How a single measles case became 5,000 – and the lessons not learned, by @picardonhealth.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/0fc7a92... via @theglobeandmail.com

To keep its ER open, a Yellowknife hospital told doctors to name their price for summertime shifts, by @kellygrant1.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health-... via @theglobeandmail.com

I have now been a journalist for 40 years. The forces ranged against my profession have never been so powerful, by @georgemonbiot.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... via @theguardian.com #journalism

How measles made its way back to Canada. Measles, a dangerous illness that for decades has rarely infected Canadians, has returned. This is the outbreak’s origin story, by Nathan VanderKlippe www.theglobeandmail.com via @theglobeandmail.com #vaccination

How legalizing medically assisted death changed the possibilities for millions. 20 years ago, physician-assisted dying became legal in the Netherlands, and changed perspectives around the world, by Dr. Stefanie Green www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... via @theglobeandmail.com #MAiD

Join us in Toronto on Nov 25 for the 2025 Solutions for Healthy Cities Symposium!🎉 Theme: The Science and Practice of System Change. Keynote: @picardonhealth.bsky.social Learn more and register now: maphealth.ca/symposium

Quebec to scale back free #COVID19 shots this fall after Alberta limits eligibility. Free #vaccination will remain only for members of high-risk groups, by @tuthanhha.bsky.social @alannasmith.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.com

Increasingly, cities are declaring states of emergency owing to public disorder triggered by the #ToxicDrugCrisis, by Nancy Macdonald www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.com

“There a lot of COVID around now, and there’s going to be more when it gets colder, so people should get their shots,” Dr. Rasmussen. She says the evidence that COVID-19 vaccines are worthwhile is incontrovertible. “They keep people from going to the morgue, or being hospitalized,” she said.

How long should it take and how much should it cost to renovate a hospital? Quebec's $5-billion Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont project tests the limits, by @picardonhealth.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... via @theglobeandmail.com

What you need to know about #COVID19 this fall. Q+A w/ @picardonhealth.bsky.social by Sherrill Sutherland on The Decibel podcast. www.theglobeandmail.com/podcasts/the... www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

Cracking the ‘Code White’ -- Facing the ever-growing threat of violence, nurses get a lesson on how to protect themselves, by @kellygrant1.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.com #nursing

www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/decb7a4... "In the past year, 2,315 COVID-19 deaths have been reported, according to the Public Health Agency of Canada. COVID-19 is still one of the top 15 causes of death in the country." @picardonhealth.bsky.social

What you need to know about #COVID19 this fall. Q+A w/ @picardonhealth.bsky.social by Sherrill Sutherland on The Decibel podcast. www.theglobeandmail.com/podcasts/the... www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

How long should it take and how much should it cost to renovate a hospital? Quebec's $5-billion Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont project tests the limits, by @picardonhealth.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... via @theglobeandmail.com

When #Dementia Steals the Imagination of a Children’s Book Writer. Robert Munsch wrote “The Paper Bag Princess,” “Love You Forever” and other classics by performing them over and over for kids. But dementia is now stealing his imagination. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/m... via @nytimes.com

After 40+ years of journalism, I've written my first travel piece: What happens when you send a health reporter on a cruise? André Picard packs his hand sanitizer and steps aboard the Queen Anne, Cunard’s first new ship in 14 years. www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/0fc7a92... via @theglobeandmail.com

Call Auntie: How a pandemic phone line morphed into a clinic in downtown Toronto providing culturally safe care. Indigenous midwives and community health workers advise and support Indigenous patients, by @kkirkup.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health-... via @theglobeandmail.com

The Pitt and other medical shows finally acknowledge 'backbone' of health care: Filipina nurses and support workers, by @christinepags.bsky.social www.cbc.ca/news/enterta... via @cbcnews.ca #nursing

The AIDS Committee of Toronto, a stalwart of the HIV-AIDS fight, folds its tent after 42 years. It's a bittersweet moment, by @picardonhealth.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... via @theglobeandmail.com

After 40+ years of journalism, I've written my first travel piece: What happens when you send a health reporter on a cruise? André Picard packs his hand sanitizer and steps aboard the Queen Anne, Cunard’s first new ship in 14 years. www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/0fc7a92... via @theglobeandmail.com

The AIDS Committee of Toronto, a stalwart of the HIV-AIDS fight, folds its tent after 42 years. It's a bittersweet moment, by @picardonhealth.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... via @theglobeandmail.com

Toronto plans to repair and replace more than 125 public bathrooms across the city. It's long-overdue effort to tackle an essential civic problem, but do the new loos have to be ugly? by @alexbozikovic.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.com

The indispensable @picardonhealth.bsky.social hits the bull’s eye with this column. A key point that anti-vaxxers always ignore: “People have obligations to others in a society.” apple.news/Ay_f8L7VwT-K...

‘Who wouldn’t want pure cocaine?’ -- A radical plan in Vancouver to prevent overdoses with better drugs. If so many people are self-medicating, why not give them the clean stuff? by PE Moskowitz www.theguardian.com/society/ng-i... via @theguardian.com #HarmReduction #SaferSupply

Canadians can benefit from tumbling prices on weight-loss drugs. Canada is in a unique position as the only G7 country where patent protection on semaglutide is about to lapse, by @petersinger.bsky.social @natashaloder.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... via @theglobeandmail.com

Ending vaccine mandates is a cynical political play – and it threatens children’s lives, by @picardonhealth.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/0fc7a92... via @theglobeandmail.com

Ending vaccine mandates is a cynical political play — and it threatens children's lives www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... @picardonhealth.bsky.social @theglobeandmail.com More news → CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁

Ending vaccine mandates is a cynical political play – and it threatens children’s lives, by @picardonhealth.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/0fc7a92... via @theglobeandmail.com

Post-pandemic, the Public Health Agency of Canada is shaving 10% of its workforce. What those cuts will mean for Canada’s ability to counter vaccine misinformation as skepticism rises in Canada and the U.S., w/ @picardonhealth.bsky.social (scroll to 29:30) www.cbc.ca/listen/live-... via @cbcnews.ca

The summer (and fall) of our COVID discontent. COVID-19 is still sickening people in surprising large numbers and we are doing little to mitigate risks of the airborne virus, by @picardonhealth.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/0fc7a92... via @theglobeandmail.com (gift link)

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

Post-pandemic, the Public Health Agency of Canada is shaving 10% of its workforce. What those cuts will mean for Canada’s ability to counter vaccine misinformation as skepticism rises in Canada and the U.S., w/ @picardonhealth.bsky.social (scroll to 29:30) www.cbc.ca/listen/live-... via @cbcnews.ca

Important article by @picardonhealth.bsky.social

It’s wild living in the Information Age and the Dark Age at the same time.

When @picardonhealth.bsky.social asked me about the impact of vaccine access on public health, as usual I was direct. “I have nothing but contempt for what is going on in the U.S.,” Dr. Rasmussen said. “The policies are destructive. Limiting access to vaccines will cause people to die.”

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 important rebuttal of government political pandering for animal research. Would have been great to see such a powerful statement from Ontario or U15 university leaders.

Trump Wants Proof That #COVID19 Vaccines Work. It’s Easy to Find, by @apoorvanyt.bsky.social @carlzimmer.com www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/h... via @nytimes.com

Doug Ford is barking up the wrong tree with a ban on animal research. Nobody likes the idea of cute little puppies being killed. But populist pandering to emotion is anti-science rhetoric that serves no one, by @picardonhealth.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... @theglobeandmail.com

Why Terry Fox’s legacy endures, 45 years after his Marathon of Hope, by Alex Cyr www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health-... via @theglobeandmail.com @terryfoxfoundation.bsky.social #MarathonOfHope

Once again, @picardonhealth.bsky.social thank you for looking at this issue with thoughtfulness (vs emotion only) and presenting a balanced perspective. #science

Doug Ford is barking up the wrong tree with a ban on animal research. Nobody likes the idea of cute little puppies being killed. But populist pandering to emotion is anti-science rhetoric that serves no one, by @picardonhealth.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... @theglobeandmail.com

The deadly toll on journalists in the Gaza war. The total number of journalists and media workers killed in this conflict since October 2023 is at least 189, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists www.theguardian.com/global-devel... @theguardian.com @pressfreedom.bsky.social #journalism

Obituary: Veteran CBC journalist Joan Leishman became a mentor and advocate for refugees. She died at age 67 after falling down the stairs while gardening. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.com @pencanada.bsky.social #journalism

The overdose crisis is not always what we assume: After relapse, billionaire owner of NFL team overdosed three times in last five years of his life before 'cardiac' death at 65; was provided with ketamine and opioids by private doctor. www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/... via @washingtonpost.com

Good to see @bsky.app has emerged as the social media platform of choice for science stuff arstechnica.com/science/2025...

How do we provide cool relief in a world that’s heating up? Should we be prescribing air-conditioners to those most at-risk from soaring temperatures? by @picardonhealth.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/0fc7a92... via @theglobeandmail.com #ClimateChange

How do we provide cool relief in a world that’s heating up? Should we be prescribing air-conditioners to those most at-risk from soaring temperatures? by @picardonhealth.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/0fc7a92... via @theglobeandmail.com #ClimateChange

Multiple journalists killed by Israeli strikes on Gaza’s Nasser Hospital. www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl... Feels like a good day to re-post this column: Even in war, attacking medical facilities must remain off limits. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... via @theglobeandmail.com