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André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 1h

Ontario has declared its measles outbreak over after a nearly year-long battle, but other parts of the country are still managing new cases of the highly-infectious disease, by @alannasmith.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.com

Ontario declares end to measles outbreak after almost a year

Province’s top doctor says the decision is based on careful monitoring and analysis by public-health experts

www.theglobeandmail.com

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My IRL friends call me Chris @christyceeck.bsky.social · 17h

"Dr. Mount called his patients his “teachers of suffering,” and spoke eloquently of the need to address their “existential dread” as much as their physical symptoms."

André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 2d

Lessons on dying well from the father of palliative care. The best way to honour Dr. Balfour Mount’s legacy is by making palliative care available to all Canadians, by @picardonhealth.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... via @theglobeandmail.com

Opinion: Lessons on dying well from the father of palliative care

The best way to honour Dr. Balfour Mount’s legacy is by making palliative care available to all Canadians

www.theglobeandmail.com

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André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 2d

Lessons on dying well from the father of palliative care. The best way to honour Dr. Balfour Mount’s legacy is by making palliative care available to all Canadians, by @picardonhealth.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... via @theglobeandmail.com

Opinion: Lessons on dying well from the father of palliative care

The best way to honour Dr. Balfour Mount’s legacy is by making palliative care available to all Canadians

www.theglobeandmail.com

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André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 1d

Canada is close to losing its measles elimination status. What happens then? Canada eliminated measles decades ago, but it will lose that status on Oct. 27 – barring a ‘miracle,’ by @alannasmith.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.com

Canada is close to losing its measles elimination status. What happens then?

Experts blame waning vaccination rates and disinformation for outbreaks that have continued for nearly a full year

www.theglobeandmail.com

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Laura Helmuth @laurahelmuth.bsky.social · 2d

Six of the nine Nobel Prize winners this year work in the U.S.
Three of the six were born outside the U.S., which is the pattern most years. No country has benefited more from welcoming immigrants from around the world.
www.nobelprize.org

The official website of the Nobel Prize - NobelPrize.org

The Nobel Prize rewards science, humanism and peace efforts. This is one of the central concepts in the will of Alfred Nobel, and it also permeates the outreach activities that have been developed for...

www.nobelprize.org

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Vivre dans la Dignité / Living with Dignity @vivredignite.bsky.social · 2d

"Dr. Balfour Mount was a truly great Canadian, a healer on a global scale."

Thank you for this remarkable tribute.
It dares to address his opposition to MAiD while also raising the issue of access to palliative care in Canada.

Merci!

#RIPBalfourMount

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André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 2d

Lessons on dying well from the father of palliative care. The best way to honour Dr. Balfour Mount’s legacy is by making palliative care available to all Canadians, by @picardonhealth.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... via @theglobeandmail.com

Opinion: Lessons on dying well from the father of palliative care

The best way to honour Dr. Balfour Mount’s legacy is by making palliative care available to all Canadians

www.theglobeandmail.com

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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 2d

What do you know, the ostrich farmers owe money all over Canada for the ostrich schemes of the past. They are in arrears on $250K worth of debt and their creditors find their interim payments of ostrich oil instead of actual loonies to be insufficient
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Creditors circle as cull controversy shines light on B.C. ostrich farmers' unpaid bills | CBC News

After years of chasing debts through the courts, creditors of a high-profile ostrich farm in southeastern B.C. have filed paperwork against the Canada Food Inspection Agency in the hopes of recouping ...

www.cbc.ca

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André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 3d

He Was Expected to Get #Alzheimers 25 Years Ago. Why Hasn’t He? After years of studying one man, researchers are unearthing clues about his magic combination of genes, molecules and environmental influences, by @pambelluck.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/h... via @nytimes.com #dementia

He Was Expected to Get Alzheimer’s 25 Years Ago. Why Hasn’t He?

www.nytimes.com

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André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 3d

Sorry to hear of the death of former CBC Montreal newscaster Dennis Trudeau. "A wonderful storyteller." montrealgazette.com/news/local-n... via @mtlgazette.bsky.social #journalism

Obituary: Former CBC Montreal newscaster Dennis Trudeau was 'a wonderful storyteller'

“He was someone who always strove for accuracy and fairness ... a wonderful storyteller who continued to tell stories after he retired from the CBC."

montrealgazette.com

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André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 4d

American, Japanese scientists win Nobel medicine prize for discoveries in immunity -- "how we keep immune systems under control so we can fight all imaginable microbes and still avoid autoimmune disease.” www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl... via @theglobeandmail.com @nobelprize.bsky.social

Scientists Brunkow, Ramsdell and Sakaguchi win Nobel medicine prize

This year’s prize relates to ’how we keep immune systems under control’

www.theglobeandmail.com

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André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 4d

Looking for to moderating this event, Health and Climate Change Solutions to Meet New Risks in Canada, on the afternoon of Monday Oct. 6.
There is still time to register and attend -- online or live in Toronto.
globeandmailevents.com/healthandcli... via @cmadocs.bsky.social

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André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 4d

I’ve been approved for #MAiD. And now I must figure out when. At last I had an exit strategy from the chronic pain and faltering mobility of spinal stenosis that have haunted my last 12 years, by Robin Laws Field www.theglobeandmail.com/life/first-p... via @theglobeandmail.com

I’ve been approved for MAID. And now I must figure out when

At last I had an exit strategy from the chronic pain and faltering mobility of spinal stenosis that have haunted my last 12 years

www.theglobeandmail.com

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André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 4d

The Canadian respiratory virus surveillance report is published weekly. It features data on COVID-19, influenza and RSV. health-infobase.canada.ca/respiratory-...

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André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 5d

It’s Just a Virus, the E.R. Told Him. Days Later, He Was Dead. Can a busy ER handle the toughest cases? www.nytimes.com/2025/10/05/w... via @nytimes.com

It’s Just a Virus, the E.R. Told Him. Days Later, He Was Dead.

www.nytimes.com

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André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 5d

Jason Miles’ addiction cost $260,000 in ER, shelter and jail stays. A Toronto hospital’s radical solution: just give him a home. Dunn House backers say the supportive housing project saved the health system millions.
www.thestar.com/news/gta/jas... via @thestar.com

Jason Miles’ addiction cost $260,000 in emergency room, shelter and jail stays. A Toronto hospital’s radical solution: just give him a home

www.thestar.com

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André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 7d

Killing journalists is killing the truth. If we accept that reporters die in Gaza, we pave the way for other regimes to consider the murder of journalists a normal instrument of war, by @abellanger.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... via @ifjglobal.bsky.social #journalism

Gaza has become journalism’s graveyard. Killing journalists is killing the truth | Anthony Bellanger

If we accept that reporters die in Gaza, we pave the way for other regimes to consider the murder of journalists a normal instrument of war

www.theguardian.com

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André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 7d

Premature baby dies of measles in Alberta’s first death since outbreak. This is the second known death linked to the countrywide outbreak of the preventable infectious disease, by @alannasmith.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.com

Premature baby dies of measles in Alberta’s first death since outbreak

This is the second known death linked to the countrywide outbreak of the infectious disease

www.theglobeandmail.com

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SOGC @sogc.org · 7d

Health columnist @picardonhealth.bsky.social mentioned the SOGC’s recommendation in a globe and Mail article about the U.S. government suggesting a link between Tylenol in pregnancy & autism. The SOGC’s guidance reaffirms acetaminophen use during pregnancy is safe. tinyurl.com/4269c4zt 1/2

Opinion: When a presidential rant causes headaches for pregnant women

Women should not have to suffer pain unnecessarily because Donald Trump wants simplistic explanations for complex problems

www.theglobeandmail.com

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André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 8d

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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André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 8d

Jane Goodall, primate expert and conservationist, dies aged 91.
www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...
Here’s a piece I wrote about her in 2014: Youth give Jane Goodall reason to hope
www.theglobeandmail.com/news/nationa... via @theglobeandmail.com

Youth give Jane Goodall reason to hope

Primatologist is inspired by young people’s desire to live in harmony with one another and nature

www.theglobeandmail.com

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André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 10d

When a presidential rant about Tylenol causes headaches for pregnant women and people with autism, by @picardonhealth.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... via @theglobeandmail.com

Opinion: When a presidential rant causes headaches for pregnant women

Women should not have to suffer pain unnecessarily because Donald Trump wants simplistic explanations for complex problems

www.theglobeandmail.com

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Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · 10d

When a presidential rant causes headaches for pregnant women www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... @picardonhealth.bsky.social @theglobeandmail.com

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Opinion: When a presidential rant causes headaches for pregnant women

Women should not have to suffer pain unnecessarily because Donald Trump wants simplistic explanations for complex problems

www.theglobeandmail.com

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André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 9d

What Really Drives Vaccine Hesitancy: We value personal health choices over the health of the collectivity, by @jenniferreich.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/o... via @nytopinion.nytimes.com

Opinion | What Really Drives Vaccine Hesitancy

www.nytimes.com

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André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 10d

And to complete the quote...
"Still, there’s an important principle at stake. It’s people picking and choosing which public health orders they want to follow, not relying on evidence.”
www.science.org/content/arti...
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