1 in 5 patients found ERRORS when given access to their medical charts Many were serious. Yet most Ontarians lack access It’s time to up our game.

The $5B “Health Infrastructure Fund” in today’s budget looks very similar to the $4B campaign pledge. It's just been delayed, renamed, and nested deeply within a much larger infrastructure plan. bsky.app/profile/cana... @kkirkup.bsky.social

The federal Health Minister said it’s “impossible” to release the $4B promised for national health projects, and won’t fund new team-based care programs. canadahealthwatch.ca/newsletter/2...

Wrote a thing canadahealthwatch.ca/newsletter/2...

SOURCE REQUEST: Can anyone recommend an internationally trained doctor who could talk about licensing in Ontario through the Practice Eligibility Route? I'm working on a story about financial arrangements for the period of supervision required. I can respect anonymity in reporting. Thank you!

New incredible detail here: ICE says a match in its facial recognition app Mobile Fortify is a "definitive" determination of a person's status, and that this overrides birth certificates. This is an app ICE is using in the field to scan people www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...

Canada's status as a country without endemic measles can now be revoked https://www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/health/canadas-status-as-a-country-without-endemic-measles-can-now-be-revoked/article_b7a44e92-80f8-5e56-a19c-1d4588b871c2.html 𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter

“The lives saved, the pain managed, the recoveries that looked like miracles — none of it came from celery juice or good vibes. It came from drugs. From ventilators. From the kind of brutal, unglamorous science these frauds now mock while calling doctors like me pharma shills.” @canadahealthwatch.ca

Did you miss the new North State this week? Check it out!

Yep. Those ethical conflicts, they sure are underscored. (Humans don't write like that)

I’ve talked to more doctors this year who are thinking about leaving medicine than ever before. The system is stretched well past its limit, as are those inside. Latest:

Alberta health agency broke own rules in Turkey medication, private clinic contracts, independent investigation finds. Two other investigations remain outstanding: The RCMP and Alberta’s Auditor-General, by @carrietait.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber... via @theglobeandmail.com

Trump gets a COVID shot as access to them tightens for most Americans https://ca.news.yahoo.com/white-house-trump-gets-covid-024131079.html More news → CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁

I'm sure this would be "digitally sovereign" much in the way all the grapes at Loblaws are "grown in Peru."

This made me laugh for ~40 seconds.

EndeavourOS + Plasma / X11 is a really solid, really *Windows-y* setup.

Low-hanging policy fruit for the Carney government:

Reminder that none of this is private. 🧹🧹🧹 bsky.jazco.dev/cleanup 🧹🧹🧹

Reminder that none of this is private. 🧹🧹🧹 bsky.jazco.dev/cleanup 🧹🧹🧹

Low-hanging policy fruit for the Carney government:

When youth get comprehensive sex ed they wait to have sex longer, have safer and healthier sex and face less sexual and physical violence in relationships. Which is why it's a problem that immigrant teenagers appear to be missing out on Canadian sex ed. Me for @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/09...

First op-ed for @LiveScience.com on my @absw.bsky.social media fellowship. "Whether good science is swamped by a quagmire of poor quality studies depends on the integrity of researchers and the awareness of the organizations which facilitate and fund it."

It'd be really cool if we could have clean air in my kid's kindergarten. Is that asking too much?

Kinda feels like we're at war. A weird war.

The MyChart health records app, owned by U.S. parent Epic Systems Corp., rolled out a new user agreement for its 2.8 million Canadian users. It's.. interesting stuff.

the only thing i regret about starting testosterone at 16 is that i wasn’t able to start it earlier

How am I doing @sentimentbot.bsky.social?

The MyChart health records app, owned by U.S. parent Epic Systems Corp., rolled out a new user agreement for its 2.8 million Canadian users. It's.. interesting stuff.

😨 Next year 1 in 4 Ontarians won’t have a family doctor There aren’t nearly enough primary care clinicians to hire our way out of this. Modernizing electronic health records could inform, connect & accelerate access to medical services.

I'm excited to share our review "Rationalizing recommendations for influenza and COVID-19 vaccines", which we feel makes a strong case for universal influenza and COVID-19 vaccination policies. With almost 500 references & 8 supplementary tables it's a beast so let me break it down for you....1/n

What's a key driver of inflation in 2025? Unregulated, uncapped rental markets.

Let's talk about LWBS = Left Without Being Seen Look at the graphs - anyone can immediately see the trend. Post pandemic it just keeps getting worse. Let's break this down as everyone should care as it will impact you or a loved one at some point 🧵 : 1/10

There is truth to the idea that media outlets are drawn to negative, sensational news. Everyone writes about Florida eliminating vaccine mandates. Yet we have a letter signed by over 1,000 Florida physicians opposing this decision, and no outlet would published it. They don't even respond at all.

amid measles epidemic, CDC panel recommends restricting MMRV vaccine for kids under 4 https://www.nbcnews.com/health/kids-health/cdc-panel-measles-chickenpox-vaccine-recommendation-rcna231986 More news → CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁

On shift today there were 2 new nurses who very recently left the US. Washington and Kentucky. A former ER doc colleague told me he’s moving to Ottawa. Let’s. Go. #Doxit @canadahealthwatch.ca canadahealthwatch.ca/2025/02/23/p...

Quebec to scale back free COVID-19 shots this fall after Alberta limits eligibility www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... @alannasmith.bsky.social @tuthanhha.bsky.social 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁

As Canada moves towards sovereignty in training our doctors and the U.S. does... U.S. things, I'm left wondering how these changes are going to affect international perceptions of Canadian vs American-trained doctors in the coming years.

In response to Trump’s DEI bans, Canada’s medical schools will now fall entirely under Canadian oversight.

California Passes Bill Allowing Omission of Patients’ Names From Abortion Pill Bottles www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/h... @nytimes.com More news → CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁

Carney says federal government will strike more pharmacare deals with provinces https://nationalnewswatch.com/2025/09/191/carney-says-federal-government-will-strike-more-pharmacare-deals-with-provinces More news → CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁

We're all sick more and it's because of COVID. Great explainer on how a COVID infection hurts our immune system, so we're more sick, or sick more with other illnesses after a COVID infection. www.bmj.com/content/390/...

And how, exactly (one wonders), is a statement such as this made with this level of certitude? That whole novel pathogen concept was just lost on so many people. As science communicators, we need to do a better job of clarifying it for people. Any ideas?

More details on #Ebola outbreak in DRC: Index case was a pregnant woman (in third trimester), who came to Bulape General Reference Hospital on 20 August with fever, bleeding, bloody diarrhea. She died on August 25. Then two health care workers, who first had contact with her, developed symptoms...

This is an insightful and important read from friend-of-Healthwatch, @deonandan.bsky.social

The summer (and fall) of our COVID discontent. As eager as we are to forget, #COVID19 is still with us, and we need to mitigate our risk, by @picardonhealth.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... via @theglobeandmail.com

This is an insightful and important read from friend-of-Healthwatch, @deonandan.bsky.social

The new law will reward Texans with a $10,000 bounty (at least) for suing doctors, other providers, and manufacturers who supply abortion pills to Texas residents...

Imagining ebola ripping through the US a year from now

Ontario hospital nurses awarded 5.25 per cent in raises, but decry lack of staffing ratios www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/ontario/onta... 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁

New Brunswick's largest hospital network resumes mandatory masking as respiratory illnesses rise www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... More news → CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁