Joanna Holland
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Haligonian, Pediatrician, Medical Educator, Parent, Dog lover šØš¦
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Cult MTL
7 months ago
āAs reported by PressProgress, Canada Proud has close ties to Pierre Poilievre and a record of presenting false and misleading partisan content. A report by the CBC revealed that Poilievre had hired the team behind Canada Proud to boost his messages online.ā
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Observations from Montreal
An ever-changing collection of commentary and observations by Montrealers or about Montreal politics and culture.
https://cultmtl.com/2025/10/observations-from-montreal-canada/
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David Moscrop
7 months ago
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Ryan Marino, MD
8 months ago
The MMR vaccine is one of the most stunningly effective medical therapeutics in existence. Itās also safer than most of your everyday activities. This is simply an attempt to stop people from vaccinating.
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Marv
8 months ago
There's something fascinating about "accurate descriptions of me and my actions are an incitement to violence against me"
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Noel Casler Comedy
8 months ago
If you think Tylenol is bad for childrenās health what until you see what guns do.
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Cult MTL
8 months ago
Charlie Kirkās fans and defenders are as awful as he was. āThe worldās most precious snowflakes are always on the far right: they canāt handle criticism and they fundamentally hate free speech. The Trump administrationās efforts to silence critics is more proof of this.ā
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The incredible hypocrisy of Charlie Kirk's fans and defenders celebrating censorship
The incredible hypocrisy of Charlie Kirk fans and defenders celebrating censorship: a response to the events of the past week.
https://cultmtl.com/2025/09/the-incredible-hypocrisy-of-charlie-kirk-fans-and-defenders-celebrating-censorship/
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Leah McElrath
8 months ago
Dr. Oz is a large investor in and global advisor for iHerb, a company that sells supplements for folinic acid, which is the the non-prescription version of leucovorin, the medication which is being recommended for the treatment of autism by Dr. Oz.
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dr. hazel š
8 months ago
joining the war on autism on the side of autism
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein š
8 months ago
These are precedented times and the precedent is a loud ass warning
www.nytimes.com/1939/02/04/a...
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Goebbels Ends Careers of Five 'Aryan' Actors Who Made Witticisms About the Nazi Regime (Published 1939)
https://www.nytimes.com/1939/02/04/archives/goebbels-ends-careers-of-five-aryan-actors-who-made-witticisms.html
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Dr Robert Bohan
8 months ago
Is America a fascist state? Trump - bans anti-fascist protest. [Epstein Files]
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Ada Palmer
8 months ago
Denmark is on track to wipe out the most dangerous strains of HPV. New data shows the vaccine has all but wiped out HPV16 and HPV18. It's a powerful proof point for what widespread, equitable vaccine coverage can do.
buff.ly/3do5Sfo
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Denmark close to wiping out leading cancer-causing HPV strains after vaccine roll-out
A nationwide study suggests infections with human papillomavirus (HPV) types 16 and 18 have been virtually eliminated since vaccination began in 2008 ā protecting even unvaccinated women.
https://buff.ly/3do5Sfo
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Andrea Junker
9 months ago
Letās make one thing clear from the start: Charlie Kirk was the victim of a shooting in a country where he, along with other right-wing extremist influencers, have been inciting violence for years. ā Kirk is neither a martyr nor a hero, he is a cause.
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Aaron Rupar
9 months ago
Pritzker: "Any rational person who has spent even the most minimal amount of time studying human history has to ask themselves one important question: once they get the citizens of this nation comfortable with the current atrocities committed under the color of law, what comes next?"
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CatMaMa
9 months ago
A very strong & powerful resignation letter from Dr. Daskalakis calling out RFK jr. āI am unable to serve in an environment that treats CDC as a tool to generate policies and materials that do not reflect scientific reality and are designed to hurt rather than to improve the publicās health.ā
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RFJ, Jr Is A Serial Killer
And the death toll will be unimaginable
https://open.substack.com/pub/therickwilson/p/rfj-jr-is-a-serial-killer?r=3a33y&utm_medium=ios
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Canada's National Observer
10 months ago
We've been called worse by better.
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Canadians proud to be called 'nasty' by Trump for defending against attacks, Eby says
https://www.nationalobserver.com/2025/07/22/news/canadians-proud-be-called-nasty-trump-defending-against-attacks-eby-says
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Cheryl in Nova Scotia šØš¦šš
11 months ago
Through the mobile vaccine clinics in
#NovaScotia
- "In the last few months, with a focus on measles vaccine, we've immunized 5,000 to 6,000 Nova Scotians getting them up to date with their measles vaccine. /1 thread
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Measles vaccination rate inadequate, Nova Scotia's chief medical officer says | CBC News
In 2024, 93 per cent of two-year-olds had at least one dose and 79 per cent of two-year-olds had two, Dr. Robert Strang said. He said the percentages need to be higher to fully prevent the spread.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/measles-vaccination-rate-inadequate-robert-strang-1.7581243
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John Fugelsang
11 months ago
On this date in 1776 the statue of King George III was pulled down in New York City. Because America didn't want a king who lived above the law.
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Dr. Lucky Tran
11 months ago
BREAKING: Scientists are staging a āscience fairā in the lobby of a Congressional building to tell elected officials about the critical knowledge the US will lose because their research grants have been canceled.
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The American Academy of Pediatrics
11 months ago
The American Academy of Pediatrics is proud to stand with leading public health organizations by taking legal action to protect the integrity of our immunization system to defend science, evidence-based medicine, and the policies that keep children safe.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DODV...
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Protecting Kids: Why Pediatricians Are Suing the Government | AAP
YouTube video by American Academy of Pediatrics
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DODV9hY0VOo
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Timothy Caulfield
11 months ago
The antivaccine movement threatens health worldwide
www.bmj.com/content/390/...
"The hard power and money of the US federal government is being directed towards undermining vaccine acceptance, science, and production. These decisions could have a detrimental effect on the rest of the world."
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The antivaccine movement threatens health in the US and worldwide
Robert F Kennedy Jr and others in the antivaccine movement are using the power of the US government to promote disinformation and flawed science, write Anna Kirkland and Scott Greer With Robert F Ke...
https://www.bmj.com/content/390/bmj.r1383
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Katie Mack
11 months ago
A student doing work this shoddy for a class presentation would fail. Shouldn't the standards be even higher for people making decisions about the health of all Americans?
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Voices for Vaccines
12 months ago
If things continue the way they're going today, measles will be back soon in the US, and we will have more stories like this.
www.voicesforvaccines.org/what-measles...
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What Measles Did to My Family
My mom always told me that measles was what made my sister sick. I was 8 when she finally explained the whole thing.
https://www.voicesforvaccines.org/what-measles-sspe-did-to-my-family/
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Cheryl in Nova Scotia šØš¦šš
12 months ago
Six infants born with congenital measles in Ontario from unvaccinated mothers Congenital measles can result in severe complications, including inflammation of the brain and death.
#Ontario
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Six infants born with congenital measles in Ontario from unvaccinated mothers
Ontarioās chief medical officer of health says six infants have been born with congenital measles since an outbreak began last fall, adding they were infected in the womb through mothers who were not ...
https://www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/article/six-infants-born-with-congenital-measles-in-ontario-from-unvaccinated-mothers/
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Katie Mack
12 months ago
If you burn down a forest, you don't miss out on lumber for just that season. You have to replant all the trees, nurture them, and wait for them to grow. The science and research budget cuts happening now are wanton, senseless arson. Recovery, if it ever happens, will take generations.
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Cheryl in Nova Scotia šØš¦šš
12 months ago
Anne Murray donates iconic bedazzled Junos jersey to raise funds for IWK
#NovaScotia
www.ctvnews.ca/atlantic/the...
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Anne Murray donates iconic bedazzled Junos jersey to raise funds for IWK
Anne Murray has donated the bedazzled Team Canada hockey jersey she wore at the 2025 JUNO Awards. The one-of-a-kind outfit is being auctioned off to raise funds for the IWK Health Centre in Halifax.
https://www.ctvnews.ca/atlantic/the-scene/article/anne-murray-donates-iconic-bedazzled-junos-jersey-to-raise-funds-for-iwk/
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Amee Vanderpool
12 months ago
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr.ās wide-ranging āMake America Healthy Againā report, released last week, cited hundreds of studies, but a closer look found that some of those studies did not actually exist.
www.notus.org/health-scien...
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The MAHA Report Cites Studies That Donāt Exist
The Trump administrationās āMake America Healthy Againā report misinterprets some studies and cites others that donāt exist, according to the listed authors.
https://www.notus.org/health-science/make-america-healthy-again-report-citation-errors
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PEIPolitical šØš¦
12 months ago
Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew at press release, calling out reporters to double source.
#cdnpoli
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AndrƩ Picard @picardonhealth
about 1 year ago
Doug Ford has failed miserably to protect Ontario from a surge of
#measles
. The premier campaigned on a promise to āProtect Ontario,ā but his government has not kept that pledge on a pressing matter of public health, by
@reggcohn.bsky.social
www.thestar.com/politics/pol...
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Martin Regg Cohn: Doug Ford has failed miserably to protect Ontario from a surge of measles
The premier campaigned on a promise to āProtect Ontario,ā but his government has not kept that pledge on a pressing matter of public health, Martin Regg Cohn writes.
https://www.thestar.com/politics/political-opinion/doug-ford-has-failed-miserably-to-protect-ontario-from-a-surge-of-measles/article_fba93e83-2ba4-46b0-82b3-2374afb36b7e.html
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If you were born between 1970 and 1996 make sure youāve had two doses of MMR vaccine.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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1 case of measles confirmed in Nova Scotia | CBC News
Case involves an adult who was exposed to measles while travelling to the United States.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/measles-case-robert-strang-1.7527679
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Crisis averted, for now. šCongratulations Mark Carney. Merci Quebec. Extra big thank you Ottawa Carleton. BC, this was your time to shine, but you didnāt. Thank you for your service Jagmeet Singh. ššØš¦
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Ryan Marino, MD
about 1 year ago
Not only is the measles vaccine up to 99% effective at preventing measles infection, it can also reduce the risk of death from all causes by 30% up to 86% for up to 3 years (compared ro not being vaccinated)
www.bbc.com/future/artic...
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Measles: The race to understand 'immune amnesia'
Scientists have known for years that measles can alter the immune system ā but the latest evidence suggests it's less of a mild tweaking, and more of a total reset.
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20211112-the-people-with-immune-amnesia
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Asha Rangappa
about 1 year ago
I am so over the media's framing of these kinds of issues. Who effing cares if the Trump administration wants to "make" Canada a state? The correct framing here is: "Is the United States' position that it will no longer be adhere to international law when it comes to Canada?"
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Michelle Keep
about 1 year ago
This is so Canadian. Body Break doing a special elbows up get out to vote segment.
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PalMD
about 1 year ago
When you start arresting judges that's the end of democracy. Can't even pretend anymore.
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AndrƩ Picard @picardonhealth
about 1 year ago
Ontario is in the midst of its largest
#measles
outbreak in almost three decades. the province must step-up public health efforts and eliminate vaccine exemptions. What is it waiting for to act? by
@picardonhealth.bsky.social
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
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Opinion: Personal beliefs do not supersede the public good ā and vaccination is a public good
Ontarioās vaccine exemption is ridiculous, especially when it comes to protecting children
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-personal-beliefs-do-not-supersede-the-public-good-and-vaccination-is-a/
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Jennifer C
about 1 year ago
Al Gore didnāt hold back: The Trump admin is āattacking the heart of truth,ā twisting facts like the Nazis did in the 1930s. From climate denial to rewriting the Ukraine war, itās all about powerānot reality. Gore warned the U.S. is under siegeāand every former leader should speak out like he did.
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Robin Bernstein
about 1 year ago
To everyone (justifiably) applauding
@harvard.edu
's response to the fed. administration's demands: that letter is only part of the story. Harvard's new website went public in coordination with Harvard Pres.
#AlanGarber
's letter. It's completely revamped--and it's brilliant.
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Harvard University
Harvard University is devoted to excellence in teaching, learning, and research, and to developing leaders who make a difference globally.
https://www.harvard.edu
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John Quackenbush
about 1 year ago
A federal research grant is not a gift, but a contract in which the grantee has to complete the work for which they were funded. Receiving a grant comes through a competitive process, and the terms of those contracts are not arbitrary. Harvard doesn't get free money. Grants are hard-won.
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Kevin Hall
about 1 year ago
After 21 years at my dream job, Iām very sad to announce my early retirement from the National Institutes of Health. My lifeās work has been to scientifically study how our food environment affects what we eat, and how what we eat affects our physiology.
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Ryan Marino, MD
about 1 year ago
More Americans have died from measles in the last 6 weeks than in the last 30 years combined, and multiple children near the Texas outbreak have been hospitalized for liver failure after taking the baseless supplements that RFK pushed.
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Jeva Lange š«
about 1 year ago
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Walking Eagle News
about 1 year ago
BREAKING: Provinces invite U.S. scientists to come be underfunded in Canada
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Dr. Lucky Tran
about 1 year ago
Do not normalize children dying from measles. Measles was previously eliminated in the US, thanks to vaccines. When children die from measles, it means that adults have catastrophically failed to protect them because they have rejected basic science.
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dave
about 1 year ago
Boycotting the grocery store until they start buying an equivalent volume of groceries from me
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Janel Comeau š
about 1 year ago
I have tariffed the penguins that are on Heard Island and which you were probably assuming did not export goods forgive me they were taking advantage of us so cunning and so cold
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MeidasTouch
about 1 year ago
You have to see this. PoliticsGirl and her husband teamed up with the brilliant Timothy Snyder (author of On Tyranny) and the legendary John Lithgow to create something truly powerful. Itās important, itās urgentāand it needs to be shared far and wide.
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20 Lessons on Tyranny: by Timothy Snyder / read by John Lithgow
YouTube video by PoliticsGirl
https://youtu.be/cXR5HLodsT8?si=e8jOuN9Ebuy2vEtk
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Dan Diamond
about 1 year ago
Breaking: RFK Jr. has forced out PETER MARKS, the nationās top vaccine regulator. In his resignation letter, obtained by the Post, Marks said he was willing to work with RFK Jr on his vaccine concerns ā but said Kennedy wishes āsubservient confirmation of his misinformation and lies.ā
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RFK Jr. forces out Peter Marks, FDAās top vaccine scientist
Marks, an architect of Operation Warp Speed, warned that a recent measles outbreak shows how confidence in science and public health is being āundermined.ā
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/03/28/rfk-jr-fda-vaccine-scientist-peter-marks/
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Kit Yates
about 1 year ago
The Royal Society has failed to act to censure Elon Musk for his anti-science actions. We can only hope that individuals who make up the society will demonstrate the integrity that the Society seems to lack.
www.theguardian.com/...
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Elon Musk is a proven danger to good science, but the Royal Society wonāt say so. Thatās why I resigned | Kit Yates
It is vital to act, and I urge colleagues to do so. How can we stand by and laud this man while he undermines scientific integrity? asks academic and author Kit Yates
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/04/elon-musk-science-royal-society-scientific-integrity
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