Canadian health-care professionals urged to share climate disaster mitigation information, by ⁦Lyndsay Armstrong⁩ via ⁦The Globe and Mail⁩ ⁦Global Climate and Health Alliance⁩ #ClimateChange theglobeandmail.com/canada/article…

The Globe and Mail receives 21 nominations for Digital Publishing Awards, by ⁦Jenna Legge⁩ via ⁦The Globe and Mail⁩ #journalism theglobeandmail.com/business/artic…

More graduates will pursue family medicine in Canada, up from 2023; 1,627 graduating med students matched to family medicine residencies, by ⁦Kelly Grant⁩ via ⁦The Globe and Mail⁩ #MedEd theglobeandmail.com/canada/article…

Alberta to fill primary health care gaps with $15-million nurse practitioners program that will pay NPs up to 80% off what doctors earn, by ⁦⁦Alanna Smith⁩ via ⁦The Globe and Mail⁩ theglobeandmail.com/canada/alberta…

Domestic violence is an epidemic we still don't take seriously, by Kristin Raworth readtheline.ca/p/kristin-rawo… via The Line Canadian Femicide Observatory #IPV

Cost of developing new drugs may be far lower than industry claims, trial reveals. MSF International calls for transparency after bill for trial of #TB treatment came to a fraction of the billions claimed by pharma, by sarahboseley theguardian.com/global-develop… via The Guardian #GlobalHealth

The B.C. government sought #decriminalization of drugs four years ago but seems to not have prepared for the consequences, especially on hospitals, by VaughnPalmer
vancouversun.com/opinion/column… via The Vancouver Sun #ToxicDrugCrisis

As the #ToxicDrugCrisis grows, a generation of children are losing their parents. Their grief and trauma are profound, and they're pushing for change, by loriculbert vancouversun.com/health/overdos… via The Vancouver Sun

A new hip in 4 weeks instead of months: These Toronto doctors' plan to cut surgical wait times is seeing results, by Megan Ogilvie Kenyon Wallace thestar.com/news/canada/a-… via @torontostar #CanadaWAITS

Full body #MRIs are all the rage (if you've got a few thousand $$$ burning a hole in your pocket). But did you know they are much more likely to harm you than help you? Here's our fresh dive into the #science : youtube.com/watch?v=CP4i2X… Kim Kardashian STAT André Picard

Ontario looks to reduce doctors’ paperwork as it seeks to attract family physicians. Province will eliminate sick notes and fund #AI scribes, by ⁦Jeff Gray⁩ via The Globe and Mail theglobeandmail.com/canada/article…

Medical schools raising alarm over students' lack of interest in family medicine. Significant reforms, including raising pay and reducing administrative burdens, are necessary, by Kelly Grant Marieke Walsh theglobeandmail.com/canada/article… via The Globe and Mail #MedEd

This May Be Our Last Chance to Halt Bird Flu in Humans and We Are Blowing It, by zeynep tufekci nytimes.com/2024/04/24/opi… via @NYTopinion #H5N1 #AvianInfluenza

Great article and worth a read. A short comment.

Years ago, I remember hearing a very good talk by a prominent science communicator. The event was him receiving a communication award by a very prominent media organization. /1

This is what a miracle drug looks like: It costs only $5 to make a month’s worth of GLP-1 drugs. They shouldn’t cost $1,000, by David Wallace-Wells
nytimes.com/2024/04/24/opi… via @NYTopinion  #obesity #diabetes