André Picard
@picardonhealth
André Picard is the health columnist at The Globe and Mail and author of "NEGLECTED NO MORE". I tweet about public health, health policy, and journalism.
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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
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
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
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…
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…
With avian flu spreading in American cattle, could another pandemic be around the corner? theglobeandmail.com/opinion/articl… André Picard
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#H5N1 bird flu: what we're starting to learn about infection in cows, by Helen Branswell 🇨🇦 Megan Molteni via STAT #AvianInfluenza statnews.com/2024/04/30/h5n…
In Reversal, U.S. Expert Panel Recommends #BreastCancer Screening at 40. Some researchers said the advice did not go far enough. The panel also declined to recommend extra scans for women with dense breast tissue, by Roni Rabin nytimes.com/2024/04/30/hea… via @NYThealth
Jump in #measles cases 'very concerning,' World Health Organization (WHO) says. Numbers rose from 170,000 cases in 2022 to more than 320,000 cases in 2023. And, in 2024, we've already seen nearly 100,000 measles cases already. npr.org/sections/goats… via NPR Goats & Soda #GlobalHealth