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hematologist, historian, and drug shortage activist
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The Steady State
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Hillaryâs 2016 National Security Address reads like a prophecy. She called his ideas âdangerously incoherent⊠a series of bizarre rants, personal feuds, and outright lies.â In 2026, Truth Social IS the policy channel. Tariffs announced and reversed by post.
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AN INTERNATIONAL HEALTH EXPERT LOOKS BACK AT USAID
Joanne Leslie with Emily K. Abel
https://substack.com/home/post/p-199322544
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André Picard @picardonhealth
5 days ago
Should we care about far away outbreaks of infectious disease? by
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Should we care about faraway outbreaks of infectious disease?
It is the proper, compassionate response to care â and itâs also rational and in our self-interest
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Alexandre Klein
10 days ago
Lorsqu'on a écrit ce petit opus avec
@julietalbot.bsky.social
, je n'imaginais pas qu'il serait encore si nécessaire de rappeler la situation dramatique dans laquelle nous sommes. Pourtant, force est de constater que la désinformation climatique est encore puissante !
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Addressing inequities in health for Black Canadians - The Hill Times
To continue the fight against racism in health care, we must ensure that Black students have training in the health professions with a curriculum that includes race-specific health information.
https://www.hilltimes.com/2026/04/22/addressing-inequities-in-health-for-black-canadians/500004/
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Ever wonder why USA does not have health care? Read Emily Abel
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VILIFYING âSOCIALISTâ MEDICINE
Emily K. Abel
https://substack.com/home/post/p-196792355
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Just back from France and Switzerland for the double launch of my book: Laennec: l'invention du diagnostic moderne. 2026, 640 pages, 46 illustrations, 22 tableaux (Format 140/225) ISBN : 978-2-940527-64-9
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Alexandre Klein
about 1 month ago
Il est lĂ ! Petit, mignon, pas cher, mais surtout particuliĂšrement instructif. Dans toutes les bonnes librairies le 11 mai prochain.
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Ross W. Duffin
about 1 month ago
My very wise sister interviewed about medical humanities. You need to hear her physician/historianâs perspective! So great!
medhum.org/interview/pr...
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Meet the MedHum Team: Dr. Jacalyn Duffin
David Hsu sits down with physician and historian Dr. Jacalyn Duffin to catch up about life, medical humanities and MedHum.
https://medhum.org/interview/practitioner-interview/dave_hsu/meet-the-medhum-team-dr-jacalyn-duffin/
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Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment
about 2 months ago
âThe regulatory system is failing to protect peopleâs health from excessive flaring at LNG Canada" â Dr. Tim Takaro, CAPE BC physician-scientist, on news that Canada's largest LNG export facility was flaring an average of 40 times more gas than its permits allow. Full story:
bit.ly/4c9xLu5
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LNG Canada Gas Flaring Far Exceeding Allowed Volumes
Documents show the gas flared at the LNG Canada plant on B.C.'s north coast from October-January far surpassed what its permit allows.
https://bit.ly/4c9xLu5
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Alexandre Klein
about 2 months ago
Les belles surprises de la boĂźte aux lettres đ
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André Picard @picardonhealth
about 2 months ago
April 12, 1980. "Today is the day it all begins". 46 years ago today at 2:30 pm in St. John's NL, Terry Fox started to run across the country. "I touched the ocean before I left, up this old dirt road that was impossible to run on." via
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Meanwhile in Ukraine
about 2 months ago
Sleep peacefully, little angel... Odessa has bid farewell to the victims of the April 6 shelling on their final journey: little Hanna, who was not yet three years old, her mother, and their neighbor. Odessa. 09.04.2026. May their memory be bright!
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Mark MacKinnon
about 2 months ago
Q for any historians out there: Has any previous election (anywhere) seen the White House and Kremlin both meddling on behalf of the same side?
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this:
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Our Darkest Hour
The civilization we destroy may be our own
https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/our-darkest-hour
about 2 months ago
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At last Canada gets something like an essential medicines list...an important step in managing drug shortages!
www.canada.ca/en/health-ca...
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Health Canadaâs Critical and Vulnerable Drug List - Canada.ca
The CVDL helps identify the drugs that are critical to the health care system and most vulnerable to shortages.
https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/drugs-health-products/drug-products/drug-shortages/critical-vulnerable-list.html
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Fact check: Pierre Poilievreâs misinformation on Joe Roganâs podcast disrespects Canadians
By promoting politically expedient misinformation on a show like Joe Roganâs, Pierre Poilievre appears intent on pushing dangerous and misleading claims that resonate only with his base.
https://theconversation.com/fact-check-pierre-poilievres-misinformation-on-joe-rogans-podcast-disrespects-canadians-278864
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My latest essay for
Medhum.org
medhum.org/article/refl...
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Craftivism is Activism
From AIDS quilts to protest knitting, craftivism transforms domestic creativity into powerful tools for social activism.
https://medhum.org/article/reflection/jacalyn_duffin/craftivism-is-activism/
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André Picard @picardonhealth
2 months ago
Four pandemic truths that became clouded over time:
#COVID19
was serious; lockdowns served a purpose; benefits of vaccines were oversold; governments flip-flopped on policies, by
@fenitn.bsky.social
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Michelle Cohen
2 months ago
Don't lose sight of this story as the ON govt tries to shift the narrative towards successfully "attaching" patients to primary care teams. Many people are still paying thousands/yr to join private NP clinics. Is this the dumbest way to entrench illegal 2 tier care in ON? Probably yes.
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Meanwhile in Ukraine
2 months ago
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with children in Zaporizhzhia, a city that continues to endure heavy Russian attacks. The video captures a genuine moment â no pomp, no formalities, just hugs and smiles, as if the war felt far away đđ
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No One Won the Nobel Prize for Smallpox
What our obsession with heroes misses about how change really happens
https://blanphear.substack.com/p/no-one-won-the-nobel-prize-for-smallpox
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André Picard @picardonhealth
2 months ago
McMaster University researcher Gerry Wright is searching for the next generation of life-saving antibiotics. More than 5 million deaths every year are caused by or linked to superbugs, by Jennifer Yang
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Canadian researcher Gerry Wright is searching for the next generation of life-saving antibiotics
More than 5 million deaths every year are caused by or linked to superbugs
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-canadian-researcher-gerry-wright-is-searching-for-the-next-generation/
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Strait of Hormuz standoff puts supply of America's generic drug prescriptions at risk
Half of US generic drugs are made in India and transit the Strait of Hormuz. Supply chains prepare for emergencies, but prescription stockpiles are limited.
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/16/strait-of-hormuz-closure-generic-drug-prescriptions.html
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Andrea Joy Campbell
3 months ago
Trump tried again and again to stop the first, large-scale offshore wind project in the country from being built off the coast of Martha's Vineyard. I sued Trump and I won. This is a victory for clean energy, good jobs and lower utility rates in Massachusetts.
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Construction finishes on a major offshore wind farm, the first during Trump's tenure
Vineyard Wind was among the offshore wind projects halted last year by the Trump administration, citing national security concerns.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/construction-finishes-major-offshore-wind-farm-first-trumps-tenure-rcna263492
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Mrs. Betty Bowers
3 months ago
I keep thinking that if Donald Trump had gone to prison for January 6, as he should have, all those Iranian schoolgirls would be having dinner with their families this evening.
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MeidasTouch
3 months ago
This moment from Feb 2025 may go down as one of the most prescient exchanges in modern diplomatic history. Zelenskyy warned Trump that while the United States may feel protected by an ocean today, a time could come when America would need help in war. Trump scolded him instead.
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Zach Everson
3 months ago
âSection 14 of the Press Law ordered editors âto keep out of the newspapers anything whichâŠtends to weaken the strength of the German Reich, outwardly or inwardly.ââ - William Shirer, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, p. 405
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Noah Berlatsky
3 months ago
"it is hard to see on what moral grounds we claim the right to decide the fate of those overseas about whom we clearly care so little."
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The bombing of Iranian children is an unforgivable crime
America has blood on its hands.
https://www.publicnotice.co/p/iran-elementary-school-bombing
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Alexandre Klein
3 months ago
Des arbres matures sauvés de justesse dans une aire protégée projetée en Estrie
ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/223...
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Des arbres matures sauvés de justesse dans une aire protégée projetée en Estrie
Des arbres matures, ayant un intĂ©rĂȘt pour la conservation, avaient Ă©tĂ© identifiĂ©s pour ĂȘtre coupĂ©s.
https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/2234881/aire-protegee-coupe-arbre-mature-montagne-marbre-notre-dame?partageApp=rcca_appmobile_appinfo_android
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Robert Wolfe
3 months ago
a nice antidote to everything else you'll read this morning "The library may have presented itself as a yawningly worthy establishment, but â as with so many things in DC upon closer inspection â it proved to be delightfully barking mad."
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Brian Finucane
3 months ago
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Dr Francis Young
3 months ago
This is the sort of thing a cashless society robs us of, the opportunity to try to get away with paying the bus fare in Carthaginian currency
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Coin used as Leeds bus fare was 2,000âyearâold currency
The coin was handed down to Peter Edwards from his grandfather in the 1950s.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1w558gvrdro
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Joseph Rezek
3 months ago
Huge NYT article on the back story of those two weeks in March/April 2025 when DOGE illegally terminated hundreds of NEH grants. Gift link!!
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/07/a...
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When DOGE Unleashed ChatGPT on the Humanities
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/07/arts/humanities-endowment-doge-trump.html?unlocked_article_code=1.RVA.ha2L.H8O2a8h8JIEt&smid=nytcore-ios-share
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Women's Day: Forthcoming in autumn, Victoria Van Orden MartĂnez, Female Stem Pioneers who Survived the Holocaust
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Rebekah Higgitt
3 months ago
Here's one we made earlier for
#IWD
- 8 women in Scotland who shaped
#histSTM
www.nms.ac.uk/discover-cat...
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8 women in Scotland who shaped the history of science | National Museums Scotland
Many of the scientific endeavours featured in our collections are the work of women with a connection to Scotland. Below, we've highlighted key contributio
https://www.nms.ac.uk/discover-catalogue/8-women-in-scotland-who-shaped-the-history-of-science
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Carsten Timmermann
3 months ago
#IWD
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Télérama
3 months ago
Pour lutter contre le drame des grossesses non dĂ©sirĂ©es, Marie-AndrĂ©e Lagroua Weill-HallĂ© crĂ©a lâassociation Ă lâorigine du Planning familial. La chercheuse Bibia Pavard nous Ă©claire sur cette initiative fondatrice des droits des femmes.
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Il y a 70 ans, le Planning familial naissait de la conviction dâune gynĂ©cologue engagĂ©e
https://www.telerama.fr/debats-reportages/il-y-a-70-ans-le-planning-familial-naissait-de-la-conviction-d-une-gynecologue-engagee-7030048.php?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1772961197
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Ben Ansell
3 months ago
Exporting the US healthcare system might constitute an international act of aggression
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History of Vaccines
3 months ago
During the 1964â1965 U.S. rubella epidemic, about 20,000 infants were born with congenital rubella syndrome, including deafness, heart defects, and other severe disabilities.
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Michelle Cohen
3 months ago
Ontario govt, 2024: unprecedented population growth means we're forced to cut health care funding Ontario govt, 2026: unprecedented population "flattening" means we're forced to cut health care funding So many excuses for starving public health care. Who cares if they make sense or are consistent?
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Danyaal Raza
4 months ago
US-style pharma ads don't belong in Canada.
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
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Dozens of online-pharmacy ads, including for weight-loss drugs, appear to violate federal rules
By making certain promises to customers, some companies are running afoul of Canadian drug advertising laws
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-skinny-inc-online-pharmacy-ads-weight-loss-drugs-federal-rules/
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Canada Healthwatch đ
4 months ago
Illinois will join WHO's outbreak response network in defiance of Trump
https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/illinois-will-join-whos-outbreak-response-network-defiance-trump-2026-02-04/
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Assisted Lab
4 months ago
Thank you Jacalyn Duffin
@drugshortage.bsky.social
for this generous and thoughtful review of our archive đ
medhum.org/review/jacal...
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Assistedlab.châA Living Archive of Assisted Dying
A thoughtful review of a Swiss-based digital archive examining cultural dimensions of assisted dying debates.
https://medhum.org/review/jacalyn_duffin/assistedlab-ch-a-living-archive-of-assisted-dying/
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Monica H Green
4 months ago
First, U.S. states started creating their own vaccination consortiums. Will participation in global health networks be next?
www.npr.org/2026/01/28/g...
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As the U.S. bids adieu to the World Health Organization, California says hello
In the wake of the U.S. withdrawal from WHO, California is the first state to participate in the agency's disease monitoring network. Are others following?
https://www.npr.org/2026/01/28/g-s1-107526/california-world-health-organization-infectious-diseases?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Scan%20Weds%202026-01-28&utm_term=The%20Scan%20Bulletin
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André Picard @picardonhealth
4 months ago
In a perfect world, vaccine childhood vaccine mandates wouldn't be necessary. But we live in a world where grifters will sacrifice children for political and financial gain, so we need to protect kids, by
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Should we do away with childhood vaccine mandates?
It would be nice if voluntary programs were sufficient, but thatâs not the case
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Good points! Also Pete Seeger recorded (but did not release) a cod-liver oil parody about Canadian medicare, written by Helen and Earl Robinson
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNvp...
. Read all about it in our 2018 article
utppublishing.com/doi/10.3138/...
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Robert Wolfe
4 months ago
about the nonsense about allies hanging back... eloquent editorial in Toronto Globe and Mail
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/edit...
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Globe editorial: In service to Canada, and our allies
Despite Donald Trumpâs insulting claim, tens of thousands of Canadians fought in Afghanistan. And 158 of them died in that conflict
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/editorials/article-in-service-to-canada-and-our-allies/
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Monica H Green
4 months ago
In 2023, I wrote about "Hansen's Disease, Han's Disease, & the Global History of Leprosy,"
doi.org/10.17613/pad...
. All three of these essays still make good reading today, b/c they capture the important work that's been done the past few years not just in
#histmed
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Robert Wolfe
4 months ago
excellent thread on the costs of Trump
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