Thomas Piggott MD PhD

Clean Up Peterborough to host city’s inaugural circular economy event on October 29 | kawarthaNOW By Megan Gallant. 'RE:Connect' at the Morrow Building will offer community-driven solutions for diverting waste from the landfills like tool libraries, remarkets, recycle programs, and more.

Clean Up #Ptbo to host city's inaugural circular economy event on Wed Oct 29. 'RE:Connect' at the Morrow Building will offer community-driven solutions for diverting waste from the landfills like tool libraries, remarkets, recycle programs, and more. kawarthanow.com/2025/10/07/c...

This was last year, so what do I go as a scary speed camera 📷 this year 🎃 ?

Mixed feelings about the heat today: having dinner outside with insect repellant and worried about next summer

@cape-acme.bsky.social

Antibiotics: less is more? Why do so many antibiotics get prescribed for a week? Is there something special about 7 days of therapy? Would we ever use the number 7 in any other context? The courses of antibiotics we prescribe are clearly not scientific, which has always made the lecture that patients receive about finishing their entire course of antibiotics sounds pretty stupid. Thankfully, a lot of attention has been paid to shortening antibiotic courses over the last few years.

Less is more when it comes to antibiotics. If you are still counselling your patients to take their full course, stop.

Living with Long COVID — MOV | Museum of Vancouver

Runs until March 22, 2026.

museumofvancouver.ca/living-with-...

Is involuntary treatment for addiction ever justified? | CBC Radio Checkup wants to know: Is involuntary treatment for addiction ever justified? When - if ever - should it be mandatory?

“If we don’t want people using drugs outside you have to give them a safe place to use. If you don’t want them on the street, we need to give them housing.”
Brandon of @4bharmredux.bsky.social on Cross Country Checkup.
#CareIsNotCoerced
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Jason Miles’ addiction cost $260,000 in emergency room, shelter and jail stays. A Toronto hospital’s radical solution: just give him a home Jason Miles’ addiction cost $260,000 in emergency room, shelter and jail stays. A Toronto hospital’s radical solution: just give him a home

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

Jane Goodall died before the world caught up, Suzuki says David Suzuki counts Jane Goodall among his top inspirations, and said he isn't grieving her death — he's grieving the political, economic and legal systems that destroy nature have not been changed th...

David Suzuki counts Jane Goodall among his top inspirations, but he isn't grieving her death.

He’s grieving she never got to see the big changes to the political, economic and legal systems that destroy nature and must be reformed.

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

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

A crowd of MSF staff with the logo MSF Pakistan stands with Kunduz

10 years ago, the US military killed my colleugues and their patients in Kunduz trauma centre. 42 died in a war crime that was never independently investigated.

Photo below, me and others at the @msf.org Pakistan offices.

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Premature baby dies of measles in Alberta outbreak's 1st death | CBC News Alberta is reporting its first measles death since outbreaks of the highly contagious illness began in March. The province says a baby, who was born prematurely after the mother became sick, died shor...

Heartbreaking.

Premature baby dies of measles in Alberta outbreak's 1st death www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

It'd be really cool if we could have clean air in my kid's kindergarten. Is that asking too much?

A Place Called Home in Lindsay marking 30th anniversary with community event on World Homeless Day | kawarthaNOW By Natalie Hamilton, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter. During October 10 celebration, emergency housing shelter serving Kawartha Lakes and Haliburton County will kick off fundraising campaign to r...

A Place Called Home in #Lindsay marking 30th anniversary with community event on World Homeless Day. During October 10 celebration, emergency housing shelter serving #KawarthaLakes and #Haliburton County will kick off fundraising campaign to raise $30,000. kawarthanow.com/2025/09/29/a...

In case you missed it live: www.facebook.com/PHLakelands/...

This will now be held on facebook.com/PHLakelands

Today at noon and recording up after!

Abortion is healthcare.

Abortion should be regulated like other health services so that women and girls can access safe, timely and respectful care.

Today is International #SafeAbortion Day.

Access to safe abortion protects the health of women and girls.

As with all other health services, women and girls should be able to access safe and respectful abortion care, when they need it, without fear of harm, punishment or recrimination.

Today, September 28, marks five years since Joyce Echaquan, a 37-year-old Atikamekw woman, died in a Quebec hospital after she was denied the care she needed. A coroner’s inquest confirmed that racism and prejudice were factors in her death.

Happy Pride Peterborough/Nogojiwanong.
After a wonderful morning up in Curve Lake learning about manoomin at the Manoominkewin Gathering, it was nice to celebrate Pride parade and Pride in the park. ♥️🧡💛💚💙🩵💜🖤🤎🩵💜

Join me live Monday or get your questions in beforehand 👇
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Join me live Monday or get your questions in beforehand 👇
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The best evidence Tylenol causes autism isn't great On Monday, RFK Jr announced Tylenol ‘causes’ autism referencing three studies as evidence. Let's dive in.

If you’ve been following the RFK Jr autism news, then you’ve probably heard that there’s a systematic review “proving” Tylenol causes autism.

Here’s my review of that paper👇🏼

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Your Friday reminder to dance, be silly and joyful.
There’s too much doom for more gloom ❤️

I should add, I think it is FANTASTIC that Environmental Health makes reviewer comments available, because while this is clearly an epic screw-up, the mechanism is in place for correcting this error. Let's see if the self-correcting mechanisms of research that we are all so proud kick in...

Environmental Health Established in 2002, Environmental Health has an international readership and is rated in the top 25% of journals in this field. It covers primarily original ...

The reviewer comments and author responses are here. Take a look. Paging @twpiggott.bsky.social who may be interested, and thanks to @epiellie.bsky.social for spotting the reviewer comments in her substack about the article. ehjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

Seven of nine planetary boundaries now breached – ocean acidification joins the danger zone," says PIK director Johan Rockström presenting the key findings of the Planetary Health Check 2025 today. #PlanetaryBoundaries
➡️ www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/late...

Confronting residential schools denialism is an ethical and shared Canadian responsibility Residential schools denialism is harmful on many levels, and jeopardizes Canada’s ability to work with Indigenous Peoples to create a stronger future.

“Residential school denialism, then, is not just an attack on truth. It also increasingly has many of the hallmarks of an attack on truth-tellers and anyone who is listening.”

“Confronting denialism is an ethical and shared responsibility.”

theconversation.com/confronting-...

The global pledge, already signed by over 150 organisations, is the first international effort to formally recognise clean indoor air as essential to health and well-being.

Learn more: bit.ly/461pNPq #UNGA80 #IndoorAir

WHO joins global health leaders rejecting U.S. acetaminophen warnings The World Health Organization is the latest to criticize claims from President Donald Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. linking autism to Tylenol use during pregnancy.

WHO joins global health leaders rejecting U.S. acetaminophen warnings www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

@who.int: “no conclusive scientific evidence confirming a possible link.”

"Public health leaders and organizations around the world have been sounding off..."

U.S. become Dark Age Nation

Make no mistake - the firestorm over Tylenol and autism is deeply related to the abortion debate and the larger conversation about the "responsibilities" of American motherhood and women's status.