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Jacalyn Duffin
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hematologist, historian, and drug shortage activist

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Jacalyn M. Duffin is a Canadian medical historian and hematologist. She held the Hannah Chair, History of Medicine at Queen's University from 1988 until 2017. Formerly, she was president of the American Association for the History of Medicine and Canadian Society for the History of Medicine. From 1993 to 1995 she was Associate Dean Undergraduate Studies and Education at Queen's University. She is most well known for her testimony which led to the canonization of Marie-Marguerite d'Youville. As of 2010, she has published eight books on the history of medicine and has written numerous articles on various subjects relating to the history of medicine, miracles, and hematology. In 2019, Duffin was inducted into the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame. .. more

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Jacalyn Duffin @drugshortage.bsky.social · 3d
An obligation for storage can reduce drug shortages.
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Can a national storage obligation for medicines prevent shortages? Evidence from the Finnish experience
Since 1984, Finland has used storage obligations for essential medicines, requiring manufacturers and importers to maintain storage of certain medicin…
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André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 9d
Dr. Balfour Mount, who coined the term "palliative care" and whose profound empathy helped revolutionize health-care in North America, died peacefully at the palliative care unit that bears his name. He was 86. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... via @cbcnews.ca
Balfour Mount, who revolutionized end-of-life care, died at palliative unit named in his honour | CBC News
Mount devoted his life to caring for others and alleviating suffering. In interviews, his family and colleagues remembered him as both deeply compassionate and as a fierce advocate for the humanity of...
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Jacalyn Duffin @drugshortage.bsky.social · 12d
What causes drug shortages? Sometimes it is obvious.
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‘Most people are just toughing it out’: shortage of drugs leaves Gaza’s wounded without pain relief
Operations are being carried out without proper anaesthetics and what painkillers there are have to be rationed, say doctors
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Jacalyn Duffin @drugshortage.bsky.social · 14d
Increased demand= shortage.
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Conjunctivitis outbreak sparks drug shortage | The Express Tribune
Nearly 3,000 patients visit major eye hospitals in just three days
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Jacalyn Duffin @drugshortage.bsky.social · 16d
What happens to drug use after shortages?...New study examining 2010 to 2024 in multiple countries of Europe and North America
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Jacalyn Duffin @drugshortage.bsky.social · 17d
Leucovorin...far be it from historians to predict the future, but can we not forsee yet another shortage coming that will impact cancer patients everywhere?
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What is leucovorin, the drug the Trump administration says can treat autism?
Could a cancer drug really treat autism? The evidence is far from certain. Here’s what we know so far.
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Jacalyn Duffin @drugshortage.bsky.social · 22d
Former student (Qmeds 1995) serving in Gaza. 6 min BBC interview.
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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 24d
“Tests by two foreign laboratories show that Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was poisoned before his death in an Arctic penal colony last year, his wife said”

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Lab tests show Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was poisoned, his wife says
Russian authorities said Navalny died last year after feeling unwell following a walk around the high-security Arctic penal colony where he was serving a combined 30 ½-year jail sentence.
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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 28d
Very informative reporting on the resurgence of Typhus is Texas. All infectious diseases seem to have sensed the abandonment of science and public health measures and are seizing the moment. This is not the type of job secure I want 🫠
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Typhus, a disease once nearly eradicated in the U.S., is on the rise in Texas
Texas is seeing an explosion of cases of typhus, a disease that – if untreated – can be fatal. Typhus was almost eradicated from the United States, but now it's making a comeback.
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International Institute for Sustainable Development @iisd.org · 29d
Gov'ts still pour 💵 into policies that undermine sustainable development. Can this ever be reversed?

For Mark Halle, who launched the Global Subsidies Initiative, change often feels impossible—until, suddenly, it isn’t.

🔎 https://bit.ly/4pchV6l

#20YearsGSI
A man speaks into a microphone at a podium. Overlaid text reads, "New Explainer. Mind Your Own Business: Mark Halle talks tough politics of subsidy reform."
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Shawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · Sep 9
In Ontario, criminal vigilantism works and will influence gov't policy.

Keep that in mind.
‘Get rid of the speed cameras,’ Doug Ford warns municipalities after several cut down in Toronto overnight
Premier Doug Ford says he plans to take matters into his own hands if Ontario municipalities don’t “get rid of the speed cameras” in short order.
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André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · Sep 2
Doug Ford is barking up the wrong tree with a ban on animal research. Nobody likes the idea of cute little puppies being killed. But populist pandering to emotion is anti-science rhetoric that serves no one, by @picardonhealth.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... @theglobeandmail.com
Opinion: Doug Ford is barking up the wrong tree with his ban on animal research
The Ontario Premier’s populist pandering in the wake of a report over beagles used in research is knee-jerk, anti-science rhetoric
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · Sep 2
⚡️Russian drones force Kyiv children to hide in metro as school year begins.

The air alert, triggered by Russian drones, began at 9:20 a.m. local time and lasted over three hours, catching many children on their way to school before classes could start.
Russian drones force Kyiv children to hide in metro as school year begins
The air alert, triggered by Russian drones, began at 9:20 a.m. local time and lasted over three hours, catching many children on their way to school before classes could start.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · Sep 2
Graham Greene, a Canadian actor who belonged to the Oneida First Nation and portrayed Indigenous characters in “Dances With Wolves” and other Hollywood blockbusters, died on Monday in Ontario. He was 73. nyti.ms/425In7L
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Jacalyn Duffin @drugshortage.bsky.social · Aug 27
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CDC director pushed out; flood of top resignations follow
The ouster comes at a tumultuous time for the embattled health agency. Other top officials also submitted their resignations Wednesday.
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Ross W. Duffin @rosswmd.bsky.social · Aug 26
Happy to see this out in the world. This review gives me arranging credit but it's really all Brian Kay, whom I've known since he was in high school, and who is a tremendously creative musician and talented performer. Lots of musicians, lots of fun. Enjoy!
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Play, Music! Songs from Shakespeare » Early Music America
Shakespeare's plays are rich in song, with productions at the Globe Theatre featuring musically trained actors and a small instrumental band. We have the texts, but there is no surviving music from an...
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Erica Ifill @wickdchiq.bsky.social · Aug 25
Every American MSM article I’ve read or segment I’ve watched blames the loss of tourism on Trump’s tariffs. While that is part of it, the bigger part is your immigration policies. We don’t want to end up at Alligator Alcatraz, Honduras or Uganda
The U.S. detained a Canadian toddler FFS
At least two Canadian toddlers have been held in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody this year, including one who was detained for 51 days, more than double the legal detention period for migrant children in the United States, a Globe and Mail analysis of American enforcement data show. The children, who are under the age of four, were both detained at a remote Texas facility that has been the subject of a legal complaint alleging inadequate access to safe drinking water, medical care and legal assistance. At the time of detention, they appear to have been accompanied by adults who were also apprehended. The toddlers are among 149 Canadians ranging between two and 77 years old who have been held at some point in ICE custody since January, when President Donald Trump took office and ordered an expansive immigration crackdown.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · Aug 25
Gov. Pritzker: “Earlier today in the Oval Office, Donald Trump…asked for me personally to say, ‘Mr. President, can you do us the honor of protecting our city?’ Instead, I say, ‘Mr. President, do not come to Chicago. You are neither wanted here nor needed here.’”
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Jacalyn Duffin @drugshortage.bsky.social · Aug 22
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Somalia faces diphtheria surge amid vaccine shortages and aid cuts
Before President Donald Trump cut most foreign assistance this year, the United States was the leading humanitarian donor to Somalia, whose health budget is almost entirely funded by donors.
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Jacalyn Duffin @drugshortage.bsky.social · Aug 18
This...
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Bhattacharya is the New Lysenko
Starving the NIH through ineptitude, bitterness, and thirst for revenge
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · Aug 11
"Tangerine Tyranny"
When a lifelong
Republican wakes up and turns on the
GOP
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Jacalyn Duffin @drugshortage.bsky.social · Aug 8
Rasmussen on the Executive Order: "Improving" Oversight of Federal Grantmaking.

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Federal Grantmaking Gets a Christofascist Glow-Up
Read my zero star review of the new Executive Order
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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · Aug 3
I'm ride or die for aluminum salt adjuvants
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Aluminum Standard Science
Because "deceptive devices" sounds better than "statistical tests that RFK Jr. doesn't like or understand"
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Ross W. Duffin @rosswmd.bsky.social · Jul 27
A long life but sorry to hear this news. He was simply brilliant!
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Tom Lehrer, song satirist and mathematician, dies at 97
Tom Lehrer, a song satirist who gained a popular following in the 1950s and ’60s lampooning marriage, politics, racism and the Cold War, has died at 97.
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Alexandre Klein @alexandreklein.bsky.social · Jul 17
Je vois que cet article attise les passions. Je ne l'ai pas lu (comme la majorité des gens qui en commentent le mauvais chapeau). Mais Perez semble ici faire juste référence au concept de pathocénose que Mirko Grmek a développé, notamment, dans son Histoire du sida. #PetitFil
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La Croix @la-croix.com · Jul 16
Pour Stanis Perez, la disparition du cancer pourrait perturber les lois de la nature et déstabiliser l’équilibre de notre société ➡️ https://l.la-croix.com/aO9
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La Croix @la-croix.com · Jul 16
Pour Stanis Perez, la disparition du cancer pourrait perturber les lois de la nature et déstabiliser l’équilibre de notre société ➡️ https://l.la-croix.com/aO9
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Nadine Smith @nadinesmith.bsky.social · Jul 13
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Jacalyn Duffin @drugshortage.bsky.social · Jul 11
Excellent essay by Emily K. Abel here -- toadstool millionaires indeed.
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Trump's Supplement Peddlers
Emily K. Abel
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Jacalyn Duffin @drugshortage.bsky.social · Jul 10
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Medicines manufacturing at home: Analyzing recent shifts in US medicine production
BioProcess Insider examines why industry leaders are prioritizing domestic manufacturing amid US supply chain concerns, tariff costs, and foreign import dependencies.
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Kathryn Harrison @profkharrison.bsky.social · Jul 9
US Republican members of Congress vote to repeal US climate actions then complain a week later that wildfire smoke is ruining their summers. Wonder who they blame for unprecedented floods ruining Texas campers’ summers. So many children who will never have another summer. www.cbc.ca/news/world/c...
Canadian wildfire smoke ruining Americans' summer, says letter from Congress members | CBC News
Canadian wildfire smoke is travelling south and making it difficult for some Americans to enjoy their summer, says a letter from six members of Congress to Canada's U.S. ambassador.
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