The extermination of the wobble of ostriches on a B.C. farm is complete. Professional marksmen killed the birds overnight after the failure of farmers to secure a legal reprieve from the bird-flu cull, by @mikehager.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.com #H5N1

Register for the 2025 Solutions for Healthy Cities Symposium on Nov. 25, featuring Globe and Mail health columnist @picardonhealth.bsky.social: maphealth.ca/shc2025/

Bird flu related cull of B.C. ostriches moves ahead after Supreme Court declines to hear appeal. Farmers and dozens of their supporters at the site reacted to the ruling with both sadness and rage, by @mikehager.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.com #H5N1

Culling of B.C. ostriches to proceed after Supreme Court of Canada refuses to hear appeal of cull order www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... www.thestar.com/news/canada/... via @thestar.com #H5N1

An update on my column: Parliamentary committee drops most contentious parts of its demand for data on research funding. It now wants aggregated, not disaggregated data. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

Princess Margaret, Canada's largest cancer centre, to enroll 100,000 cancer patients genomic testing trial to see if major hereditary health risks lurk in their DNA, by @kellygrant1.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.com @pmresearch-uhn.bsky.social #genomics

An update on my column: Parliamentary committee drops most contentious parts of its demand for data on research funding. It now wants aggregated, not disaggregated data. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

The 🇨🇦 Standing Committee on Science and Research passed a modified resolution this afternoon that the requested ricouncil applicant and reviewer data can be aggregated and anonymized. Thanks to the many researchers who signed letters pointing out legitimate data privacy concerns. 👏👏

Quebec doctors threaten to resign or leave the province after new law alters their pay, by Eric Andrew-Gee www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.com

a gross parliamentary overreach — article by @picardonhealth.bsky.social in the globe and mail; #academicsky #neuroskyence #psychscisky www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/91587b9...

L’adoption de la loi 2 est le catalyseur de l’implosion du système de santé québécois. Il n’est pas exagéré de dire que cette loi représente la menace la plus grave pour les soins de santé publics que nous ayons vue de notre vivant: Dr. David Mulder www.lapresse.ca/dialogue/opi... via @lapresse.ca

An important contribution by @picardonhealth.bsky.social. As Budget 2025, university- and college-based is critical to Canadian growth. Why are parliamentarians throwing a stick in the wheel by sharing what was promised to be confidential information and increasing the burden on peer reviewers.

How Alberta Became the Epicentre of Canada’s Measles Outbreak. A virus eradicated from Canada a generation ago just took the life of a newborn, by @monicakidd.bsky.social thewalrus.ca/how-alberta-... via @thewalrus.ca

I only wish @picardonhealth.bsky.social mentioned: 1) Researchers filled this information believing it was private & for statistical purposes, 2) DEI info of apps was not shared with review committee (though app’s names are listed ) B/c some of the comments are pretty uninformed.

What does a new study on #COVID19 tell us about the risks to children after infection? Q+A w/ Dr. Angela Wood by @alannasmith.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/life/wellnes... via @theglobeandmail.com #LongCOVID

On Oct 1 the Standing Committee on Science and Research passed an egregious motion calling for the disclosure of disaggregated data for research applications to federal granting council from 2020-2025. On Oct 20 they amended the timeframe to 2000-2025. @picardonhealth.bsky.social

There is no evidence to support that federal research funding is being unfairly allocated to "woke" or "leftist" research. If anything, as @pinglamjoeip.bsky.social and I found, research on structural inequality is underfunded. I will link our original piece below.

Doctors are calling a new Quebec law draconian and anti-democratic and threatening to leave the province in droves. What is Bill 2 and why is it so controversial? Q+A w/ Dr. Lynn Couture, @picardonhealth.bsky.social by Piya Chattopadhyay on The Current www.cbc.ca/listen/live-... via @cbcnews.ca

Just remember, the Liberals supported this too. If they think this will attract more researchers to Canada, they are smoking the dope they legalized. And once again, just like animal research, why is it @picardonhealth.bsky.social who needs to raise this publicly and not @u15ca.bsky.social

How much are MPs entitled to know about research grants? Not as much as they think. A parliamentary committee is asking for researchers' personal information in what seems like an anti-DEI crusade, by @picardonhealth.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... via @theglobeandmail.com

Doctors are calling a new Quebec law draconian and anti-democratic and threatening to leave the province in droves. What is Bill 2 and why is it so controversial? Q+A w/ Dr. Lynn Couture, @picardonhealth.bsky.social by Piya Chattopadhyay on The Current www.cbc.ca/listen/live-... via @cbcnews.ca

Myeloma patients demand immunotherapy pricing talks resume. Carvykti was approved by Health Canada in 2023, but still unavailable to cancer patients due to lack of deal on price, by @kellygrant1.bsky.social @hannay.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.com

Is Canada losing the battle against #measles? Country could soon lose elimination status. Q+A w/ @msmacrophage.bsky.social www.cbc.ca/listen/live-... via @cbcnews.ca #vaccination

Holes in my head. Wires in my brain. Could a device implanted in my brain cure my depression? After 14-plus years of agony, of drowning in paralytic self-doubt, of endless murk, I was ready to find out, by @mehlerpaperny.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... via @theglobeandmail.com

The slow-release dose: Canadians wait years for access to new drugs, even those already deemed safe, because public funding takes longer to arrive than in any other G7 country, by @kellygrant1.bsky.social, @hannay.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.com

Why Quebec doctors are threatening to leave the province after government imposes harsh contract with Bill 2. Q+A w/ @picardonhealth.bsky.social by Sherrill Sutherland on The Decibel podcast www.theglobeandmail.com/podcasts/the... www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... via @theglobeandmail.com

Covid and Flu Can Triple Your Risk of Heart Attack. A new analysis adds to the research about the link between viral infections and heart disease, by Nina Agrawal www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/w... via @nytimes.com

From the archives: 30 years ago tonight, I was covering one of the biggest stories in Canadian political history: The Oct 30, 1995 referendum on Quebec sovereignty. It was a nail-biter, 50.5% NO, 49.5% YES. www.theglobeandmail.com/news/nationa... via @theglobeandmail.com

Getting mad at the neighbouring provinces for welcoming the surge of doctors wanting to move next door won’t solve the conflict between Premier Legault and the doctors. Another reason to have pan-Canadian medical licencing. Doctors could move sans having to jump through hoops. Another broken🇨🇦promise

If you're not following the backlash Bill 2, @picardonhealth.bsky.social breaks it down here. The wildest part for me is that if individual doctors talk about leaving the province they can be fined thousands of dollars. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

Rémunération des médecins: François Legault doit démontrer que les incitatifs punitifs vont améliorer véritablement l’accès aux soins ou stopper la réforme, par @yvesboisvert.bsky.social www.lapresse.ca/actualites/c... via @lapresse.ca

Why Quebec doctors are threatening to leave the province after government imposes harsh contract with Bill 2. Q+A w/ @picardonhealth.bsky.social by Sherrill Sutherland on The Decibel podcast www.theglobeandmail.com/podcasts/the... www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... via @theglobeandmail.com

Translation: Doug Ford says he’s ready to ‘roll out the red carpet’ for disgruntled Quebec doctors Doug Ford prêt à «dérouler le tapis rouge» pour les médecins du Québec www.ledroit.com/actualites/2... via @ledroit.com @tuthanhha.bsky.social

When Caregiving Makes Women Ill www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/w... via @nytimes.com @cdncaregiving.bsky.social

Quebec cracks down on doctors -- but will imposing a harsh contract that threatens wage rollbacks and fines for dissent actually improve patient care? by @picardonhealth.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... via @theglobeandmail.com

Quebec cracks down on doctors – but will imposing a contract improve patient care? www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... @picardonhealth.bsky.social 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁

Excitement around Alzheimer’s treatment tempered by questions about efficacy, accessibility. Experts say lecanemab is an incremental benefit, not a cure. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.com www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.com #dementia

Quebec cracks down on doctors -- but will imposing a harsh contract that threatens wage rollbacks and fines for dissent actually improve patient care? by @picardonhealth.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... via @theglobeandmail.com

Fun fact: Canada's oft-reminisced about Connaught Labs was founded to make #diphtheria antitoxin (DAT). Unfun facts: Still made the same way 100+ years later (horse serum). Global shortages, few suppliers. Limited resources to advance promising replacements, as diphtheria insufficiently profitable.

Diphtheria, a Once Vanquished Killer of Children, Is Resurgent. A Somali hospital ward packed with gasping children shows how war, climate and mistrust of vaccines is fueling the disease’s return, by @stephanienolen.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/h... via @nytimes.com #GlobalHealth

Canada needs to tackle escalating opioid misuse among young people, doctors say. Physicians fear the crisis will continue to get worse for decades if immediate action is not taken, by @alannasmith.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.com #ToxicDrugCrisis

Just as one large measles outbreak peters out in Texas and New Mexico, another outbreak of the virus has taken off along the border of Utah and Arizona, by @teddyrosenbluth.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/w... via @nytimes.com

This surgeon reattached his patient’s fingers, but Ontario didn’t pay him for nearly three years. His story exposes an OHIP billing crisis, by Megan Ogilvie www.thestar.com/news/canada/... via @thestar.com

It’s been a year since Canada’s measles outbreak started. What, if anything, have we learned? Doctors share ideas for tackling disinformation and outreach, warn more measles 'inevitable,’ by Amina Zafar www.cbc.ca/news/health/... via @cbcnews.ca

Day 2 of PAW 2025. As a long time Globe subscriber I’m glad to have been able to meet @picardonhealth.bsky.social before his closing keynote on AI and humanity in healthcare. Probably the most optimistic I’ve ever felt about AI applications!

Supreme Court backs Good Samaritan law in drug overdose incidents, by @ebner.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.com #ToxicDrugCrisis

Montreal Metro sees "worrisome" rise in suicide attempts. What can be done to prevent them? by Hénia Ould-Hammou, Matt D'Amours www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... via @cbcnews.ca

Health and Climate Change – Solutions to meet new risks in Canada. If you missed this event live on Oct 6, here is a recording. www.youtube.com/watch?v=u89z... via @theglobeandmail.com

NEW: On Oct 1, @guyfelicella.bsky.social wrote an op-ed in @calgaryherald.com responding to Marshall Smith’s piece favouring more police power to address drug use. On Oct 6, a defamation notice from Smith to Felicella prompted the Herald to drop Felicella’s piece. drugdatadecoded.ca/i-didnt-know...

Trouble fitting in your jeans? Blame the toxic food environment, not just your genes or lack of willpower, says the new book "Food Intelligence," by @picardonhealth.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... via @theglobeandmail.com