Alison Palkhivala
@alisonpalk.bsky.social
Vaccines, science, empathy, and all the good stuff that goes with it
I'm a medical writer #NEISVOID
I'm a medical writer #NEISVOID
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Alison Palkhivala
@alisonpalk.bsky.social
· Nov 25
a man wearing a black hat and a black shirt is standing in front of a white building .
Alt: a man wearing a black hat and a black shirt is standing in front of a white building. He removes his red mask to reveal his face -- it is Lee Pace in Tarsem's The Fall
media.tenor.com
If you end a viewing of The Fall weeping like a baby, then you are My People
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@mark-carney.bsky.social taking $50 billion OUT OF healthcare transfers to provinces!! This is effectively an amputation (although a slow and agonizing one over 10 years)!
Planned changes to Ottawa’s Canada Health Transfer could slash more than $50B from public health care over a decade
Planned changes to Ottawa’s Canada Health Transfer in the 2028-2029 fiscal year will likely result cuts of more than $50 billion for health care in Canada’s provinces and territories over the subseque...
rabble.ca
July 25, 2026 at 1:22 AM
@mark-carney.bsky.social taking $50 billion OUT OF healthcare transfers to provinces!! This is effectively an amputation (although a slow and agonizing one over 10 years)!
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Cutting healthcare for vulnerable asylum seekers signals a dangerous shift towards anti-migrant policy—and will lower the standard of healthcare for all. By Hana Sherafati Zanganeh @policyalternatives.ca #cdnpoli
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
Federal refugee healthcare cuts are going to be costly | CCPA
Cutting healthcare for vulnerable asylum seekers signals a dangerous shift towards anti-migrant policy—and will lower the standard of healthcare for all
www.policyalternatives.ca
July 7, 2026 at 1:54 PM
Cutting healthcare for vulnerable asylum seekers signals a dangerous shift towards anti-migrant policy—and will lower the standard of healthcare for all. By Hana Sherafati Zanganeh @policyalternatives.ca #cdnpoli
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
Canadian women are struggling to find help for menopause
www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...
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@medscapeerik.bsky.social
@drjengunter.bsky.social
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Lack of Menopause Care in Canada Reflects Systemic Issues
A dearth of primary care providers and critical lack of education among healthcare workers on how to manage menopause leave Canadian women without help.
www.medscape.com
July 8, 2026 at 6:27 PM
Canadian women are struggling to find help for menopause
www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...
@medscape.com
@medscapeerik.bsky.social
@drjengunter.bsky.social
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@medscape.com
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@drjengunter.bsky.social
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Maternal Mortality in Canada: Beyond the Delivery Room: www.medscape.com/viewarticle/... @alisonpalk.bsky.social reports.
Find out more at canadahealthwatch.ca
Find out more at canadahealthwatch.ca
Maternal Mortality in Canada: Beyond the Delivery Room
Improving maternal mortality in Canada requires the prioritization of women’s health, especially during the reproductive years, experts say.
www.medscape.com
July 1, 2026 at 12:26 AM
Maternal Mortality in Canada: Beyond the Delivery Room: www.medscape.com/viewarticle/... @alisonpalk.bsky.social reports.
Find out more at canadahealthwatch.ca
Find out more at canadahealthwatch.ca
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Both these headlines are from Texas this month.
Texas sentenced anti-ICE protestors to 100 years in prison, but a serial pedophile to only 30 days. This is MAGA exemplified.
Texas sentenced anti-ICE protestors to 100 years in prison, but a serial pedophile to only 30 days. This is MAGA exemplified.
June 23, 2026 at 11:44 PM
Both these headlines are from Texas this month.
Texas sentenced anti-ICE protestors to 100 years in prison, but a serial pedophile to only 30 days. This is MAGA exemplified.
Texas sentenced anti-ICE protestors to 100 years in prison, but a serial pedophile to only 30 days. This is MAGA exemplified.
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The Volunteer Pilots Taking Abortion Patients Where They Need to Go
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The Volunteer Pilots Taking Abortion Patients Where They Need to Go
Elevated Access organizes volunteer pilots to fly abortion patients across the country— here's how it works
open.substack.com
June 20, 2026 at 10:01 PM
The Volunteer Pilots Taking Abortion Patients Where They Need to Go
open.substack.com/pub/jessica/...
open.substack.com/pub/jessica/...
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Nara Organics recalled its Whole Milk Organic Infant Formula sold nationwide after three children in three states developed infant botulism.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Nara Organics recalls infant formula after 3 babies are diagnosed with botulism
The infants were treated after consuming Nara Organics Whole Milk Organic Infant Formula, federal health officials said.
www.nbcnews.com
June 15, 2026 at 1:47 AM
Nara Organics recalled its Whole Milk Organic Infant Formula sold nationwide after three children in three states developed infant botulism.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
if you're a physician, do you have an obligation to be on social media?
www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...
www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...
Canadian Physicians Fight the Good Fight on Social Media
Despite a lack of support from their community and a lot of mudslinging, some doctors take to social media out of a desire to educate and defend the vulnerable.
www.medscape.com
June 9, 2026 at 2:54 AM
if you're a physician, do you have an obligation to be on social media?
www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...
www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...
A story on maternal mortality in Canada that I wrote for Medscape. Along with another I wrote recently on women and cardiovascular health, the experts I interviewed all said the same thing: women's health is not taken seriously enough in Canada.
www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...
www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...
What Is Canada Doing About Rising Maternal Mortality?
Without a robust national surveillance system and confidential reporting, it’s impossible to know where Canada stands on maternal mortality.
www.medscape.com
June 4, 2026 at 12:22 AM
A story on maternal mortality in Canada that I wrote for Medscape. Along with another I wrote recently on women and cardiovascular health, the experts I interviewed all said the same thing: women's health is not taken seriously enough in Canada.
www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...
www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...
The inside of my mask smells like potato chips
May 17, 2026 at 11:45 PM
The inside of my mask smells like potato chips
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"A year ago, in Mpongwe, there was one case like this each month, or maybe two. In January this year, there were 28 new cases; in February, 28 more; in March, seven more." www.nytimes.com/2026/04/25/h...
AIDS Creeps Back in Parts of Zambia, a Year After U.S. Cuts to H.I.V. Assistance
www.nytimes.com
April 26, 2026 at 1:20 PM
"A year ago, in Mpongwe, there was one case like this each month, or maybe two. In January this year, there were 28 new cases; in February, 28 more; in March, seven more." www.nytimes.com/2026/04/25/h...
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Feeling angry makes people more likely to share news from low-credibility sources www.psypost.org/feeling-angr...
From study: "...moral anger as a peripheral cue that facilitates impulsive sharing..."
We can't let rage and the exploitive algorithms win! 💪
Pause.
From study: "...moral anger as a peripheral cue that facilitates impulsive sharing..."
We can't let rage and the exploitive algorithms win! 💪
Pause.
Feeling angry makes people more likely to share news from low-credibility sources
A new study reveals that feeling morally angry makes you more likely to share misinformation online. Researchers found that anger causes people to act impulsively and ignore source credibility, fuelin...
www.psypost.org
April 24, 2026 at 2:10 PM
Feeling angry makes people more likely to share news from low-credibility sources www.psypost.org/feeling-angr...
From study: "...moral anger as a peripheral cue that facilitates impulsive sharing..."
We can't let rage and the exploitive algorithms win! 💪
Pause.
From study: "...moral anger as a peripheral cue that facilitates impulsive sharing..."
We can't let rage and the exploitive algorithms win! 💪
Pause.
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fondly recalling when Trump passed tf out basically every day of the Stormy Daniels trial and it was a one-day story in the MSM at best
April 24, 2026 at 2:10 PM
fondly recalling when Trump passed tf out basically every day of the Stormy Daniels trial and it was a one-day story in the MSM at best
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Vaccines were once so uncontroversial that McDonald’s restaurants put the childhood immunization schedule on their tray liners.
Now, as the U.S. government sows doubt, preventable diseases could come roaring back.
Now, as the U.S. government sows doubt, preventable diseases could come roaring back.
How Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Vaccine Agenda Risks a Resurgence of Deadly Childhood Plagues
The health secretary is spreading doubts about vaccine safety and considering changes that could prompt manufacturers to flee the U.S. market. History has shown how plagues from the past can roar back...
www.propublica.org
April 23, 2026 at 2:13 AM
Vaccines were once so uncontroversial that McDonald’s restaurants put the childhood immunization schedule on their tray liners.
Now, as the U.S. government sows doubt, preventable diseases could come roaring back.
Now, as the U.S. government sows doubt, preventable diseases could come roaring back.
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On Yom HaShoah we remember 6 million Jewish victims of the Holocaust.
My grandfather’s four sisters and parents were murdered in concentration camps.
As a Jewish Canadian, I was threatened 2021-2025. The Crown just decided to drop this court case. Nothing done. What use are hate laws?
@cbcnews.ca
My grandfather’s four sisters and parents were murdered in concentration camps.
As a Jewish Canadian, I was threatened 2021-2025. The Crown just decided to drop this court case. Nothing done. What use are hate laws?
@cbcnews.ca
April 13, 2026 at 6:10 PM
On Yom HaShoah we remember 6 million Jewish victims of the Holocaust.
My grandfather’s four sisters and parents were murdered in concentration camps.
As a Jewish Canadian, I was threatened 2021-2025. The Crown just decided to drop this court case. Nothing done. What use are hate laws?
@cbcnews.ca
My grandfather’s four sisters and parents were murdered in concentration camps.
As a Jewish Canadian, I was threatened 2021-2025. The Crown just decided to drop this court case. Nothing done. What use are hate laws?
@cbcnews.ca
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Antivaxxers own this. Infectious disease minimizers own this. Immunity debt proponents own this. Media who platform minimizers own this.
The number of 7-year-olds fully vaccinated against measles has dropped to 70% in B.C., down sharply from 90% a decade ago, a CBC News analysis found, by @cbctara.bsky.social www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... via @cbcnews.ca
Measles vaccination rates falling provincewide, CBC analysis finds | CBC News
Immunization rates for measles dropped in every region of B.C. between 2015 and 2024 for children seven and under, a CBC News analysis found.
www.cbc.ca
April 8, 2026 at 7:40 PM
Antivaxxers own this. Infectious disease minimizers own this. Immunity debt proponents own this. Media who platform minimizers own this.
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#MedSky
These things are noticed.
Patients and colleagues may not confront you, because there are power imbalances and other factors…
but they are noticed, and not in a good way.
Please stay home when sick. Wear a properly fitted respirator at work. It’s the professional thing to do.
These things are noticed.
Patients and colleagues may not confront you, because there are power imbalances and other factors…
but they are noticed, and not in a good way.
Please stay home when sick. Wear a properly fitted respirator at work. It’s the professional thing to do.
My colleague is mad because she has caught COVID at work.
However, she also doesn't wear masks most of the time, AND she came to work yesterday symptomatic (before testing positive) and only wore a surgical mask despite N95s being freely available.
🤔
However, she also doesn't wear masks most of the time, AND she came to work yesterday symptomatic (before testing positive) and only wore a surgical mask despite N95s being freely available.
🤔
April 8, 2026 at 11:58 AM
#MedSky
These things are noticed.
Patients and colleagues may not confront you, because there are power imbalances and other factors…
but they are noticed, and not in a good way.
Please stay home when sick. Wear a properly fitted respirator at work. It’s the professional thing to do.
These things are noticed.
Patients and colleagues may not confront you, because there are power imbalances and other factors…
but they are noticed, and not in a good way.
Please stay home when sick. Wear a properly fitted respirator at work. It’s the professional thing to do.
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If anyone says antisemitism isn't a massive problem right now, I KNOW they don't even follow a single Jewish person.
Ever single gentile needs to read each and every one of these.
A Jewish woman on Instagram made a post about how matzo is made and why we eat it on Passover.
Every reply was violent, vile, and hateful.
I need you to understand how even the most innocuous part of Jewish existence is reviled.
A Jewish woman on Instagram made a post about how matzo is made and why we eat it on Passover.
Every reply was violent, vile, and hateful.
I need you to understand how even the most innocuous part of Jewish existence is reviled.
April 6, 2026 at 12:21 AM
If anyone says antisemitism isn't a massive problem right now, I KNOW they don't even follow a single Jewish person.
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ICE has kept a disabled double amputee prisoner for over 14 months.
Rodney Taylor has been denied access to his prosthetic legs.
Forced to crawl across dirty floors to access food.
Placed in solitary.
Denied medical accommodations.
They’re killing him & he needs the community to make noise!
Rodney Taylor has been denied access to his prosthetic legs.
Forced to crawl across dirty floors to access food.
Placed in solitary.
Denied medical accommodations.
They’re killing him & he needs the community to make noise!
Her husband is a double amputee in ICE prison. She confronted Kristi Noem over its cruel conditions: ‘I have a fire inside’
Mildred Danis-Taylor dropped everything to advocate for the release of her husband, Rodney Taylor. A brutal year of legal and health challenges led her to Capitol Hill
www.theguardian.com
April 4, 2026 at 3:37 AM
ICE has kept a disabled double amputee prisoner for over 14 months.
Rodney Taylor has been denied access to his prosthetic legs.
Forced to crawl across dirty floors to access food.
Placed in solitary.
Denied medical accommodations.
They’re killing him & he needs the community to make noise!
Rodney Taylor has been denied access to his prosthetic legs.
Forced to crawl across dirty floors to access food.
Placed in solitary.
Denied medical accommodations.
They’re killing him & he needs the community to make noise!
Today in Fun With Chronic Illness
My kid's GP, the guy who told them to make a new appointment at the last appointment because he couldn't deal with all their issues at once, greeted us with "what do you want now because I'm getting tired?" #NEISVOID #CHRONICILLNESS
My kid's GP, the guy who told them to make a new appointment at the last appointment because he couldn't deal with all their issues at once, greeted us with "what do you want now because I'm getting tired?" #NEISVOID #CHRONICILLNESS
April 3, 2026 at 4:31 PM
Today in Fun With Chronic Illness
My kid's GP, the guy who told them to make a new appointment at the last appointment because he couldn't deal with all their issues at once, greeted us with "what do you want now because I'm getting tired?" #NEISVOID #CHRONICILLNESS
My kid's GP, the guy who told them to make a new appointment at the last appointment because he couldn't deal with all their issues at once, greeted us with "what do you want now because I'm getting tired?" #NEISVOID #CHRONICILLNESS
Oh. My. Gawd!!!!
All but three (!) of the 1,651 refugees admitted into the United States in the three most recent months we have data are white South Africans.
For comparison, in 2024, the U.S. admitted 100,060 refugees. It's an explicit white supremacist project.
www.rpc.state.gov/documents/Re...
For comparison, in 2024, the U.S. admitted 100,060 refugees. It's an explicit white supremacist project.
www.rpc.state.gov/documents/Re...
April 3, 2026 at 2:26 AM
Oh. My. Gawd!!!!
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Renee Good should still be alive today.
Today would be Renee Good's 38th birthday. Let's never forget that Renee & Becca Good were a loving, lovely, lovable couple who should have celebrated many birthdays together.
April 2, 2026 at 10:35 PM
Renee Good should still be alive today.
Wow!!! That's a tiny, tiny place
WATCH: Chris de Burgh treats fans at N.D.G.'s Wheel Club with surprise performance montrealgazette.com/entertainmen...
March 27, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Wow!!! That's a tiny, tiny place
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I don't think people fully appreciate how apocalyptic things are for US science. I haven't had any new funding since 2024, but I'm still ok since typical grants are for three years. This means next year I will be completely out of funding and will have to fire everyone in the lab. It's not great.
March 26, 2026 at 8:45 PM
I don't think people fully appreciate how apocalyptic things are for US science. I haven't had any new funding since 2024, but I'm still ok since typical grants are for three years. This means next year I will be completely out of funding and will have to fire everyone in the lab. It's not great.