(Dave Yasvinski/ Healthing.ca) —Absence may make the heart grow fonder but isolation just makes the brain hungry, according to a team of neuroscientists that say the human desire for social interaction rivals the cravings a starving person feels for food.

The study, conducted at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, found that  …

(Stephanie Hogan & Andrew Chang/ CBC News) — On a day that saw Ontario and Manitoba announce record-high numbers of new COVID-19 cases, two provinces pull out of the much-lauded Atlantic bubble and close their borders, and millions of people in different regions of the country plunge back into lockdowns reminiscent of last  …

(Melissa Couto Zuber/ The Canadian Press) — Quebec Premier Francois Legault wants to grant his province a mini-reprieve from pandemic restrictions for a four-day window over Christmas, leaving some medical experts baffled by his plan — and worried for the repercussions it could have on the rest of Canada.

Not only could those limited  …