China’s industrial-scale organ trafficking practice has been executing prisoners of conscience and using their organs for transplantation for decades. This is known as forced organ harvesting.
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For our societies to survive, we must take action to figure out the psychology behind an attraction to tyrants — or we will be led in the future by fear-mongering, war-mongering tyrannical liars.
To control monkeypox, there is a short window — weeks, not months — in which to vaccinate the most susceptible and to encourage and support self-isolation for those who have symptoms.
Through stitches, duets and green screens, Olivia Rodrigo showcases the postmodern appeal of today’s popular music
The lack of a fully interactive environment in kindergarten due to pandemic school closures may negatively impact some children’s learning in later grades.
Family and friends provide nearly all the care needed by stroke patients after they leave hospital. Caregiving can be rewarding, but it can also be overwhelming and take a toll on caregivers’ health.
The Soviet Union and now Russia has long viewed the Ukrainian diaspora with hostility. Here’s why.
Peer review of research sounds like it should be a conversation between equals. Instead, it can be patronizing, demanding and simply unkind. A group of journal editors thinks this should change.
Patient safety incidents were already a leading cause of death in Canada. With that crisis converging with the demands of the COVID-19 pandemic, health care is being pushed to a breaking point.
New Zealand is accusing Canada of undercutting its commitments under the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans Pacific Partnership on dairy. Canada’s problem is that New Zealand’s case is strong.
Child malnutrition is no stranger to high-income countries. In Canada and the U.S., food insecurity affects one in six children under 18, but policies to address the issue are still lacking.
In this time of unrest, insecurity and fear, unions and their new, more diverse leadership offer a path to improving workers’ rights and repairing deep social and economic inequalities.
Racism and colonialism are not events but enduring structures written into law and media systems. Legislators should listen to what Black, Indigenous and racialized people are calling for.
Apa yang tampak sebagai aktivitas medsos normal memperlihatkan kenyataan yang jauh lebih gelap: penggemar sering kali mengarah ke percakapan berbahaya yang membentuk cara orang menangani kekerasan.
An inhaled COVID-19 vaccine would go directly to where the body would use it: the mucosal surface of the airways. This could mean less waste and more benefit, lower costs and reduced side-effects.
It has taken less than 11 weeks for the Russia-Ukraine conflict to become the greatest trigger for human displacement in Europe since the entire six years of the Second World War.
A study of students across Canada between 2004 and 2015 provides an estimate of anxiety symptoms in kindergarteners, and can serve as a baseline for comparing children’s anxiety after COVID-19.
When political candidates talk about their long-term care proposals, let’s remember there isn’t much point unless we recruit and adequately compensate enough workers to care for our loved ones.
Il faut comprendre l’écart entre les hommes et les femmes en termes d’orgasmes comme une forme d’inégalité entre les sexes.
What appears to be normal social media activity exposes a much darker reality: fan culture often leads to deeply harmful conversations shaping how people address and redress violence.
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Associate Professor, Department of Communication Studies and Media Arts, McMaster University
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Transplant Nephrologist, Assistant Professor of Medicine, McMaster University
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Professor, Faculty of Science, McMaster University
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Assistant Professor, Faculty of Humanities, McMaster University
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Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Chemical Engineering, McMaster University
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Associate Professor, Chemical Engineering, McMaster University
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McCall MacBain Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, McMaster University
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Professor, Political Science; Academic Director, Wilson College of Leadership and Civic Engagement, McMaster University
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Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, McMaster University
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Clinical Professor, Psychiatry, McMaster University
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PhD Candidate & Vanier Scholar, Social Work, McMaster University
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Medical Sciences PhD Candidate, McMaster University
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Professor, Kinesiology, Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Skeletal Muscle Health, McMaster University
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Graduate Director and Associate Professor, Master of Communications Management Program, McMaster University
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Professor, Sociology, McMaster University
