Not every illness is 'the flu' and yes, you still need a flu shot even if you do have the real deal 'flu'.

Why you should continue to get the COVID-19 vaccine every year!

No, seriously. Go get your flu shot. I’m not kidding.

Lots of questions about the upcoming influenza season. I answer what I know over here. It is doubly important to get a flu shot this year (and your COVID shot too!!).

And just like that, we lose our measles elimination status after 27 years. Three decades of work, gone. www.canada.ca/en/public-he...

Oh how I love this city, this country and this team. Thank you, Blue Jays, for not only giving us the season of a lifetime but also for bringing us all together. Proud to be Canadian and proud to be a Blue Jays fan.

Kiddo scored a World Series ball!!!!

As someone who straddles two worlds, it’s been increasingly frustrating watching the healthcare system completely unravel in Canada from every end.

Yesavage is SAVAGE tonight!!!! He has now striked out every single player in this game (10 strike outs!) and we aren’t even half way through!

As a brown woman with a tight knit group of friends who all have kids, I have earned the right to be called an auntie and I won’t let pearl-clutching white folks take that away from me. What a thing to cause an uproar about… #ZohranMamdani

Did we….. just have a GRAND SLAM in our first World Series in 32 YEARS by a World Series debut batter and then chase that with another two-run home run???!!! 🤯🤯🤯 Let’s go, BLUE JAYS!!

The good, the bad and the ugly on the current measles situation in Canada. Measles outbreak in Ontario finally declared over. New cases are slowing down in all provinces, with only a handful of new cases in Alberta and BC in the last month.

It’s getting increasingly harder to convince anti-vaxxers bc it is no longer about science & evidence. It is about identify & belonging. It’s not just accepting a vaccine, it’s about leaving behind their sense of self & community. It’s about security. This is why throwing data will never work.

Haha I guess my piece hit a nerve! @patmillscanada.bsky.social on 🔥 with this rebuttal!

Wow! Someone's cranky! While we appreciate the free press from Terence, let's see if we can improve his mood point by point. financialpost.com/opinion/tere...

Don’t get sucked into the whataboutism. There doesn’t need to be competition between public health advances - each are important & critical in making people live long + healthy lives. Anyone in public health will tell you this. Alas, the folks doing damage only know how to rage bait for self-gain.

A poorly conducted study, submitted as a correspondence, claims to show increased cancer diagnosis one year after Covid-19 vaccination. In truth, the quality of science in this supposed study was abysmal and filled with major methodological flaws. 🧵 with @sciencewhizliz.bsky.social

I am half way through reading @joho.bsky.social ‘s new book and it should be included as historical evidence in national science libraries & archives. I really hope down the road we read this and find ways to ensure none of what we saw during the pandemic is ever repeated. Riveting read.

A poorly conducted study, submitted as a correspondence, claims to show increased cancer diagnosis one year after Covid-19 vaccination. In truth, the quality of science in this supposed study was abysmal and filled with major methodological flaws. 🧵 with @sciencewhizliz.bsky.social

Flu shot saves lives. Remember: children aged 6 months and older are eligible to receive a flu shot. Two doses, one month apart are required if receiving a flu shot for the first time in children aged 8 and under.

“While working Canadians are paying higher rates than their ultra-wealthy fellow citizens... the government is currently considering a so-called austerity budget that is almost certain to make these problems worse.” - @sabivm.bsky.social and Hon. Ratna Omidvar www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/0...

In Canada, top 1% of wealth holders hold 24% of total wealth. Meanwhile, PM Carney has an ‘austerity budget’, which will impact the disadvantaged. Patriotic Millionaires Canada, which I am a board member of, estimated that a 3% tax on wealth over $100-million could raise $25-billion annually.

Nancy Mace went on Bill Maher to tell people to take ibuprofen instead of acetaminophen in pregnancy. This is extremely dangerous advice. I explain here what the risks are.

Best timing to get the flu shot?

Trump, Tylenol & Medical Misogyny Great interview with @sabivm.bsky.social who speaks the truth. 👏🙏 podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t...

My issue is less with the money he made here, but more about how he was very much out of depth on this topic. Like, my dude, phone a friend. Call an OB/ MFM/anyone in clinical practice and talk to your peers and colleagues. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/h...

Not only is the science clear, but there is global consensus on this. Acetaminophen (Tylenol) is safe to use as a first-line therapeutic option for fever and pain in pregnancy when medically indicated, at recommended doses, & used for the shortest duration required.

Was on Global National today talking about the misinfo coming from the US about Tylenol in pregnancy. I wish I could've included the clip where he stumbles repeatedly to pronounce acetaminophen, yet doesn't consider whether he or his ridiculous team are qualified to be making these statements.

Meet Brishti Basu, PressProgress’ new health reporter: The promise of universal public healthcare has always been central to the ‘Canadian Dream’. Our new health reporter Brishti wants to help keep the dream alive. Say hi to @brishti.bsky.social 👋

Wait, so after months of all this insanity over the COVID-19 vaccine access in the US, the CDC ACIP basically landed very close to where they already were before??? Looks like they will be recommended for *all* 6mo+ based on individual/shared decision making. NO prescription required.

Two pieces of COVID-19 vaccine related info for Ontario and Quebec.

I do feel that the Covid-19 vaccine is a victim of its own success, even if it only provides protection against severe illness. With many states and even provinces in Canada loosening language at best and cutting access at worst (*cough* Quebec) for annual doses will have an impact.

Florida turning into the ultimate ‘choose your adventure’ playground. Go left, you might find measles! But if you right, polio says hello! The possibilities are endless….and life-ending.

My biggest issue with Florida removing vaccine mandates for all vaccines in schools is that they have not instead chosen another tactic or intervention to replace these. Which means they have effectively decided that public health is not a mandate they consider worthy of undertaking.

I am ultimately not surprised that weasel Prasad went through such great lengths to scrub Howard (truth hurts I guess), but SHAME on YouTube for bending to this HHS administration. History won’t be kind to those who lost sight of what’s right.

FIRE RFKJr Sign the petition: www.change.org/p/demand-rfk... CC: @jessicamalaty.bsky.social

New NYT article detailing new requirements for the COVID-19 vaccine across US. This is all very preliminary information, but I suggest if you live in these states that may require a prescription, you acquire a script from your family doctor asap.

Dr Demetre Daskalakis’ resignation letter from his role as the Director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases at the CDC has stayed with me and kept me up last night. What a haunting letter.

Abbe Lowell and I represent CDC Director #SusanMonarez. Contrary to govt statements, Dr. Monarez has neither resigned nor yet been fired. She will not resign. We have issued the following statement:

I feel so much for Americans, with the US restrict access to COVID-19 vaccines (whatever happened to choice?!!). Many have asked about obtaining doses in Canada, but because we have a predominantly public pay system for the COVID-19 vaccines, it will be challenging.

We need a lot more Dr. Jessica Steiers to pull a body of evidence together like this @unbiasedscipod.bsky.social 👏 theunbiasedscipod.substack.com/p/how-a-gove... www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Okay, Nuvaxovid Update for Canada. This is the final of the Canadian vaccine updates for this fall, and unfortunately this is not a good one (at least for this year). As far as I can see, no application was put through Health Canada for approval this year either.

White House statement certainly feels calibrated to deny this as clearly as possible without angering MAHA.

Cardiologist Aseem Malhotra is obsolete in the U.K. now, so is trying desperately to find a way to stay relevant in the US by leaking false info to tabloids. What an utter disgrace.

On Novavax, this is what I know so far. In 2021 we signed a deal to produce domestic vaccines. The deal to purchase Novavax doses was contingent on them being produced domestically, with a deadline of end of year 2024. That didn’t happen, so the deal was cancelled. I don’t know what happens next.

Thank goodness for @doritreiss.bsky.social - she is a national treasure. RFK Jr can continue to spin nonsense and utter falsities, but in fact, none of his threats have any merit. www.medpagetoday.com/pediatrics/v...

I want the record to show that PM Trudeau was instrumental in getting domestic manufacturing of vaccines in Canada. You know who shut down scientific research & drug manufacturing in Canada? Harper. When we talk about building Canada & being self-reliant, conservatives are all talk & no action.

I mentioned to a couple of people that I had a surprise waiting to be shared when Moderna got approval for its updated COVID-19 vaccine. It’s approved, and the big news??? Completely produced domestically!!!!! 🥳🤩 Approved as usual for all aged 6mo+!

In 2022 I had texted my close girl friends about this thread where hundreds had posted the most vile comments about me for saying the below. The Venn diagram of these people would perfectly overlap being racist & misogynistic in addition to completely wrong about science. I almost quit scicomm.

I was surprised when Malone voted in favour of the RSV antibody therapy, but his new opinion piece is truly unhinged. I have a feeling will result in a reversal of the approval & cause a lot of hesitancy amongst parents. It is a rambling, piece of garbage that is so far from a critical analysis.