An Intimate Look at Modern Love and Marriage: 30 married people for whom sex is not essential, by Amanda Montei nytimes.com/2024/04/30/ins… via NYT Magazine #SexualHealth

#AvianInfluenza is spreading. Did we learn nothing from #COVID19 ? by zeynep tufekci nytimes.com/2024/05/01/opi… via @NYTopinion #GlobalHealth

Thank you to you, colleagues across the province, who are showing up every day bringing your best selves to your work at this challenging time.

It’s hard work.

It’s important work.

That we do it well matters to patients and all those who love and care for them.

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With #AvianInfluenza spreading in American cattle, could another pandemic be around the corner? by ⁦André Picard⁩ via ⁦Globe Opinion⁩ #H5N1 theglobeandmail.com/opinion/articl…

Millions of Canadians need a family doctor. Here's how one recruiter tries to attract them, by Stephanie Dubois
cbc.ca/radio/whitecoa… via White Coat Black Art Dr. Brian Goldman

Why #running 🏃‍♀️is more popular than ever. Marathons are seeing record participation. Q+A w/ Benjamin Kaplan @byAllisonHill by Menaka Raman-Wilms
theglobeandmail.com/podcasts/the-d…
theglobeandmail.com/canada/article… via The Globe and Mail

Michener Awards Foundation announces finalists for the 2023 Michener Award for meritorious public service journalism: michenerawards.ca/media-release/…

Nos urgences, nos échecs, nos aînés: Si le Québec ne change pas la façon dont les soins et services de soutien à domicile pour nos aînés sont gérés, on se dirige tout droit vers un mur, par Alexandre Sirois lapresse.ca/dialogue/chron… via @lp_lapresse NeglectedNoMore

I will always remember Howard Ovens say on Anton Helman that it's always a good idea to find a legitimate sliver of positivity stemming from the ER visit. 'Be polite, professional, kind, positive in all your patient interactions'. Emergency Medicine News emergencymedicinecases.com/getting-sued-e…

Health care worker shortage data should not be released to the public, Ontario information watchdog rules, by Tu Thanh Ha theglobeandmail.com/canada/article… via The Globe and Mail #SecretCanada

Will #AvianFlu spreading in American cattle become another pandemic? At this point, that is not certain to happen nor is inevitable. But with due diligence, we can reduce the odds, and lessen the potential for disaster. By André Picard #H5N1 theglobeandmail.com/opinion/articl…

Walmart is closing its 51 U.S. health care clinics and its virtual care service after struggling to find success with the offerings. Many retailers have tried to make primary care more accessible, with little success. apnews.com/article/walmar… via The Associated Press

'No room at the inn' - 22 years ago by Dr. Drummond. The state of the nation has only worsened. Patients remain in ER, they die in ER - I attest to this reality. CAEP alan drummond

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Man dies after suffering cardiac arrest while waiting in ER, widow wants investigation, by Avis Favaro
ctvnews.ca/health/man-die… via @CTVnews CAEP #CanadaWAITS

“A disaster is anything that outstrips your ability to deliver care”. And then by definition crowding can be viewed as a disaster (daily in Canadian emergency departments)

I have greatly admired his persistence and courage in highlighting the problems with emergency care delivery in Montreal. So important for government accountability

Penicillin right prescription in pandemic agreement negotiations. Instead of undermining technology transfer provisions, Canada once played a key role in disseminating breakthrough medical technology, by Adam R Houston monitormag.ca/articles/penic… via The Monitor Magazine #GlobalHealth

'Nova Scotia is the only province to routinely collect race-based data as part of its health care system.' theglobeandmail.com/canada/article…

Time for other provinces to follow suit (with care), as Andrew Pinto & colleagues argued here: cmaj.ca/content/195/25…

The latest health data is astounding.

The average hospital visit for a patient surviving homelessness is ~17,000.

The average cost for supportive housing per month is $3,500.

Housing for all is a matter of human dignity and sound economics.

House Speaker kicks Pierre Poilievre out of Commons over unparliamentary comments. Tory leader called PM Justin Trudeau a ‘wacko’ and ‘extremist’ for supporting drug #decriminalization via ⁦The Globe and Mail⁩ theglobeandmail.com/politics/artic…