Victoria woman seeks living liver donor after incurable disease diagnosis - Victoria News Primary sclerosing cholangitis affects 1 in 10,000 Canadians and can lead to liver failure and death

Please share - a woman in Victoria BC is seeking a living liver donor. I donated a kidney two years ago - being part of the organ donation process is pretty neat and the folks at BC Transplant are amazing. Please give this article a read to learn more. #yyj

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

You know what would encourage people to get more physical activity? No, it is not wearable fitness trackers. It is:

1. A liveable wage so people have time for it

2. Safe parks and other infrastructure for such activity

But that’s too hard.

Opinion: UCP's COVID vaccine cuts put children at serious risk A policy of ending pediatric COVID vaccination will disable, hospitalize and even kill Albertan children, leaving blood on Smith’s hands.

My latest in @edmontonjournal.com . The Journal of the American Medical Association recently advised Long COVID in kids may have now surpassed asthma as the leading paediatric chronic illness.

Danielle Smith's response: start charging for and limiting vaccines.

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Is this by any chance recorded? Would love to attend but will be in clinic. Thanks!

Canadian physician here, very well said. Their table misrepresents NACI’s recommendations. The policy paper also doesn’t address the fact that COVID vaccination reduces the risk of Long COVID

Everyone 6 months and older is eligible to get a flu vaccine.

It makes no sense to restrict Covid vaccines to only people who have specific medical conditions.

The FDA is basing its decisions on politics, not science.

FDA will limit Covid vaccines to people over 65 or at high risk of serious illness, leaders say The FDA announced it will limit access to Covid-19 vaccines going forward to people 65 and older and others at high risk of serious illness

GUYS. The comment period for this ends in THREE DAYS. PLEASE if you have even a little bit of time, submit a comment here: www.regulations.gov/commenton/FD...

Let them know EVERYONE should be able to get COVID vaccines. They BACK DOWN when WE PUSH BACK. www.statnews.com/2025/05/20/f...

Kennedy Issues Demands for Vaccine Approvals That Could Affect Fall Covid Boosters The plans amount to an extraordinary flex of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s power as health secretary to make decisions ordinarily left to career scientists at the Food and Drug Administration.

The COVID vaccines have been taken by billions of people, saved millions of lives, and are some of the most rigorously tested medical products in history.

Someone who has zero experience in vaccine development should not be influencing the approval process. This will kill people.

In honor of #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth, I’d like to remind you that your body NEEDS IRON to make serotonin and dopamine and ~40% of 12-21 yo females are deficient and most don’t even know it.

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For what it’s worth, here’s the editorial I sent the Globe and Mail April 5. The Globe took a pass.

Balancing Individual Rights and Community Health Requires Knowledge of History

Opinion: Personal beliefs do not supersede the public good – and vaccination is a public good Ontario’s vaccine exemption is ridiculous, especially when it comes to protecting children

Good stuff here from @picardonhealth.bsky.social

Vaccination is something we do to create a public good, herd immunity. I think he’s also right about framing this as a child welfare issue

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Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.

What makes a good public health leader? Canada is searching for a new Chief Public Health Officer. Leadership matters, especially in a crisis.

What makes a good public health leader? Leadership matters, especially in a crisis. #COVID19 made that painfully clear, by Lyne Filiatrault, Arijit Chakravarty, David Fisman canadahealthwatch.ca/2025/04/13/w... via @canadahealthwatch.bsky.social @dfisman.bsky.social

Hope you feel better soon! Thanks for your continued work and advocacy 🙏 new pup is adorable! Take care.

Terrible..especially given insulin is a 🇨🇦 discovery

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signage in front of the CDC headquarters

CMAJ urges more Canadian health research amid cuts to U.S. health agencies www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/health/cmaj-... @nicireland.bsky.social

𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀: CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter 🍁

Without an independent COVID inquiry, we are doomed to ‘rinse and repeat’ past errors - Healthy Debate

Without an independent COVID inquiry, we are doomed to ‘rinse and repeat’ past errors

Unfortunately, it seems that for our political leaders and many amongst us, the preferred coping strategy is to forget COVID-19 as quickly as possible and move on

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Exclusive | Top Vaccine Official Out at FDA In his resignation letter, Dr. Peter Marks cited ‘misinformation and lies’ from Health and Human Services Secretary RFK Jr.

A huge loss at FDA.
Peter Marks originated rhe Operation Warp Speed Covid vaccine idea and has overseen so many essential biotech programs such as genome editing cures www.wsj.com/politics/top...

Funding cuts mean essential and lifesaving healthcare services and vaccinations, among other critical health issues, have shut down, leaving thousands without treatment worldwide.

This isn’t just a policy change - it’s a death sentence.

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Cartoon by @paulnoth.bsky.social

@chrislockyear.msf.org speaking at #UnitedNations: While statements are made in this chamber, civilians remain unseen, unprotected, bombed, besieged, raped, displaced, deprived of food, of medical care, of dignity.

If only there was a way to decrease airborne transmission in healthcare settings… 🤔 /s

Measles cases surge in Ontario, with nearly 200 cases in past two weeks More cases of the highly contagious virus have been reported in the province since Feb. 27 than in the entire decade between 2013 and 2013

#Measles cases surge in Ontario, with nearly 200 cases in past two weeks, by @kellygrant1.bsky.social
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The Next Flu Pandemic Could Be Worse Than Covid If We Don't Heed History COVID and the 1918 flu pandemic gave us playbooks on how to prepare for the next pandemic. But we aren’t using it.

An important read by
@tryangregory.bsky.social, Dr. Chakravarti and Dr. Filiatrault

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 How denial of airborne COVID transmission broke the world - Healthy Debate Five years later, the greatest basic science failure in generations caused the pandemic harms highlighted by people across the political spectrum, and broke our social cohesion.

Failure accept the airborne spread of COVID doomed our public health, social and economic responses, ensuring they would not be fully effective, appropriately targeted and minimally disruptive, ultimately leading to many divisions in society we see today.

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Last time I checked there are exactly zero measles vaccine-related hospitalizations or deaths in 2025, but there are 223 of measles cases, 29 hospitalizations, and 2 deaths in Texas alone

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💫Tomorrow is #InternationalWomensDay!

🤔Did you know that #TBI affects women differently (see image below)? Women have a greater vulnerability to the effects of TBI & may struggle to get the care and support they need, as their symptoms are more likely to be downplayed or ignored.