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Four major Toronto-area hospitals bring back mask mandates

University Health Network announced that all visitors to its four Toronto hospitals and other facilities must be masked when ‘receiving or waiting for care’ and ‘in areas where many patients may be at a higher risk of illness.’ The mandate may not be rescinded until at least February.
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‘Reckless in the extreme’: FDA panel recommends new RSV shot for use in healthy infants

Advisers to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday recommended approval of AstraZeneca’s new monoclonal antibody, which the drugmaker said is designed to protect infants and toddlers up to age 2 from respiratory syncytial virus, but medical experts interviewed by The Defender called the move 'reckless' and 'preposterous.'
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