola drug used in an outbreak, he pronounces it “Zed Map.” …

Experts meet to advise WHO on how to use experimental Ebola drugs, vaccines

TORONTO—Who should get scarce Ebola drugs and vaccines? How should they be divvied up? What paperwork and permissions are needed …

Canada sending chartered plane for Ebola lab scientists in Sierra Leone

TORONTO—Canada is sending a charter plane to repatriate scientists who have been operating the country’s mobile Ebola laboratory in Sierra …

Lousy pay, tough conditions: Health care workers needed for Ebola response

TORONTO — The pay is a pittance, the conditions are gruelling, and the personal risks are all too real. The …

Best polio vaccine? Oral and injectable, used in tandem, new study says

TORONTO—For decades scientists have debated whether injectable or oral polio vaccine is the best option for trying to finish the …

Tekmira’s Marburg drug works after symptoms start; bodes well for Ebola drug

TORONTO—An experimental drug for the Marburg virus appears to be able to beat back the often fatal infection even when …

Learning how to make friends critical for lifelong happiness, health

TORONTO—It’s an undisputed fact: People with friends live happier, healthier and richer lives. Studies have shown good friendships convey a …

Drug used to control dementia symptoms carries risk of kidney injury: Study

TORONTO — A class of drugs sometimes used to control symptoms of dementia appears to increase the risk of acute …

Use of untested Ebola drugs ethical; ‘moral’ duty to gather data, says WHO

TORONTO — The World Health Organization says it is ethical to use untested Ebola drugs to help quell the current …

Health Canada OKs GSK’s plan to fix Quebec flu vaccine plant problems

TORONTO — Health Canada says it has approved a plan by GlaxoSmithKline to fix contamination problems it has been experiencing …

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