Woohoo! Congratulations @parlcharlie.bsky.social ! I can't wait to read it!

New advisory from the FDA that levodopa/carbidopa, can lead to B6 deficiency over time, particularly with doses of levodopa >1000 mg. www.fda.gov/drugs/drug-s...

📣 www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

@kathygriffin.bsky.social you said "Bless you" to me at your Ottawa show tonight! Does that mean we are friends now?

As expected, Canada has lost its measles-free status because of the long-running outbreak there. With it goes the #measles elimination status of the entire zone of the Americas, the only division of the #WHO to ever have achieved measles elimination. www.statnews.com/2025/11/10/m...

Love articles like this that highlight a hidden masterpiece. Nobody knows it's a thing! airmail.news/issues/2025-...

The Maldives 🇲🇻 became the first country in the world to eliminate mother to child transmission of: -HBV -HIV -Syphilis #IDSky www.who.int/news/item/13...

Antimicrobial resistance is going to be a major crisis if we don't make serious efforts to improve antimicrobial stewardship globally. Inappropriate use of antimicrobials, including inappropriate dose/duration, is a major problem. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Canada likely to lose its measles eradication status this month. Completely avoidable, but here we are: www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

How is the O-Train still SO TERRIBLE. Where are the adults? How can people be such negligent public stewards? Had to wait 15 mins for line 2. Got to Bayview and had to wait 7 mins for a train coming in 2 mins. Not to mention how insanely expensive it is. At this point you may as well just walk.

Excited to be going to CSHP PPC in a few days for the first time since I was a resident in [date redacted]. Looking forward to connecting with people!

Change takes time. Happy to see infrastructure gradually evolving to reflect the scope the full scope of practice for pharmacists: www.walmartcanada.ca/news/2025/04...

1. This past #flu season was a really hard one, especially on kids. 12 more pediatric flu deaths were reported to #CDC last week, bringing the total for the year so far to 216. That's the highest single season total for a non-pandemic year since CDC started collecting pediatric flu death data.

Measles is here in Ottawa. Check to see if your vaccines are up to date! ottawacitizen.com/news/local-n...

The richest Americans have survival rates similar to the poorest in northern/western Europe. That’s the striking finding from a new study tracking 74,000 adults (50–85 yrs) in the US & 16 European countries (2010–2022). #MedSky 🧪 www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

I realize that we are living in the darkest timeline and there are enough things already to worry about, but we really need to ring the alarm on measles and vaccination in Canada. Over 100 cases in a week with 42 in hospital is a major concern and action is needed now: www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/arti...

AMMI has released a statement on antiviral use in HPAI in the context of some oseltamivir resistance. Oseltamivir remains preferred as most H5N1 viruses remain susceptible: ammi.ca/wp-content/u...

For those watching the news from yesterday, "a prior" is an input in a Bayesian model of previously known info to narrow the possible outputs to those that are more likely, vs a frequentist approach where all outcomes are possible in an analysis as it's not informed by any previous studies.

Tell me more about this job of gentleman and how does one apply?

I love these kinds of origin stories that highlight the impact of disease on broader population trends. Worth the read!

What's the Bluesky equivalent term for a tweet?

Measles guidance provided by RFK Jr. includes information about administering vitamin A to measles patients, so I wanted to share this helpful graphic from the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases. Vitamin A alone does not prevent measles. Vaccination does. @nfidvaccines.bsky.social

Measles cases are on the rise in Canada, coinciding with a trend over several years of declining vaccination coverage. Now 119 cases in ON, most unvaccinated. More than in the past decade combined.

The National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) is being proactive in preparing Canada for the potential use of human vaccines against avian influenza in nonpandemic situations.

Using the snowy weekend to try out the new Matlock show. I can get behind being able to acquit someone of murder in 2 hours, but come on, 2 meals at Eataly for $40?! How unrealistic is that?

Helpful review on the epi of ocular complications of mpox. Still a need to have stronger data on this front as there is significant heterogeneity. How do Canadian clinicians manage these complications as trifluridine drops are not commercially available in Canada? academic.oup.com/jid/advance-...

Just started curating my accounts to follow and happy to see a lot of my favourites have migrated here!