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Saying that the COVID-19 vaccines work is more than just cheerleading: there are many studies to back it up. https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/covid-19-health/how-we-know-covid-19-vaccines-work

From mono to cancer, the Epstein-Barr virus has been charged with very real crimes against human health. But some people have turned the virus into

Tiny risks can scare us while bigger ones fly under the radar. Our brain is always at risk of bad risk perception. https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/critical-thinking-health/funhouse-mirror-risk-perception

Anti-vaxxers show how a precious vaccine adverse event reporting database can be used to scare the public. https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/covid-19-critical-thinking-health/dont-fall-vaers-scare-tactic

ASMR videos give certain people relaxing tingles. Some scientists want to know why. https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/health-technology-general-science/emerging-science-careful-whispers

The “Google search engine of the life sciences” can query over 32 million scientific publications. Not all of them pass the sniff test. https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/critical-thinking-health-and-nutrition-general-science/finding-paper-pubmed-does-not-mean-paper-any-good