Former Liberal cabinet minister Kirsty Duncan dies at 59 OTTAWA — Former Liberal cabinet minister Kirsty Duncan has died at the age of 59 following a years-long battle with cancer. Born on Oct. 31, 1966, Duncan was elected five times as the Liberal MP for t...

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I’m deeply saddened by the passing of former 🇨🇦 Minister of Science Kristy Duncan. A fearless champion of evidence-based policy and a steadfast voice for researchers in House of Commons. Let’s honour her legacy by living her example.
My deepest condolences to her family and loved ones.

Rougeole, syphilis, et tuberculose | Vaccination : «Il faut retrouver un dialogue rassurant» Écoutez Nathalie Grandvaux, chercheuse au centre de recherche du CHUM, en discuter avec Jean François Baril.

J’ai discuté avec Jean-françois Baril ce matin au @985fm.ca de la résurgence de certaines maladies infectieuses.
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Happy New Year 2026 to everyone ✨
I’m not a big fan of year-end reviews, nor of resolutions that melt away as soon as routine returns. So I’ll make just one wish: let’s stay clear-eyed and demanding, while also cultivating and sharing more positivity.

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Bonne année 2026 à tous ✨
Je ne suis pas fan des bilans, ni des résolutions qui fondent dès le retour de la routine. Alors un seul vœu : restons lucides et exigeants, tout en cultivant et partageant davantage de positif.

Joyeux Noël.
Merry Christmas.
🎄☃️ 🤶🏻

Merci Simon 🥰

Rougeole : portrait d'un virus | OHdio | Radio-Canada Écoutez l’extrait de l’émission Les années lumière : Rougeole : portrait d'un virus

On parle beaucoup de rougeole au Québec ces jours-ci.
Je repartage ici un épisode des #annéeslumières @iciradiocanada.bsky.social de mars 2024 où j'explique l'infection par le virus de la rougeole et son impact sur la santé.
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Any MD here can tell me more about
splenic artery aneurism ? What can cause it?

I am not much interested in the total number of ppl, but rather the ratio of professional vs trainees/postdoc. Exactly my point of quality of supervision.

To my fellow researchers in life science around the 🌎. I have a question: How many professionals (researchers, associate, assistant, tech, engineers...) vs students/postdoc/in your group (if part of big units with multiple groups, consider the unit). Pls indicate your country.

Australian scientist who alerted world that Covid is airborne wins top science prize Prof Lidia Morawska says recognition of her research comes at a fraught time – an ‘age of anti-science’

Australian scientist who alerted world that COVID is airborne wins top science prize

When the WHO falsely claimed in March 2020 that COVID wasn’t airborne, Professor Lidia Morawska took action—organising 239 scientists worldwide to warn about SARS-CoV-2 airborne spread and urge global recognition.

On discute de l'utilité de la vaccination contre la COVID-19 pour cette saison @noovo.info
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Dr. Nathalie Grandvaux with her keynote talk on redox regulation during viral infections at #PIIN2025
@ngrandvaux.bsky.social

Immense succès de la vaccination contre le VPH au Québec - Faculté de médecine Une étude québécoise démontre l’efficacité du programme scolaire pour prévenir les infections persistantes aux VPH 16 et 18. Protéger les jeunes avant qu’ils ne soient exposés au virus: cette stratégi...

#VACCIN | 💉🩹 Succès de la #vaccination contre le #VPH au Québec

Une étude québécoise dirigée par deux professeures à la Faculté de médecine, #UdeM et #Laval, démontre l’efficacité de la vaccination à deux doses contre les virus du papillome humain.
Publiée dans JAMA Network Open.

Détails👇

#facmed

#ASV2025 is a week away. #Virologist will meet in #Montreal for thoughtful discussion about current research. Looking forward to meeting all colleagues again and get inspired #VirologyFTW

RFK Jr. retire le financement à l’Alliance du Vaccin Les États-Unis cesseront de financer Gavi, un organisme international qui vaccine des millions d'enfants dans des pays à faibles revenus.

J’en discute, ainsi que de la question de la non-recommendation des vaccins anti-grippe avec Thimesoral @MidiInfo
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#Medsky🧪 #iDsky #immunosky #pedsky #publichealth Based on 129 studies, we estimated that 67.7% of IFV test-positives were symptomatic and 16.2% of symptomatic IFV infections developed ALRI. In children under 2 years, 71.8% of RSV test-positives were symptomatic.

A purple-themed image for World Lupus Day, featuring the quote “Lupus is invisible. But the fight is real.” with the date May 10, 2025. Below the text is a stylized purple butterfly with a Lupus awareness ribbon forming its body. The words “World LUPUS DAY” are prominently displayed beneath the butterfly, with a subtle world map pattern in the butterfly wings.

Lupus may not always show on the outside, but it's a daily battle inside. It's misunderstood and often undiagnosed, but we're here to raise awareness and support our warriors. Let's make Lupus visible and show our support on World Lupus Day!

#WorldLupusDay #MakeLupusVisible #ChronicIllness

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Obésité | Quand la solution miracle devient le problème Durant les années 1950, l’obésité était un phénomène marginal. L’Organisation mondiale de la santé qualifie la prévalence actuelle de l’obésité de pandémie. Au Québec, la proportion de personnes obèse...

Quand la solution miracle devient le problème - La Presse+
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L’administration Trump s’attaque aux revues savantes Plusieurs journaux américains ont reçu un courrier inquisiteur du procureur fédéral du district de Columbia, leur reprochant d’être partisans dans le débat scientifique. Deux revues financées par des ...

Scientific journals were already problematic in terms of peer review, cost, and so on. It will be important to observe their reaction to a new attack from the US administration. Their credibility within the scientific community depends on it.
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Rome 😍 Que bella!

This is incredibly important. Capitulating firms calculated that their behavior was necessary to benefit their own bottom line. Turns out there’s a cost side to capitulation too.

With CBC now having called all ridings it's time for the land-vs-people-vote animation.

This testimony is truly inspiring for Canadians. It echoes what I heard many times here in Rome. People here were watching us and were proud of our resistance.

The Nation That Trump Could Never Break Canada didn’t just resist, they reminded the rest of us how to endure

This is such a beautiful piece of writing. I want to quote so many of the bits that I think you should just take a couple of minutes to read it all. From Ukraine to Canada, on the occasion of our election. viktorkravchuk.substack.com/p/the-nation...

Never mistake our kindness for weakness.

Let’s go to the polls and send President Trump a message.

Vote #CanadaStrong

Pierre Poilievre says he’ll end ‘woke ideology’ — he isn’t saying what that means Pierre Poilievre is vowing to eliminate 'woke ideology' from the public service, federal funding for university research and military culture.

We should all be alarmed byPoilievre’s threats to pull back federal funding from universities if elected. Federal research grants are needed to fund cancer research, mental health, cybersecurity & many others.

Pierre plans to end life-saving & cutting-edge science.
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Bonne journée électorale #Canada ! Allez voter ! Mais n’oublions pas qu’en fin de compte, ce sont nos propres actions qui détermineront la société dans laquelle nous vivons. #cndpoli