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• Stroke-inducing clots efficiently dissolved by heart attack drug: Canadian researchers

  A drug used to treat heart attacks has proven to be an effective treatment for the most common type of stroke, and an even better treatment than the current clinical standard, says a team of Canadian researchers.

  

• BioNTech, Pfizer to start testing universal vaccine for coronaviruses

  Germany's BioNTech, Pfizer's partner in COVID-19 vaccines, said the two companies would start tests on humans of next-generation shots that protect against a wide variety of coronaviruses in the second half of the year.

  

• 3D-printed ear successfully transplanted in U.S. patient

  A patient who received a 3D-printed ear in March is showing no signs of rejection in what appears to be a first-of-its-kind procedure.

  

• Ontario researchers say they've found what causes long-COVID symptoms

  Through the use of MRI technology and spearheaded by researchers at Western University, the cause of long COVID symptoms have been identified for the first time.

  

• 'I want change,' daughter says after jury shares recommendations at Ontario inquest

  A jury at a coroner's inquest into the deaths of three women murdered by their former partner is recommending that Ontario formally declare intimate partner violence an epidemic and establish an independent commission dedicated to eradicating it.

• 'Crisis level': N.L. faces shortage of psychologists as they leave public system

  Access to mental health services is taking a hit in Newfoundland and Labrador as psychologists in the province continue to leave the public system en masse.

• Canadians open their doors to Americans seeking abortions

  With the overturning of Roe v. Wade opening the door to abortion bans in the U.S., Canadian Tiktokers are welcoming Americans who are considering travelling north of the border to get an abortion.

• Biden team strains to flex muscles in abortion fight

  President Joe Biden's top health official said Tuesday that "every option is on the table" when it comes to helping women access abortion in the wake of the Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade.

• South Korea approves first homemade COVID-19 vaccine

  Health officials in South Korea on Wednesday approved the country's first domestically developed COVID-19 vaccine for people 18 years or older, adding another public health tool in the fight against a prolonged pandemic.

• California voters to weigh constitutional right to abortion

  California voters will decide in November whether to guarantee the right to an abortion in their state constitution, a question sure to boost turnout on both sides of the debate during a pivotal midterm election year as Democrats try to keep control of Congress after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.

• EU regulator considers clearing smallpox shot for monkeypox

  The European Medicines Agency says it will begin reviewing data to decide if a smallpox vaccine made by the pharmaceutical company Bavarian Nordic might also be authorized for monkeypox, amid a growing outbreak of the disease across the continent.

• FDA advisers recommend updating COVID booster shots for fall

  Some U.S. adults are a step closer to getting updated COVID-19 boosters this fall, as government advisers voted Tuesday that it's time to tweak shots to better match the most recent virus variants.