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The AMA is starting to fracture under political pressure. Our analysis explains what changed this week, and why it matters.

This is super exciting - mRNA vaccine against EBV enters early stage phase 2 trial in 180 people with a recent MS diagnosis. The virus is known to play a significant role in its development www.independent.co.uk/news/health/...

Fascinating 🧵. The grotesquely mutated spike of this NJ Cryptic binds ACE2 very tightly. It raises a broader question: Can cryptic wastewater-like lineages transmit? YES We knew it happened once. Now we know it's happened at least twice. The results in both cases were not pretty. 1/15

In Quebec you can’t get the covid vax under 64 years old without heightened exposure like healthcare workers, or a medical complication. First time I’ve been happy about having asthma.

My wife has severe asthma. Her appointment was postponed twice and the pharmacy had run out of vaccines when she showed up for attempt #3 yesterday. Gotta pay for that Northvolt mess somehow, I guess.

Will PRIVATIZING Canadian MEDICARE WORK? Researchers compared 25 wealthy countries. The more each relies on FOR-PROFIT COMPANIES to deliver healthcare ...the WORSE LIFE EXPECTANCY gets. www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

University of Bergen researchers estimate long COVID affects at least 36% of people post-infection and costs the global economy $1 trillion annually, with US patients facing $9000 each in yearly impacts and $170 billion in national lost earnings. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

This was the H5N5 patient. "Public health officials are continuing to monitor anyone who was in contact with the patient — including more than 100 health care workers — for symptoms to ensure that human-to-human spread has not occurred." www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

GOP Sen. Ron Johnson is crowing about Robert Kennedy Jr.’s CDC pushing debunked vaccine misinformation. “Time to apologize to Dr. Andrew Wakefield and all the others who were maligned and vilified for simply asking the right questions,” he says. Wakefield’s paper was *fraudulent.*

“I had hemophilia for nearly five decades. I went to Philadelphia and had a 45-minute infusion, and my hemophilia was gone.” Genes-> Medicine nature.com/articles/s41...

#Avian flu has decimated world's largest breeding colony of southern elephant seals The loss may threaten the population's future by reducing the number of surviving pups. www.cidrap.umn.edu/a...#Avian Photo: David Cook / Flickr cc

"There is a notable gap in strong study designs (such as randomized controlled trials and studies that involve large numbers of participants)" They are literally arguing for large scale RCTs for PPE during Ebola outbreaks because they don't believe in physical science or the precautionary principle

Superb 🧵 by Dr. @evonnetcurran.bsky.social on Twitter earlier today about the (dubious) statement that "80% of infections diseases are spread by contact..." Full 🧵 (12 tweets): threadreaderapp.com/thread/19900...

The irony. Designed and proven using entirely mechanistic method and observational data, with a healthy side order of biochemistry. And fielded for decades with huge successes, without a single randomized trial as proof. & today, groups of MDs work tirelessly to prove N95 don’t work vs viruses.

Alice Wong died of an infection 💔 Thinking of all the healthcare workers over time who failed to protect her www.npr.org/2025/11/15/n...

6/ Our message is clear: Health security must be treated as national security. Hospitals, labs, and health data systems are critical infrastructure, and need to be defended.

5/ And there's an information war too. Russian-linked networks amplify anti-vaccine narratives, distort pandemic responses, and flood social media with conspiracies that erode trust in institutions.

3/ Health systems are now frontline targets. A 2024 ransomware attack UK NHS blood testing and contributed to at least one patient death. Croatia’s main hospital was hit. Poland faces repeated attacks on hospitals and water systems. These aren’t random.

🧵1/ Europe is experiencing a hybrid war. Russia is targeting not only military and commercial infrastructure and security systems but our health systems. In our new paper in the European Journal of Public Health, @charlottemar.bsky.social & I spell out the implications @eupha.bsky.social

Among other things, I think $37M of taxpayer money for student mental health would be better spent on ongoing care from human therapists vs an "AI-driven platform that facilitates behavioral health training and education while delivering measurement-based care" www.thetrillium.ca/news/politic...

Algorithms drive people further and further to the extremes. People who exploit these algorithms make a lot of money from doing so. Building on previous work, Palmer and Gorman argue that until we accept misinformation as a social determinant of health, we won’t be able to address it effectively.

“She explained how much Covid could hurt her & how vulnerable it felt to be unable to wear a mask to protect herself. She was a perfect example of why other people need to wear masks even if they don’t personally think Covid will hurt them” If you want to honour Alice Wong’s memory, please mask up

We should all thank Professor Lidia Morawska for her incredible work over many years which has influenced how the world mitigates the risks associated with the airborne virus that causes COVID-19. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

🚨BUYER BEWARE FOR-PROFIT DIAGNOSTIC CENTRES DON'T SAVE MONEY They INCREASE 🧪 Tests not indicated ✖️ Anxiety 🧐 Waste of public resources 🗓️ Public wait times ...while Conflicts of interest, Upcharges & Oversold services are NOT DISCLOSED @alonghurst.bsky.social calgaryherald.com/news/local-n...

Trump was a subject in 72% of the Epstein email threads. Data visualization by WSJ: www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

We're seeing lots of stories now with MDs urging Ontarians to get vaccinated. You know who we're not seeing in those stories? Ontario's public health leader, Kieran Moore. He was quoted in a news release but has had no media availability. He should be playing a key role in promoting vaccination.

Cute. AI removes ribs to create the ideal female body. And that's not the only thing wrong here:

#Ontario #wastewater graph updated with November 2 data - Kingston, London, Toronto updated: wwater.ca/Ontario - Also updated: AB, BC, MB, NS, PEI, SK wwater.ca Source: health-infobase.canada.ca/wastewater/

Epstein ripping on Trump for not being as rich as he claims in emails with Michael Wolff. “His 100 million dollar plane he said be bought from paul allen, is really a 1991 boeing 757 previously used by a mexican airline. repainted.”

Measles is endemic in Canada. What happens now? healthsci.mcmaster.ca/canadas-meas... @msmacrophage.bsky.social More news → CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁

New data from Japan adds evidence that COVID-19 may raise shingles risk. The findings come from nearly 400,000 patients diagnosed with COVID-19 from 2020–2023, showing a higher incidence of shingles for a full 6 weeks after being infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Source: archive.li/hFsm4

Previous multiple sclerosis, now the potential role of Epstein Barr virus for driving lupus (SLE) science.org/doi/10.1126/...

“..design firm in Canada discovered this the hard way. After enforcing strict return-to-office mandate, half its engineering team left within 6 months. ..competitor, which offered flexible hybrid arrangements among other perks, hired most of them.” @drsmith.bsky.social www.ept.ca/features/the...

I'm excited to announce the establishment of the Western University Centre for Bioethics (@westernbioethics.bsky.social), a research centre within the Faculty of Health Sciences @westernu.ca. I'm honoured to serve as the Centre's inaugural Director. #bioethics Join us for a launch event (cont 👇)

A new study provides evidence of a biological mechanism for how Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) may trigger lupus. EBV seems to reprogram B-cells at the beginning of a cascade that ultimately results in autoimmunity. The authors mention that EBV is a cause of MS, and may be related to LongCOVID.

Another🚨🧵 by Zdenek Vrozina on Twitter on Covid's impact on Alzheimer's: "Patients who had COVID-19 were nearly five times more likely to experience rapid cognitive decline (measured by MMSE). Their memory, orientation, and mental abilities worsened... " Full 🧵 threadreaderapp.com/thread/19885...

Everyone thinks they will be the exception. Serious illness or disability won’t happen to them and IF it does, they will be able to afford it. The reality is it only takes one catastrophic event to change your life, especially in a country that doesn’t guarantee healthcare for all.

Here is @onschoolsafety.bsky.social’s letter from April of this year to the Ontario govt (we wrote them one last year as well) letting them know there was more they could be doing: www.ontarioschoolsafety.com/updates/open... #VaccinePlus #MeaslesIsAirborneToo #WeJaveTheTools

Happy #WorldVentil8Day to all life on the planet! Let’s do what we can to THRIVE, not just survive. #CleanTheAir @cathnoakes.bsky.social @onschoolsafety.bsky.social @theresisters.bsky.social @coopspeak.bsky.social

This is the reasoning basis of the measles immigrant blaming: a lack of understanding of what "elimination" means in the disease context.

A Federal Judge and Reagan appointee has resigned from the bench so he can be more critical of the Trump regime. Mark Wolf said: “The White House's assault on the rule of law is so deeply disturbing to me that I feel compelled to speak out. Silence, for me, is now intolerable” Thank you Mark Wolf!

5/ "Americans for Tax Fairness, a tax policy advocacy group, found that the number of billionaires tracked by Forbes grew by nearly 40 percent, to 905 people, during the same period." Well, they have to spend it on something, right? Just not on your own family's food, heat, or healthcare.

If you can't afford the chemo you need next year, take heart in knowing your sacrifice has helped fund another family's really critical 2nd yacht. “The wealthy became very wealthy in the U.S. You can attribute that to Trump,” said an Amels shipyard exec. 1/5 www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/r...

Ventilation matters for everyone. Today, take a moment to think about the buildings our kids spend their days in. Advocate for infrastructure that prioritizes health because healthy buildings = healthy futures. #CollaborateToVentilate #CleanAir

It’s not always as simple as "cracking a window," especially during Ontario winters or wildfire days. ❄️ Reliable, mechanical ventilation and HEPA filtration are essential when weather prevents natural airflow. We need robust standards to ensure every classroom gets enough fresh air per person.

Why is ventilation critical for our students? 🧠 Poorly ventilated spaces lead to stale air and high CO2 levels, which cause brain fog, lower cognitive performance, and reduced productivity. Fresh air helps students focus and keeps staff healthy.

It’s #WorldVentil8Day! 🌬️ Clean indoor air is a fundamental pillar of school safety. Effective ventilation drastically reduces the spread of airborne illnesses (flu, RSV, COVID) and is crucial for maintaining healthy Ontario classrooms. #OntEd #SchoolSafety #CollaborateToVentilate

Messaging matters. The article didn't really say so, but when health intervention messaging is confusing or contradictory, people generally view inaction as the safest course of action, so they choose to do nothing. Initially, ~75% of Americans received at least 🧵1/9 www.cnn.com/2025/11/05/h...

UCSF researchers studied 26 people and found that those with Long COVID had higher heart rates and more symptoms during tilt table testing, but most did not meet criteria for POTS or orthostatic hypotension, suggesting subtler autonomic issues. journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...