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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« Y a trop de Noirs ici » : racisme dans le milieu de la santé. D’origine africaine ou haïtienne, ils se font insulter par des patients ou des collègues en raison de la couleur de leur peau, par Myriam Fimbry ici.radio-canada.ca/info/long-form… via Radio-Canada Info
Eight of the top 10 vehicles in Canada are now defined as 'trucks.' Why our obsession with trucks is becoming a health and safety hazard, by Amir Barnea thestar.com/business/opini… via @torontostar #VisionZero
‘Flying blind’: How bird flu is revealing the lessons we didn’t learn from #COVID19 . A key lesson of COVID is that the best time to fight a forest fire is before it takes off, by Patty Winsa thestar.com/news/canada/fl… via @torontostar #H5N1 #AvianInfluenza
Guide-dog owners say new U.S. rules complicate border crossings. Rules going into effect Aug. 1 say all dogs must be microchipped, vaccinated for rabies and 'appear healthy,' by Tessa Vikander (she/her) ·
cbc.ca/news/canada/br… via @cbcnews
On covering one of the most divisive stories in years. No one story or interview will capture the complexity of the Israel-Hamas war, by @BrodieFenlon
cbc.ca/news/editorsbl… via @cbcnews #journalism
Why Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre's attacks on the media matter. He's setting the table for people to discount them and insulating himself from future unwelcome questions or scandals that might surface, by Shannon Proudfoot theglobeandmail.com/politics/opini… via Globe Politics #journalism
How do we preserve our sanity in the fight for planetary health? by Jordan Omstead theglobeandmail.com/canada/article… via The Globe and Mail #ClimateChange #MentalHealth #resilience
Canada's family physician shortage - The Lancet thelancet.com/journals/lance…
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How To Live Forever: Many people, especially the wealthy, long for #longevity . Life extension, however, is a trade-off. You have to weigh the time you stand to gain against the time you lose while trying to gain it, by David Owen newyorker.com/culture/the-we… via The New Yorker
#Ozempic is the ‘it’ drug. A new book tries to explain what it means. Johann Hari’s “Magic Pill” chronicles his experience taking semaglutide while simultaneously studying its pros and cons. Book review by @MarionWinik washingtonpost.com/books/2024/05/… via The Washington Post
10 rules for reading from someone who does it for a living. Where to read, when to read and why you need a pencil in hand: @WashingtonPost book critic Michael Dirda offers some advice. washingtonpost.com/books/2024/05/… via The Washington Post 📚
The U.S. presidential race involves two men aged 78 and 82, and is dominated by allegations of mental decline. What science tells us about evaluating an #aging brain, by Joel Achenbach Mark Johnson washingtonpost.com/science/2024/0… via The Washington Post
U.S. CDC Warns of a Resurgence of #Mpox . A deadlier version of the infectious disease is ravaging the Democratic Republic of Congo, while the type that caused a 2022 outbreak among gay and bisexual men is regaining strength, by Apoorva Mandavilli nytimes.com/2024/05/16/hea… via @NYThealth
‘Once you take choice away, there’s nothing left’: Assisted dying edges closer in New Jersey, but can they protect against a ‘duty to die’? by Harriet Sherwood theguardian.com/society/articl… via Guardian US #MAiD