Abdul El-Sayed talks to Canadians about healthcare and the US could do it if they wanted to
Our taxes that we pay in Canada pays for our healthcare
Example: I’ve had several operations and two births and the only thing I paid for was parking and my meds, which was less than $50 for all of this.
Our taxes that we pay in Canada pays for our healthcare
Example: I’ve had several operations and two births and the only thing I paid for was parking and my meds, which was less than $50 for all of this.
October 27, 2026 at 11:49 PM
October 30, 2026 at 12:13 AM
🚨🧵by Zdenek Vrozina on XTwitter:
"Residual viral protein sticks around in the blood for months after COVID. A fifth of people who fully recovered have it too.
So it doesn't work as a test for long COVID - and that's not why it's interesting. 2 new..."
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"Residual viral protein sticks around in the blood for months after COVID. A fifth of people who fully recovered have it too.
So it doesn't work as a test for long COVID - and that's not why it's interesting. 2 new..."
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October 29, 2026 at 4:38 AM
October 29, 2026 at 8:01 AM
Really amazing to see Medsky and Latinsky on those slides, amazing work @rude1.blacksky.team
Starting off day 2 of #MozFest watching @rude1.blacksky.team show off Blacksky — among the other amazing Mozilla Fellows’ demos
October 29, 2026 at 2:39 PM
Really amazing to see Medsky and Latinsky on those slides, amazing work @rude1.blacksky.team
October 27, 2026 at 5:23 PM
October 25, 2026 at 5:02 PM
San Francisco friends! if you’re free on Monday night, you should def check out this AMAZING documentary made by a patient with multifocal motor neuropathy (an ultra rare disease) who bikes the Tour de France route
if you want to go but can’t afford a ticket, lmk and I’ll get one comped for you :)
if you want to go but can’t afford a ticket, lmk and I’ll get one comped for you :)
No One Rides Alone - Screening with Q and A - San Francisco
Screening of feature length film No One Rides Alone - Defying Rare Disease on the Roads of the Tour de France. Followed by Q & A with Producer Clive Phillips.
events.humanitix.com
October 30, 2026 at 1:03 PM
October 29, 2026 at 1:24 AM
Don't denigrate people's intelligence, including your own. Nobody wins with that shit.
#MedSky #ActuallyAutistic #AddictionDoesNotMakeYouAFailure
#MedSky #ActuallyAutistic #AddictionDoesNotMakeYouAFailure
My grandfather was a diabetic alcoholic with a PhD in public health. He co-founded the academic field of health sciences.
He's in Who's Who. There's a grant named after him.
He kept drinking even after his quadruple bypass. Foolish and stubborn, but nobody could reasonably call him "dumb".
He's in Who's Who. There's a grant named after him.
He kept drinking even after his quadruple bypass. Foolish and stubborn, but nobody could reasonably call him "dumb".
October 29, 2026 at 1:35 AM
Don't denigrate people's intelligence, including your own. Nobody wins with that shit.
#MedSky #ActuallyAutistic #AddictionDoesNotMakeYouAFailure
#MedSky #ActuallyAutistic #AddictionDoesNotMakeYouAFailure
(Gift Article)
Wake up people;
She Trusted ChatGPT With Her Medication Decisions. It Cost Her Everything.
www.nytimes.com/2026/10/27/w...
Wake up people;
She Trusted ChatGPT With Her Medication Decisions. It Cost Her Everything.
www.nytimes.com/2026/10/27/w...
ChatGPT’s Advice to Cut Her Seizure Drug Led to Devastating Consequences (Gift Article)
The chatbot helped a woman taper off a lifesaving drug and hide the plan from her doctors.
www.nytimes.com
October 28, 2026 at 1:39 AM
You can read our FULL News item HERE: melanomafocus.org/news-blog/pe...
#MelanomaResearch #Melanoma
(5/5)
#MelanomaResearch #Melanoma
(5/5)
Personalised mRNA Cancer Vaccine Reduces Risk of Melanoma Recurrence
A personalised mRNA Cancer Vaccine Reduces Risk of Melanoma Recurrence in patients with high risk of melanoma returning after surgery.
melanomafocus.org
October 26, 2026 at 7:46 PM
Starting off day 2 of #MozFest watching @rude1.blacksky.team show off Blacksky — among the other amazing Mozilla Fellows’ demos
October 29, 2026 at 9:50 AM
Starting off day 2 of #MozFest watching @rude1.blacksky.team show off Blacksky — among the other amazing Mozilla Fellows’ demos
Protip: Benzonatate (Tessalon pearls) works better if used on a schedule rather than as needed. I've been on it twice daily for years; does a good job of keeping my chronic cough in check.
October 29, 2026 at 7:57 AM
📣 New #Communicable drops Mon 02 Nov!
Ahead of World AMR Awareness Week #WAAW, Thomas Tängdén & Annie Joseph host Betsy Wonderly Trainor & Marc Mendelson to discuss the benefits & limitations of diagnostics in tackling AMR, implementation challenges & the outlook for future developments.
#IDSky
Ahead of World AMR Awareness Week #WAAW, Thomas Tängdén & Annie Joseph host Betsy Wonderly Trainor & Marc Mendelson to discuss the benefits & limitations of diagnostics in tackling AMR, implementation challenges & the outlook for future developments.
#IDSky
October 29, 2026 at 11:34 AM
Their social media person back on old!Twitter used to say "as far as we're concerned, you guys are extreme athletes just for getting through the day". (They were genuinely great to banter with; we had a running joke about Rejected Skratch Labs Slogans and they'd make the ads for us, heh.)
October 26, 2026 at 5:59 AM
Here’s something you should know about minks:
They have lungs and airways remarkably similar on a cellular level to those of people.
They’ve spread flus and infected humans before with COVID-19.
Right now, bird flu is spreading on a Utah farm filled with thousands of them… 🧵
They have lungs and airways remarkably similar on a cellular level to those of people.
They’ve spread flus and infected humans before with COVID-19.
Right now, bird flu is spreading on a Utah farm filled with thousands of them… 🧵
October 25, 2026 at 2:29 PM
Welcome to Medsky, Kevin!
October 29, 2026 at 2:14 AM
Welcome to Medsky, Kevin!
October 24, 2026 at 9:34 AM
1/6 🇨🇦 TELL DANIELLE SMITH NOT TO REMOVE ALBERTANS' ACCESS TO DENTAL CARE 🇨🇦
👉 Despite a clear referendum rejection, Premier Smith intends to pull Alberta from the fully federally-funded Canadian Dental Care Plan.
Source: Friends of Medicare
#MedSky #CdnPoli #AbLeg #AbPoli #DentalCare #CDCP
👉 Despite a clear referendum rejection, Premier Smith intends to pull Alberta from the fully federally-funded Canadian Dental Care Plan.
Source: Friends of Medicare
#MedSky #CdnPoli #AbLeg #AbPoli #DentalCare #CDCP
October 30, 2026 at 5:32 AM
Antimicrobials 2027 Plenary 1 | AMR in Group A Streptococcus and S. Pneumoniae - Mario Ramirez, Portugal.
#InfectiousDiseases #AMR #Antimicrobials2027 #IDsky #medsky #ASA
#InfectiousDiseases #AMR #Antimicrobials2027 #IDsky #medsky #ASA
October 30, 2026 at 6:10 AM
Antimicrobials 2027 Plenary 1 | AMR in Group A Streptococcus and S. Pneumoniae - Mario Ramirez, Portugal.
#InfectiousDiseases #AMR #Antimicrobials2027 #IDsky #medsky #ASA
#InfectiousDiseases #AMR #Antimicrobials2027 #IDsky #medsky #ASA
Ebola outbreak in Congo has reached 10,000 confirmed cases, government data showed Tuesday, as health authorities race to slow the spread of the disease in multiple African countries.
Congo’s Ebola outbreak tops 10,000 cases as authorities race to slow the spread in African countries
Congo’s fast-moving Ebola outbreak has topped 10,000 confirmed cases as authorities race to slow the spread across Africa.
bit.ly
October 27, 2026 at 1:25 PM
ALSO TODAY: @davekarpf.bsky.social on a sojourn in Providence. “I would come to learn that you should never fall in love with an organization. It will never love you back.” flaminghydra.com/a-month-in-p...
A Month In Providence
This is a story from the first time I lived in Providence. It was only for a month. January 1998. A month in a city isn’t much, but when you are just barely 19 years old and living on your own for the...
flaminghydra.com
October 30, 2026 at 2:28 AM
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