Six months after loss of measles elimination status, Canada nowhere close to stamping out the virus, by @alannasmith.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.com

A Single Infusion Could Suppress HIV for Years, Study Suggests. A study of a few patients, to be presented this week, showed promise for a type of gene therapy that has already cured some blood cancers, by @apoorvanyt.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/05/11/h... via @nytimes.com

The Astounding Discovery That Could Link Eastern and Western Medicine. The detection of another circulatory system in the human body could have enormous scientific implications, by @avrahamcoopermd.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/interactive/... via @nytimes.com

‘The mouth is a gateway into your body’: the fascinating, frightening links between our gums and our health, by @amyfleming.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/society/2026... via @theguardian.com

Why are drug deaths rising in Edmonton, but falling elsewhere? The Alberta capital saw its deadliest year for drug deaths in 2025. Q+A w/ @alannasmith.bsky.social on The Decibel podcast. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... www.theglobeandmail.com/podcasts/the... via @theglobeandmail.com

Legal saga drags on for Canadian families seeking compensation in Motherisk lab scandal. Toronto’s SickKids hospital fighting lawsuits over unreliable test results that informed decisions to take kids from their parents, by Molly Hayes www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.com

Pleased to hear Louise Arbour named Canada’s next Governor-General succeeding the extraordinary Mary Simon 🪶 Arbour and I worked together when she was UN Special Representative for International Migration, leading historic adoption of the first compact (treaty) in 2018 She wrote for The Lancet ✍🏻

What if GLP-1 drugs could pay for themselves? A well-designed Canadian programme could produce a cumulative CAD $72 billion fiscal surplus by 2050, and serve as a model for other countries, by @petersinger.bsky.social singerp.substack.com/p/72-billion...

Canadian passengers to return to B.C. from cruise ship hit by hantavirus outbreak. Four passengers are not showing symptoms; will isolate for at least 21 days in B.C., public health officials say, by Joe Friesen www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.com

6 tick-borne diseases that should be on your radar. With tick season in full force, here are the most common diseases they spread, where they occur most prevalently and the symptoms to watch for, by Kathleen Felton www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/202... via @washingtonpost.com

Hantavirus Vaccines and Treatments Are in the Pipeline. But it has been hard to attract interest in medical interventions for viruses that have not been considered a top public health priority, scientists say, by @emilyanthes.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/05/09/s... via @nytimes.com

When Your Terminal Cancer Becomes a Chronic Illness. In some ways, these are patients that oncology was not built to care for, by Daniela J. Lamas www.nytimes.com/2026/05/10/o... via @nytopinion.nytimes.com

Mental illness is pregnancy’s No 1 complication. It’s time to support those who suffer from it. Integrated mental health care for maternity services and more perinatal psychiatrists could deliver meaningful change, by Edna Lekgabe www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... via @australia.theguardian.com

« Ça n’a pas de prix » -- L'ancien défenseur étoile du Canadien de Montréal, P.K. Subban, a complété son don de 10 millions à la Fondation hôpital de Montréal pour enfants, par William Thériault www.lapresse.ca/actualites/s... via @lapresse.ca @hme-mch.bsky.social

Infected, at sea: how the deadly hantavirus turned a dream cruise into tragedy. The world has watched the news of deaths and evacuations anxiously, and those still onboard MV Hondius face a wary reception, by @estheraddley.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte... via @theguardian.com

10 ans de crise, plus de 55 000 morts : les drogues toxiques continue de faire des victimes. Dans la foulée, le Canada et le Québec sont devenus des pionniers des traitements médicaux des toxicomanies, par @liladussault.bsky.social www.lapresse.ca/contexte/dix... via @lapresse.ca

Six Canadians now isolating at home after exposure to hantavirus. Four remain aboard the cruise ship and will be monitored, by @alannasmith.bsky.social @mostafaalasar.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.com

How to survive the information crisis: ‘We once talked about fake news – now reality itself feels fake.’ But journalism can bring us together again, by @katharineviner.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/media/ng-int... via @theguardian.com

Claire Brosseau says after decades of mental illness and treatment, she wants to die by MAiD. Ottawa will soon decide whether to allow medically-assisted death for those whose sole condition is mental illness or to postpone access, perhaps indefinitely. www.cbc.ca/listen/live-... via @cbcnews.ca

GLP-1s and the Wild West of Wellness. We’re at the Dawn of the Ozempic Era — and It’s Really Weird. Q+A w/ @juliabelluz.bsky.social by @ezraklein.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/05/08/o... via @nytopinion.nytimes.com

Tumbler Ridge high school, site of one of Canada's worst mass shootings, will be demolished and rebuilt at new site. Nine people, including the shooter, died in the Feb. 10 attack, six of them in the school, by @andreawoo.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/briti... via @theglobeandmail.com

Caregivers in Canada are 'caught in a vicious cycle,' new report finds. 3/4 of caregivers say caring for a loved one taking a toll on their health, by @johnabaylon.bsky.social www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... via @cbcnews.ca

In B.C., another season of peril for seniors. The province needs to galvanize the private sector into installing modern cooling systems in apartment buildings that become dangerous heat traps. Globe and Mail editorial. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/edit... via @theglobeandmail.com

Five years into $10-a-day national child-care plan, many of its promises remain unfulfilled. As provinces miss their goals on new spaces, hiring and fees, they’re pressing Ottawa for more money, by @davidmcginn.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.com

Let's talk about hantavirus. In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, a virus spreading on, and off, a cruise ship might seem like a burgeoning nightmare scenario. But this is not COVID or measles or the flu, by @deonandan.bsky.social medium.com/@deonandan/l...

Take hantavirus precautions when opening cottages, sheds, PHAC expert advises. Humans can be infected through contact with rodent droppings, urine or saliva, by @nicireland.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.com

Vilifying "socialist" medicine. A good explainer on why the U.S. does not have universal health insurance, by Emily K. Abel andreasankar1.substack.com/p/vilifying-...

Manitoba declares public health emergency as HIV rates rise. Province has 19.5 cases per 100,000 population, roughly 3½ times Canada's rate of 5.5 per 100,000. New cases largely related to IV drug use, by Ozten Shebahkeget www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... via @cbcnews.ca

Opioid overdose survivors face higher death risk after hospital release than previously thought, study shows. Repeat overdose and death rates were lower prior to the arrival of fentanyl, by @alannasmith.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.com #ToxicDrugCrisis

Can we spare future generations from the horrors of smoking by gradually cutting the number of people allowed to purchase tobacco? by @picardonhealth.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... via @theglobeandmail.com

A troubling reason you might not get CPR? Breasts. Bystanders less likely to administer cardiopulmonary resuscitation if you have breasts. Using an automated external defibrillator (AED) makes things worse, by @alisonmotluk.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... via @theglobeandmail.com

B.C.’s unconscionable betrayal of seniors. In a shocking, short-sighted and cruel decision, the province has put construction of badly-needed long-term care beds on hold, by Gary Mason www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... via @theglobeandmail.com

Babies Are Bleeding to Death as Parents Reject Vitamin K Shot. The lifesaving injection, given to newborns to prevent uncontrollable bleeding, has become collateral damage of the anti-vaccine movement, by @deldeib.bsky.social www.propublica.org/article/more... via @propublica.org

If we need to prescribe GLP-1s to children to treat obesity, then we’ve already let them down. It’s a sign of collective failure if we can’t protect kids from diet-related diseases, by @juliabelluz.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/05/06/o... via @nytopinion.nytimes.com

Karl Arps was demonstrating the signs of cardiac arrest during a CPR training course. Then he had a heart attack. His students and colleagues at Fox Valley Technical College sprang into action and saved his life. www.cbc.ca/listen/live-... via @cbcnews.ca

For people asking my opinion on MAiD for patients with mental illness (MAID-SUMC), here is a 2024 column: The role of government is to stop dithering and mostly to get out of the way. The system we have now works well. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... via @theglobeandmail.com

Three patients, including ship's doctor, evacuated from hantavirus-hit cruise ship. Three passengers have died to date and several others sickened. Four Canadians among 150 travellers aboard. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl... via @theglobeandmail.com

Ottawa prepared to halt plan to allow MAiD for mental illness if the parliamentary committee studying issue makes that recommendation -- which it is expected to do. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.com

The Story Behind Ozempic. Daniel Drucker’s path to a discovery that would transform millions of lives of people living with diabetes and obesity began not with a breakthrough – but a setback, by @rahul87.bsky.social magazine.utoronto.ca/research-ide... via @utoronto.ca

"Tobacco is, without question, the most deadly and harmful drug in the history of humanity. We owe it to ourselves to pull out all the stops to reverse its gruesome legacy, and spare future generations from its horrors." www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/302d69d...

Advocates call on Ottawa to commit to mandatory anti-drunk-driving technology in new vehicles. MADD advocates for built-in alcohol-detection systems to become standard in vehicles, by @jillmahoney.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.com

Public-private health care model coming to Alberta "clearly violates both the letter and the spirit of the Canada Health Act,” according to legal opinion commissioned by the Canadian Health Coalition, by @alannasmith.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.com

Louise Arbour, a former Supreme Court of Canada justice who later served as a UN commissioner and war crimes prosecutor, has been named Canada’s new Governor-General, by @ianabailey.bsky.social @stephanielevitz.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art... via @theglobeandmail.com

Canada Health Infoway, the non-profit behind failed PrescribeIT program, spent more than $400,000 on executive travel in three years, by @hannay.bsky.social @kellygrant1.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.com

Can we spare future generations from the horrors of smoking by gradually cutting the number of people allowed to purchase tobacco? by @picardonhealth.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... via @theglobeandmail.com

Toronto woman with bipolar disorder asks Ontario court to grant her emergency MAiD access, saying she's tired of waiting for Ottawa to legalize assisted death for people with mental illness, by @kkirkup.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.com

Why are drug overdose deaths rising in Edmonton, even as they fall across Canada? Dangerous opioids, declines in support services make Alberta’s capital an outlier, by @alannasmith.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.com

TLDR: Canada spent billions digitizing health records. And then failed to connect them. The current state of electronic health records across Canada: an environmental scan and interoperability maturity assessment. www.cmaj.ca/content/198/... via @cmaj.ca

Three people aboard a cruise ship sailing the Atlantic Ocean have died of hantavirus, a rare family of viruses carried by rodents. There are five other suspected cases aboard the MV Hondius, the WHO says, by Jin Yu Young www.nytimes.com/2026/05/04/w... via @nytimes.com

Is Loving Food the Secret to Eating Less of It? The case for ditching self-denial and embracing enjoyment, by Pete Wells www.nytimes.com/2026/05/04/d... via @nytimes.com