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I am so sorry for your loss Sylvia, this is heartbreaking. Thinking of you 🫂

Please share - a woman in Victoria BC is seeking a living liver donor. I donated a kidney two years ago - being part of the organ donation process is pretty neat and the folks at BC Transplant are amazing. Please give this article a read to learn more. #yyj vicnews.com/2026/01/07/v...

It’s wild living in the Information Age and the Dark Age at the same time.

You know what would encourage people to get more physical activity? No, it is not wearable fitness trackers. It is: 1. A liveable wage so people have time for it 2. Safe parks and other infrastructure for such activity But that’s too hard.

My latest in @edmontonjournal.com . The Journal of the American Medical Association recently advised Long COVID in kids may have now surpassed asthma as the leading paediatric chronic illness. Danielle Smith's response: start charging for and limiting vaccines. edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu...

Is this by any chance recorded? Would love to attend but will be in clinic. Thanks!

Canadian physician here, very well said. Their table misrepresents NACI’s recommendations. The policy paper also doesn’t address the fact that COVID vaccination reduces the risk of Long COVID

Everyone 6 months and older is eligible to get a flu vaccine. It makes no sense to restrict Covid vaccines to only people who have specific medical conditions. The FDA is basing its decisions on politics, not science.

GUYS. The comment period for this ends in THREE DAYS. PLEASE if you have even a little bit of time, submit a comment here: www.regulations.gov/commenton/FD... Let them know EVERYONE should be able to get COVID vaccines. They BACK DOWN when WE PUSH BACK. www.statnews.com/2025/05/20/f...

The COVID vaccines have been taken by billions of people, saved millions of lives, and are some of the most rigorously tested medical products in history. Someone who has zero experience in vaccine development should not be influencing the approval process. This will kill people.

In honor of #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth, I’d like to remind you that your body NEEDS IRON to make serotonin and dopamine and ~40% of 12-21 yo females are deficient and most don’t even know it. tinyurl.com/JAMAFe

For what it’s worth, here’s the editorial I sent the Globe and Mail April 5. The Globe took a pass. Balancing Individual Rights and Community Health Requires Knowledge of History

Good stuff here from @picardonhealth.bsky.social Vaccination is something we do to create a public good, herd immunity. I think he’s also right about framing this as a child welfare issue www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.

What makes a good public health leader? Leadership matters, especially in a crisis. #COVID19 made that painfully clear, by Lyne Filiatrault, Arijit Chakravarty, David Fisman canadahealthwatch.ca/2025/04/13/w... via @canadahealthwatch.bsky.social @dfisman.bsky.social

Hope you feel better soon! Thanks for your continued work and advocacy 🙏 new pup is adorable! Take care.

Terrible..especially given insulin is a 🇨🇦 discovery www.diabetes.org.uk/our-research...

CMAJ urges more Canadian health research amid cuts to U.S. health agencies www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/health/cmaj-... @nicireland.bsky.social 𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀: CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter 🍁

Without an independent COVID inquiry, we are doomed to ‘rinse and repeat’ past errors Unfortunately, it seems that for our political leaders and many amongst us, the preferred coping strategy is to forget COVID-19 as quickly as possible and move on healthydebate.ca/2025/03/topi...