A Capital Mystery a treat to savourΒ |
A wonderful review by Judy Peacocke for our anthology featuring 21 local authors. "The landmarks may be familiar, but the perspectives of the characters and the action turn Ottawa into a whole other landscape."
Indeed.
glebereport.ca/articles/a-c...
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Ah, okay. Yes to all of this.
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Who?
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In an era where misinformation spreads faster than ever, and the title "journalist" is too easily claimed, the work of Liz Payne stands as an important reminder of what true journalism looks like - and its power in shaping public understanding of health.
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Congratulations @egpayne.bsky.social
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Canada loses measles elimination status βΒ as does the entire Americas region
Canada has formally lost its measles elimination status, the countryβs public health agency announced, triggering the loss of that status throughout all of the Americas.
As expected, Canada has lost its measles-free status because of the long-running outbreak there. With it goes the #measles elimination status of the entire zone of the Americas, the only division of the #WHO to ever have achieved measles elimination. www.statnews.com/2025/11/10/m...
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Canada has lost its measles elimination status after more than 25 years
The Public Health Agency of Canada says the country has officially lost its measles elimination status that it had held since 1998.
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And now human remains have been found. Testing yet required to confirm identity.
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Maybe if enough people see this, Trump will have another hissy fit.
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In August, we called on DHS and NARA to take immediate action to preserve DHS text message records, recover missing or deleted records, and safeguard future records from destruction. Now, weβre taking legal action.
americanoversight.org/american-ove...
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If Kennedy is so concerned about teens' future fertility, he should know that mumps & many other vaccine-preventable infections cause sterility. Instead of inventing weird shit about minor childrens' fertility, he should recommend that they all get the MMR, HPV, HBV, flu, & COVID-19 vaccines.
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Similar for me as well.
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This has been my experience as well.
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Highway billboard asking if you've seen Robbie Thomson, last seen October 2023 in Smiths Falls and Lanark County area. $50,000 reward. Call OPP 1-855-677-4636 or anonymously to 1-800-222-8477.
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It's Canadian Thanksgiving weekend. That's important! So, Happy Thanksgiving from up north.
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Itβs that time of year againβrespiratory illness season is coming.
The good news? Current levels of COVID-19, influenza (flu), and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) are all still low.
If you havenβt checked it out yet (or need a refresher), our Respiratory Dashboard is live and updated weekly.(1/2)
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Click on the link in the article to the actual consensus document. It's packed with great information and citations. Saving this one.
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Cover of new book A Capital Mystery, a presentation of Crime Writers of Canada. Photo: Back of person dressed in black, holding a handgun, walks toward Parliament Buildings. Silhouette of another person in the Peace Tower.
Pre-orders are now available at Ottawa Press and Publishing. The book features 21 short stories, all located in the nation's capital. It's a unique gift and great reading for the fall and winter. www.ottawapressandpublishing.com
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Resources and Dashboards - SEPH
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My community's new amalgamated health unit dashboard is up. A ton of info. Based on hospitalizations, we didn't have a worrisome summer COVID wave. Look at those influenza and RSV winter hospitalizations, though. Whoa.
southeastph.ca/resources-an...
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The Bystander Effect Started from a Lie
You have just been attacked. How likely is it that someone will come to your help? If you remember the infamous case of Kitty Genovese in 1960s New York, you may despair at ever receiving assistance. ...
The latest in my growing line of βall the big cases you were taught in psychology class are lies, exaggerations, or taken out of context.β
Today: the Kitty Genovese case.
Will strangers come to your help in a crowd?
Cc @mcgilloss.bsky.social
www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/...
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Influenza A virus RNA found in airborne particles from pigs across a range of particle sizes. For reference a 10 micron particle takes ~8 minutes to settle to the ground from a height of 5 feet. That's plenty of time for it to drift around and be inhaled by others.
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What do you want to be when you grow up? "Kind"
from The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
Public Health Communicator by day (and sometimes by night).
@OttawaPublicHealth.ca
Toronto-based writer and author of several true-crime and history books. My latest book, Atrocity on the Atlantic, recounts the torpedoing of a Canadian hospital ship in WW1.
Books: https://tinyurl.com/4rvtkp7d
My website: www.natehendley.ca
Pro-humanity. Anti-fascist. Anti-genocide. Human Rights. Covid conscious, history, social justice, disability rights. She/Her.
Keep your mental health stigma off my feed.
Dystopian living is not as much fun as people led me to believe.
πΈπͺπΏπ¦ Researcher at Karolinska. Comp bio. Phylogenetics. Deep learning. All in Julia. Virology. Immunology.
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=I80vy5cAAAAJ
The guy you want on your team! Mostly so Iβm not on someone elseβs! 12B20 & 881A1 US Army (you know, if you know). Retired Mr. Fix it (People, situation, equipment). Please no DMβs or OF, only desire is to RAGE against the machine!
Ottawaβs source for health information, programs & services. Building a healthy community through prevention, protection & promotion.
FR: @santepubliqueottawa.caβ¬
www.OttawaPublicHealth.ca
FranΓ§ais = @ottawasante.bsky.social
Internist, Writer, Mother | Associate Prof of Medicine | Advocate for patients and health equity #MedicareForAll is the way
doctoredtales.com
Emergency physician π¨π¦ | U.S.-trained, mid-career. I watched U.S. medicine sell its moral core to fascists. Canada still has time to choose differently.
https://linktr.ee/code__black__ #DOXIT
80% gynecological oncologist VΓ€sterΓ₯s πΈπͺ. 20% HTA-unit CamtΓΆ Γrebro Hospital. Views my own. Too dumb and lazy for doing research but interested how to evaluate medical research&evidence.
Words matter. Dislike lifscience like QoL&D engl, swed, germ
Royal School of Needlework certificate student. Fan of democracy, equal rights and due process, among other things. She/her.
Engineer & Scientist.
Breaks down Covid papers & data.
Masked fitness series.
All views expressed are my own, I speak from a US perspective.
Not a Covid researcher nor a Covid scientist.
youtube.com/@patrickthebiosteamist?si=FoWeCh6fdBWY5jEt
mech engineer in building commissioning, affirming mennonite, triathlete & ironman, coffee enthusiast, jello fanatic, he/him, Winnipeg
A global community of 13,000 clinicians, scientists and public health experts working together to solve humanityβs smallest and greatest challenges, from tiny microbes to global outbreaks.
President and CEO of Resolve to Save Lives. Former CDC Director and New York City health commissioner. Focused on partnering with communities around the world to save lives.
I am a practicing family physician. I write EXAMINED - a Substack synthesizing medical ideas and actual clinical experience.
https://mccormickmd.substack.com
Canadaβs frontline in the fight for democracy and the rule of law. Amplifying resistance at home and abroad. This is resistance without borders.
Physician. Parent. Your weird queer aunt in the woods (Upstate NY).
Mostly thinking about birds, trees, and dirt.
I love the library. π
(Not medical advice)