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Government of New Brunswick @govnb.bsky.social · 18h

It is now easier for New Brunswickers to test their homes for radon gas.

Starting today, you can visit your local library to get a free kit that includes a 90-day test and other important information about radon gas.

https://www2.gnb.ca/content/gnb/en/news/news_release.2025.10.0439.html

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Gouvernement du Nouveau-Brunswick @gouvnb.bsky.social · 18h

Il est désormais plus facile pour les Néo-Brunswickois de tester leur maison pour détecter la présence de radon.

https://www2.gnb.ca/content/gnb/fr/nouvelles/communique.2025.10.0439.html

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Haley @haleyjo261.bsky.social · 1d

Where do we go for acute issues that are caused by our chronic illnesses? The ER doesn’t manage our issues. Well neither do our doctors. So where do we go. What do we do? We sit at home and hope it’s not fatal.

I would love @susanholtnb.bsky.social and the minister of health to weigh in on this.

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🇨🇦Joe Vipond🇨🇦 @jvipondmd.bsky.social · 3d

The Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment @cape-acme.bsky.social is a amazing group of health care professionals and staff who are making huge changes when it comes to climate policy, as well as working on toxics and environmental justice issues!
act.cape.ca/donate
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Donate! Healthy planet. Healthy people.

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🇨🇦Joe Vipond🇨🇦 @jvipondmd.bsky.social · 3d

The Canadian Covid Society @cancovsoc.bsky.social is entirely volunteer run, and is a non-profit, so it can't give out tax receipts. We're reliant on people who care about helping those with long COVID, masks in health care, and clean air to help push for change.
covidsociety.ca#awb-open-oc_...
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Home - Canadian Covid Society

The Canadian Covid Society is cutting through the noise to bring you the latest science-backed knowledge and advice, so you can stay safe.

covidsociety.ca

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🇨🇦 🍁Canadian Chatty Cathy Cody🍁 🇨🇦 @chattycathycody.bsky.social · 3d

people really do need to just get over it. everyone has their own reasons for masking. You are role models for your kid. If you treat maskers as if they are abnormal - what kind of example are you setting for how your kids treat people who ARE different.

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Dr Noor Bari @njbbari3.bsky.social · 3d

The cruelty of saying “hospitals are ready” by increasing ICU beds and body bags… instead of fixing the ventilation.

Just mull over that for a bit #MedSky.

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Melissa Lem @drmelissalem.bsky.social · 3d

Cannot wait to moderate the opening keynote of UBC CPD + @cape-acme.bsky.social's Climate Emergency Conference with @sethdklein.bsky.social + @avilewis.ca on Oct 25.
It's going to be a barn burner, everyone—don't miss it!
Join us for the watch party in Vancouver, or online: ubccpd.ca/learn/learni...

Screenshot of UBC CPD's "Planetary Health Emergency: The Health Benefits of Climate Action" conference webpage

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Celeste Trianon @celeste.lgbt · 3d

THIS is leadership.

www.burnsnotice.com/you-have-to-...

You Have to See This Mamdani Ad

I wasn't planning to post anything today. I dislike working and writing on weekends in general, but this was too important to ignore. You have to see this Zohran Mamdani campaign ad that came out this...

www.burnsnotice.com

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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 3d

Our new piece in @lancetprimarycare.bsky.social is about integrating tuberculosis services into primary care

@petraheitkamp.bsky.social @yoganp.bsky.social

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Integration of tuberculosis services within primary health care: converting challenges into opportunities

www.sciencedirect.com

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Linda Dalpé @dalpe.bsky.social · 3d

Link does not work for me.

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Dr. Jen Irwin @drjenirwin.bsky.social · 3d

Masks required again in all P.E.I. Health Facilities because “Masks are are known to be one of those easy measures that we can implement to ensure the safety and the health of our health-care workforce and our overall health-care system"

www.cbc.ca/news/canad%E...

Masks will be required in all Health P.E.I. facilities starting Oct. 14 | CBC News

Officials with Health P.E.I. say people will have to wear masks inside all of the provincial health authority’s facilities beginning next week.

www.cbc.ca

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Mary Fernando M.D. 🇨🇦 @maryfernando.bsky.social · 3d

50% of Canadians don’t know this:

“The Canadian Cancer Society says drinking about three drinks a day could double the risk of developing cancer of the mouth, pharynx, larynx and esophagus, and increase the risk of colorectal and breast cancer by one-and-a-half times.”

www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Senate debates bill to add warning labels to alcohol packaging | CBC News

Sen. Patrick Brazeau is trying a second time to pass legislation that would add cancer warning labels to alcohol packaging.

www.cbc.ca

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NB COVID info @nbcovidinfo.bsky.social · 4d

Guys they changed what the NS says about airborne transmission AGAIN. They removed the part about inhalation. Absolutely fuck this.

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NB COVID info @nbcovidinfo.bsky.social · 4d

#NBPoli memory; it was only 4 years ago that Higgs cancelled Thanksgiving but they told everyone you could go to a restaurant to eat with people but you couldn’t have them at your house. Absolutely infuriating. NB could have cleaned the air; instead launched snitch line.

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NB COVID info @nbcovidinfo.bsky.social · 4d

And in NB it’s divided by language lines. Patients and workers involved in the francophone system have never had required masks brought back after @vitalitenb.bsky.social dropped them. How is this right? I know of people who caught covid in the French hospitals and died due to HAI covid. 💔

Iris Gorfinkel, M.D. @drgorfinkel.bsky.social · 4d

Clinics are the one place patients should be SAFE

Colds, flus & coughs are the #1 reason why Canadians see a doctor

…so where did masking in healthcare go?

It’s political.

Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · 5d

How politics is putting patients and health care workers at risk www.thestar.com/opinion/cont... @drgorfinkel.bsky.social @thestar.com

𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁

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Linda Dalpé @dalpe.bsky.social · 4d

Maybe explains why in NB we have masking only in @horizonhealthnb.bsky.social facilities but NOT in @vitalitenb.bsky.social .

Linda Dalpé @dalpe.bsky.social · 4d

This is not quite accurate.
In NB, only facilities under the anglophone regional health authority, @horizonhealthnb.bsky.social reinstated masking.
The francophone regional health authority, @vitalitenb.bsky.social has not reinstated masking, had not done so last year either...

Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · 5d

How politics is putting patients and health care workers at risk www.thestar.com/opinion/cont... @drgorfinkel.bsky.social @thestar.com

𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁

"Masks prevent the transmission of respiratory viruses. The science is clear," writes Iris Gorfinkel. "The standards are in place. A health policy that reacts to hospitalizations and deaths falls below the long-held standard of do-no-harm. Policies that are enacted only once hospitalizations are high do the opposite.

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Linda Dalpé @dalpe.bsky.social · 4d

NB has not reinstated masking in healthcare, only @horizonhealthnb.bsky.social has in its facilities. But the other regional health authority, the francophone one, Vitalité has not, which is very unfortunate for francophones.

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Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · 5d

How politics is putting patients and health care workers at risk www.thestar.com/opinion/cont... @drgorfinkel.bsky.social @thestar.com

𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁

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Iris Gorfinkel, M.D. @drgorfinkel.bsky.social · 4d

Clinics are the one place patients should be SAFE

Colds, flus & coughs are the #1 reason why Canadians see a doctor

…so where did masking in healthcare go?

It’s political.

Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · 5d

How politics is putting patients and health care workers at risk www.thestar.com/opinion/cont... @drgorfinkel.bsky.social @thestar.com

𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁

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Linda Dalpé @dalpe.bsky.social · 4d

“Kids who grow up under chronic financial stress are more likely to develop health issues later in life. If we can stabilize housing, we’re not just helping individuals, we’re improving outcomes for entire generations.”

Housing is health.
blogs.unb.ca/newsroom/202...

UNB researcher is turning lived experience into policy recommendations to prevent homelessness in N.B.

At UNB, research isn’t just about data—it’s about people. That ethos is at the core of a new project led by Dr. Julia Woodhall-Melnik, associate professor of sociology and Canada Research Chair in Res...

blogs.unb.ca

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NB COVID info @nbcovidinfo.bsky.social · 4d

Here you go, get your piping hot #NBPoli #NBPooli wastewater data

wwater.ca/New_Brunswick

New Brunswick - Wastewater 🇨🇦

At-a-glance graphs of COVID-19, RSV, and flu levels in New Brunswick, Canada.

wwater.ca

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longcovidweb.bsky.social @longcovidweb.bsky.social · 4d

Register for the 2025 #LCWSymposium, Oct 20–21, 2025, & join critical discussions shaping #LongCOVID. Scan the QR code to download the Whova app - receive announcements, vote in polls, & stay connected!

Register by:
Oct 14 (In-person)
Oct 17 (Virtual)
bit.ly/4hRoczz

A promotional graphic for the 3rd Canadian Symposium on Long COVID. The top half reads “Register & Download the Whova app!” with a large QR code on the right. The bottom features a view of St. John’s, Newfoundland, and event details: “Virtual and In-person, Emera Innovation Exchange, Memorial University of Newfoundland, October 20–21, 2025.” The Whova QR code allows attendees to receive announcements, vote in polls, and access symposium updates.

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Susan Joudrey @sujo.bsky.social · 5d

27,000!!! That response rate says it all.

"[The results]...paint a bleak picture of women censoring their health concerns amid a pattern of dismissal and bias within the health-care system."

Dismissed and depressed: Survey digs into women’s health in the Maritimes | CBC News

The results of a first-of-its-kind survey in the Maritimes paints a bleak picture of women censoring their health concerns amid a pattern of dismissal and bias within the health-care system.

www.cbc.ca

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