
Kristy Kirkup
@kkirkup
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National health reporter in 🇨🇦’s capital for @globeandmail
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Alberta launches extended #measles awareness campaign to fight off rise in cases, by Kristy Kirkup via The Globe and Mail theglobeandmail.com/canada/article…





Vaccine expert Peter Hotez on the resurgence of measles, antivaccination movement and RFK Jr., by Kelly Grant theglobeandmail.com/canada/article… via The Globe and Mail

#Measles could keep spreading for a year, says Canada’s chief public health officer. Canada's CPHO warns that the country could lose its measles elimination status, by Kristy Kirkup theglobeandmail.com/canada/article… via The Globe and Mail #vaccination




Alberta has seen more than 600 cases of #measles since early March, with the large majority of cases in children. Alberta Health Services says the slew of cases is likely due to under-reporting. theglobeandmail.com/canada/alberta… via The Globe and Mail #vaccination

.Canadian Medical Association launches legal challenge to Alberta law limiting access to treatment for #transgender youth. Bill 26 bars doctors from prescribing puberty blockers, hormone therapies to those under 16, by Kristy Kirkup Alanna Smith theglobeandmail.com/canada/article… via The Globe and Mail

Son of Kay Carter seeking right to assisted death his mother fought for right up to the Supreme Court. Price Carter suffers from Stage 4 pancreatic cancer, by Kristy Kirkup theglobeandmail.com/canada/article… via The Globe and Mail Dying With Dignity Canada #MAiD





The Canadian Federation of Nurses' Unions issues an apology to First Nations, Inuit and Métis Peoples for the harms Indigenous Peoples have faced historically and currently face in the health care system. nursesunions.ca/upholding-reco… via Canada's Nurses Linda Silas #nursing #reconciliation


‘Nation-building’ projects should by more than 'stuff' like pipelines and infrastructure. They should include programs that reflect Canadian values like equitable access to health care, by André Picard theglobeandmail.com/opinion/articl… via The Globe and Mail
