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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 4h

Our new piece in @lancetprimarycare.bsky.social is about integrating tuberculosis services into primary care

@petraheitkamp.bsky.social @yoganp.bsky.social

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Integration of tuberculosis services within primary health care: converting challenges into opportunities

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Linda Dalpé @dalpe.bsky.social · 3h

Link does not work for me.

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Dr. Jen Irwin @drjenirwin.bsky.social · 3h

Masks required again in all P.E.I. Health Facilities because “Masks are are known to be one of those easy measures that we can implement to ensure the safety and the health of our health-care workforce and our overall health-care system"

www.cbc.ca/news/canad%E...

Masks will be required in all Health P.E.I. facilities starting Oct. 14 | CBC News

Officials with Health P.E.I. say people will have to wear masks inside all of the provincial health authority’s facilities beginning next week.

www.cbc.ca

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Mary Fernando M.D. 🇨🇦 @maryfernando.bsky.social · 3h

50% of Canadians don’t know this:

“The Canadian Cancer Society says drinking about three drinks a day could double the risk of developing cancer of the mouth, pharynx, larynx and esophagus, and increase the risk of colorectal and breast cancer by one-and-a-half times.”

www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Senate debates bill to add warning labels to alcohol packaging | CBC News

Sen. Patrick Brazeau is trying a second time to pass legislation that would add cancer warning labels to alcohol packaging.

www.cbc.ca

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NB COVID info @nbcovidinfo.bsky.social · 12h

Guys they changed what the NS says about airborne transmission AGAIN. They removed the part about inhalation. Absolutely fuck this.

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NB COVID info @nbcovidinfo.bsky.social · 14h

#NBPoli memory; it was only 4 years ago that Higgs cancelled Thanksgiving but they told everyone you could go to a restaurant to eat with people but you couldn’t have them at your house. Absolutely infuriating. NB could have cleaned the air; instead launched snitch line.

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NB COVID info @nbcovidinfo.bsky.social · 14h

And in NB it’s divided by language lines. Patients and workers involved in the francophone system have never had required masks brought back after @vitalitenb.bsky.social dropped them. How is this right? I know of people who caught covid in the French hospitals and died due to HAI covid. 💔

Iris Gorfinkel, M.D. @drgorfinkel.bsky.social · 17h

Clinics are the one place patients should be SAFE

Colds, flus & coughs are the #1 reason why Canadians see a doctor

…so where did masking in healthcare go?

It’s political.

Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · 1d

How politics is putting patients and health care workers at risk www.thestar.com/opinion/cont... @drgorfinkel.bsky.social @thestar.com

𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁

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Linda Dalpé @dalpe.bsky.social · 15h

Maybe explains why in NB we have masking only in @horizonhealthnb.bsky.social facilities but NOT in @vitalitenb.bsky.social .

Linda Dalpé @dalpe.bsky.social · 15h

This is not quite accurate.
In NB, only facilities under the anglophone regional health authority, @horizonhealthnb.bsky.social reinstated masking.
The francophone regional health authority, @vitalitenb.bsky.social has not reinstated masking, had not done so last year either...

Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · 1d

How politics is putting patients and health care workers at risk www.thestar.com/opinion/cont... @drgorfinkel.bsky.social @thestar.com

𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁

"Masks prevent the transmission of respiratory viruses. The science is clear," writes Iris Gorfinkel. "The standards are in place. A health policy that reacts to hospitalizations and deaths falls below the long-held standard of do-no-harm. Policies that are enacted only once hospitalizations are high do the opposite.

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Linda Dalpé @dalpe.bsky.social · 16h

NB has not reinstated masking in healthcare, only @horizonhealthnb.bsky.social has in its facilities. But the other regional health authority, the francophone one, Vitalité has not, which is very unfortunate for francophones.

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Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · 1d

How politics is putting patients and health care workers at risk www.thestar.com/opinion/cont... @drgorfinkel.bsky.social @thestar.com

𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁

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Iris Gorfinkel, M.D. @drgorfinkel.bsky.social · 17h

Clinics are the one place patients should be SAFE

Colds, flus & coughs are the #1 reason why Canadians see a doctor

…so where did masking in healthcare go?

It’s political.

Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · 1d

How politics is putting patients and health care workers at risk www.thestar.com/opinion/cont... @drgorfinkel.bsky.social @thestar.com

𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁

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Linda Dalpé @dalpe.bsky.social · 17h

“Kids who grow up under chronic financial stress are more likely to develop health issues later in life. If we can stabilize housing, we’re not just helping individuals, we’re improving outcomes for entire generations.”

Housing is health.
blogs.unb.ca/newsroom/202...

UNB researcher is turning lived experience into policy recommendations to prevent homelessness in N.B.

At UNB, research isn’t just about data—it’s about people. That ethos is at the core of a new project led by Dr. Julia Woodhall-Melnik, associate professor of sociology and Canada Research Chair in Res...

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NB COVID info @nbcovidinfo.bsky.social · 21h

Here you go, get your piping hot #NBPoli #NBPooli wastewater data

wwater.ca/New_Brunswick

New Brunswick - Wastewater 🇨🇦

At-a-glance graphs of COVID-19, RSV, and flu levels in New Brunswick, Canada.

wwater.ca

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longcovidweb.bsky.social @longcovidweb.bsky.social · 1d

Register for the 2025 #LCWSymposium, Oct 20–21, 2025, & join critical discussions shaping #LongCOVID. Scan the QR code to download the Whova app - receive announcements, vote in polls, & stay connected!

Register by:
Oct 14 (In-person)
Oct 17 (Virtual)
bit.ly/4hRoczz

A promotional graphic for the 3rd Canadian Symposium on Long COVID. The top half reads “Register & Download the Whova app!” with a large QR code on the right. The bottom features a view of St. John’s, Newfoundland, and event details: “Virtual and In-person, Emera Innovation Exchange, Memorial University of Newfoundland, October 20–21, 2025.” The Whova QR code allows attendees to receive announcements, vote in polls, and access symposium updates.

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Susan Joudrey @sujo.bsky.social · 1d

27,000!!! That response rate says it all.

"[The results]...paint a bleak picture of women censoring their health concerns amid a pattern of dismissal and bias within the health-care system."

Dismissed and depressed: Survey digs into women’s health in the Maritimes | CBC News

The results of a first-of-its-kind survey in the Maritimes paints a bleak picture of women censoring their health concerns amid a pattern of dismissal and bias within the health-care system.

www.cbc.ca

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Radio-Canada Info @info.radio-canada.ca · 1d

Le Sénat étudiera un projet d’étiquetage de Santé Canada sur l’alcool

Patrick Brazeau relance son projet de loi pour imposer des mises en garde sur les boissons alcoolisées.

rc.ca

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 1d

Mabel & I hope all our fellow Californians vote YES on Prop. 50!

#FightFireWithFire

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PEIPolitical 🇨🇦 @peipolitical.bsky.social · 2d

Sean Fraser 🇨🇦
This year marks 150 years of the Supreme Court of Canada helping to shape this country, standing in ardent defence of Canadian democracy and in defence of our freedoms.
May its work continue so that 150 years from now, Canada remains the true North, strong, and free. #cdnpoli

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Mary Fernando M.D. 🇨🇦 @maryfernando.bsky.social · 2d

Please watch Sean Fraser,
Attorney General of Canada.

Conservative’s push to end birthright citizenship (all their MPs also voted against women’s rights) shows we can’t afford to get distracted by 🇺🇸politics.

We’re one bad election away from risking 🇨🇦 democracy.

#Canada
#StandOnGuardFor🇨🇦

PEIPolitical 🇨🇦 @peipolitical.bsky.social · 2d

Sean Fraser 🇨🇦
This year marks 150 years of the Supreme Court of Canada helping to shape this country, standing in ardent defence of Canadian democracy and in defence of our freedoms.
May its work continue so that 150 years from now, Canada remains the true North, strong, and free. #cdnpoli

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Linda Dalpé @dalpe.bsky.social · 2d

Also, if they need citizens to call out their mistakes, what good is it really to have this expensive AI in the first place? 😕

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NB COVID info @nbcovidinfo.bsky.social · 2d

NS is also home to one of the only clinical trials exploring UVC for infection prevention. Make it make sense. Dr. Rockwood is able to write in his trial protocol in 2021 about aerosols but NS health in late 2025 intentionally serves droplet dogma. 2/2 clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT050...

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Rehabilitation Science Research Network for COVID @uoftcovidrehab.bsky.social · 2d

New Event: Join us for the Fireside Chat: Deep dive into activity, movement, PESE and PEM in the context of Long COVID and Infection-Associated Chronic Conditions. Visit our website for more information and to register! tinyurl.com/33hd3r2a
@drjillcameron.bsky.social @kellyobrien25.bsky.social

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Linda Dalpé @dalpe.bsky.social · 2d

Finished the panel presentation with @jvipondmd.bsky.social @masknerd.bsky.social @jimrosenthal5.bsky.social and others and now reading about @novascotiahealth.bsky.social using AI stuck on droplet dogma, while Health Canada talks about masks and ventilation to stop the spread of resp viruses.

https://www.canada.ca/fr/sante-publique/services/publications/maladies-et-affections/briser-chaine-infection-maladies-infectieuses-respiratoires.html

https://www.canada.ca/content/dam/phac-aspc/documents/services/publications/diseases-conditions/help-reduce-spread-respiratory-infectious-diseases/aidez-reduire-transmission-maladies-respiratoires-infectieuses.pdf

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 3d

It is confirmed that Israel mistreated and tried to harm Greta Thunberg after she was captured, including abuse & forcing her to kiss the Israeli flag while taking pictures of her. Thanks to Swedens swift response she was successfully removed from Israel; taken back to safety with no further harm.

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