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'I think it would be difficult for us to rationalize why we're not following suit when our, when our American neighbour is taking a particular stance,' McMaster Social Sciences's Vass Bednar tells The Toronto Star. | ow.ly/TYcZ50QX6Uv

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There needs to be a deeper look at the fundamentals of a system where wealth accumulation is so tied to housing, rather than rising income, says McMaster Social Sciences's Jim Dunn. | ow.ly/MFCq50QVOhY

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More than the retouched photo, it's the silence that spawned the latest royal brouhaha. A better communications strategy about the Princess of Wales would have protected her privacy and fostered trust, write Terry Flynn and Alex Sévigny from McMaster Humanities. ow.ly/eAbP50QTpvn

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Researchers from McMaster Engineering have developed technology that could help medical professionals more accurately diagnose skin cancer in people of colour. | ow.ly/14op50QSxPz

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'We don’t need exponential growth in order to be concerned,” McMaster Faculty of Science's David Earn tells National Post. 'Measles is a very serious infection, and we should be trying to avoid any outbreaks, large or small.” | ow.ly/PLp950QSxGt

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“Measles is not some harmless childhood infection.'

Dawn Bowdish, immunologist and professor McMaster University Department of Medicine, writes about the most infectious virus we know of – measles – and its dangerous impact. The Globe and Mail

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Vaccination is the most effective defence against measles, says Matthew Miller. “One of the things that people don’t recognize, because most people would not have experienced measles in the recent past, is how severe measles can be for children.” | ow.ly/heWI50QMPrQ

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Will Sunday's time change be the last one? Ontario is looking south of the border before making a change. “Economic problems would be caused if you have a single mover rather than having everyone move together,” says McMaster Social Sciences's Peter Graefe. | ow.ly/ucyI50QMNun

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As airports begin using facial recognition systems, McMaster Social Sciences's Brenda McPhail weighs in on the potential harms of the technology. | ow.ly/Fu5R50QKZFT

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'William really seems to be stepping out and looking to establish his own identity as Prince of Wales in a way that he's never had the opportunity to before,' says McMaster Humanities's Justin Vovk. | ow.ly/yL4R50QK5h7

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Remembering former Prime Minister Brian Mulroney: political science professor Don Abelson on Ontario Today. McMaster Social Sciences | ow.ly/xYL250QK3mZ

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'I learned a great deal from the Right Honourable Brian Mulroney over the past five years. It wasn’t always easy interacting with him, but I always walked away with an appreciation for what motivated him,' writes Prof. Don Abelson. | McMaster Social Sciences ow.ly/83sQ50QK2TB

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Leap seconds are inserted into clocks periodically to account for the Earth's slowing rotation. McMaster Faculty of Science's Rob Cockcroft spoke to The Current about why we do it, what would happen if we didn't and the concept of time itself. | ow.ly/lfnf50QIP3z

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Finding flaws in celebrities is nothing new. “Many of us may find some comfort — or perhaps, less attractively, some schadenfreude — in thinking that our ‘gods’ have feet of clay,” says McMaster Humanities Prof. Lorraine York | ow.ly/FOzx50QGOjB

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Michael Schutz spoke to Scientific American about his research into hospital alarms - and how making them more musical could save lives. McMaster Humanities MAPLE Lab ow.ly/2YNy50QGalz

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In a new report, McMaster Social Sciences's Arthur Sweetman and Boris Kralj find Ontario will need nearly 7,000 more PWSs over the next five years to keep up home-care services as the province's senior population grows. ow.ly/BNV250QFIcJ

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.DeGroote Business's Marvin Ryder spoke to CBC Windsor about the ongoing strike at Jamieson Vitamins. He believes the company will be motivated to avoid a prolonged strike. ow.ly/Czbc50QCRTG

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'Feminist women report their sex is more cuddly, loving and pleasurable — some might say better — than those who are not feminists,' writes McMaster Social Sciences's Tina Fetner in The Conversation Canada ow.ly/uRWK50QAJxQ

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